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Jamie Lee Curtis

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Jamie Lee Curtis
Get a quick look at the performances that earned nominations for Actress in a Supporting Role at the 95th Academy Awards. Who would you choose between Angela Bassett (Black Panther: Wakanda Forever), Jamie Lee Curtis (Everything Everywhere All at Once), Kerry Condon (The Banshees of Inisherin), Stephanie Hsu (Everything Everywhere All at Once), and Hong Chau (The Whale)?
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Jamie Lee Curtis was born on November 22, 1958 in Los Angeles, California, the daughter of legendary actors Janet Leigh and Tony Curtis. She got her big break at acting in 1978 when she won the role of Laurie Strode in Halloween (1978). After that, she became famous for roles in movies like Trading Places (1983), Perfect (1985) and A Fish Called Wanda (1988). She starred in one of the biggest action films ever, True Lies (1994), for which she won a Golden Globe Award for her performance. Curtis also appeared on Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (1979), and starred in Death of a Centerfold: The Dorothy Stratten Story (1981) as the title role. Her first starring role was opposite Richard Lewis on the ABC situation comedy Anything But Love (1989). In 1998, she starred in Halloween H20: 20 Years Later (1998) in which she reprised her role that made her famous back in 1978.

Jamie Lee served as an honorary chairperson for the Building Resilience for Young Children Dealing with Trauma program held at the Shakespeare Theatre - Harman Center for the Arts in Washington, D.C. She was an inspiration for the youth that were celebrated. Curtis was also given an award from US Department of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius and National Endowment for the Arts Chairman Rocco Landesman for her work on behalf of children through her charities and children's books.
BornNovember 22, 1958
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  • Won 1 Oscar
    • 36 wins & 77 nominations total

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Jamie Lee Curtis in Operation Petticoat (1977)
Jamie Lee Curtis, Michelle Yeoh, and Ke Huy Quan in Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022)
Jamie Lee Curtis and Michelle Yeoh in Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022)
Jamie Lee Curtis and Michelle Yeoh in Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022)
Jamie Lee Curtis and Michelle Yeoh in Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022)
Dan Aykroyd, Jamie Lee Curtis, Eddie Murphy, and Denholm Elliott in Trading Places (1983)
Jamie Lee Curtis in Halloween Ends (2022)
Jamie Lee Curtis, Michelle Yeoh, and Ke Huy Quan in Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022)
Jamie Lee Curtis in Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022)
Jamie Lee Curtis and Wendi McLendon-Covey in Reno 911! (2003)
Jamie Lee Curtis in Perfect (1985)
Jamie Lee Curtis in Halloween Kills (2021)

Known for

Jamie Lee Curtis and Nick Castle in Halloween (2018)
Halloween
6.5
  • Laurie Strode
  • 2018
Jamie Lee Curtis, Michelle Yeoh, James Hong, Ke Huy Quan, and Stephanie Hsu in Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022)
Everything Everywhere All at Once
7.9
  • Deirdre Beaubeirdre
  • 2022
Arnold Schwarzenegger in True Lies (1994)
True Lies
7.3
  • Helen
  • 1994
Jamie Lee Curtis, Josh Hartnett, LL Cool J, Jodi Lyn O'Keefe, and Michelle Williams in Halloween H20: 20 Years Later (1998)
Halloween H20: 20 Years Later
5.8
  • Laurie Strode
  • Keri Tate
  • 1998

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Actress

  • Haunted Mansion
    • Madame Leota
    • Post-production
    • 2023
  • The Sticky
    • In Production
    • TV Series
  • Kay Scarpetta
    • Dorothy
    • Pre-production
    • TV Series
  • Spychosis
    • Jamie
    • In Development
  • Borderlands
    • Tannis
    • Post-production
  • Jamie Lee Curtis and James Jude Courtney in Halloween Ends (2022)
    Halloween Ends
    • Laurie
    • 2022
  • Jamie Lee Curtis, Michelle Yeoh, James Hong, Ke Huy Quan, and Stephanie Hsu in Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022)
    Everything Everywhere All at Once
    • Deirdre Beaubeirdre
    • 2022
  • Reno 911! (2003)
    Reno 911!
    • Lieutenant Donna Fritzgibbons
    • TV Series
    • 2022
  • James Jude Courtney in Halloween Kills (2021)
    Halloween Kills
    • Laurie Strode
    • 2021
  • Jamie Lee Curtis, Edward Asner, Marion Ross, Mark Rydell, James Handy, Helen Reddy, Charles Robinson, Dahlia Waingort Guigui, David A. Lockhart, Ian Fisher, Brian Connors, Phillip Giannikas, Sitara Attaie, and Kathrine Kohl in Senior Entourage (2021)
    Senior Entourage
    • Jamie
    • 2021
  • H. Jon Benjamin in Archer (2009)
    Archer
    • Agent Bruchstein
    • Peregrine (voice)
    • TV Series
    • 2020
  • Jamie Lee Curtis, Don Johnson, Toni Collette, Christopher Plummer, Daniel Craig, Chris Evans, Michael Shannon, Ana de Armas, LaKeith Stanfield, Jaeden Martell, and Katherine Langford in Knives Out (2019)
    Knives Out
    • Linda Drysdale
    • 2019
  • Jamie Lee Curtis, Tika Sumpter, and Ben Tavassoli in An Acceptable Loss (2018)
    An Acceptable Loss
    • Rachel
    • 2018
  • Jamie Lee Curtis and Nick Castle in Halloween (2018)
    Halloween
    • Laurie Strode
    • 2018
  • Zooey Deschanel, Max Greenfield, Hannah Simone, Lamorne Morris, and Jake Johnson in New Girl (2011)
    New Girl
    • Joan Day
    • TV Series
    • 2012–2018
  • Jamie Lee Curtis, Lea Michele, Emma Roberts, Abigail Breslin, Glen Powell, Keke Palmer, and Billie Lourd in Scream Queens (2015)
    Scream Queens
    • Dean Cathy Munsch
    • TV Series
    • 2015–2016
  • Spare Parts (2015)
    Spare Parts
    • Ms. Karen Lowry
    • 2015
  • Only Human
    • Evelyn Lang
    • TV Movie
    • 2014
  • Kristen Bell in Veronica Mars (2014)
    Veronica Mars
    • Gayle Buckley
    • 2014
  • Mark Harmon, Maria Bello, Wilmer Valderrama, Rocky Carroll, David McCallum, Sean Murray, Brian Dietzen, Emily Wickersham, and Diona Reasonover in NCIS (2003)
    NCIS
    • Dr. Samantha Ryan
    • TV Series
    • 2012

Producer

  • The Sticky
    • executive producer
    • In Production
    • TV Series
  • Kay Scarpetta
    • executive producer
    • Pre-production
    • TV Series
  • Jamie Lee Curtis and James Jude Courtney in Halloween Ends (2022)
    Halloween Ends
    • executive producer
    • 2022
  • Jamie Lee Curtis, Allison Tolman, Jake Katofsky, Jamie Ember, Russell Goldman, Lisa J Dooley, Emma Pasarow, and Matt Kleppner in Return to Sender (2022)
    Return to Sender
    • producer (produced by)
    • Short
    • 2022
  • Steven Weber, Jane Kaczmarek, and Amber Stevens West in 2 Timers (2021)
    2 Timers
    • executive producer
    • Short
    • 2021
  • James Jude Courtney in Halloween Kills (2021)
    Halloween Kills
    • executive producer
    • 2021
  • Best Summer Ever (2020)
    Best Summer Ever
    • executive producer
    • 2020
  • Letters from Camp (2020)
    Letters from Camp
    • producer
    • Podcast Series
    • 2020
  • Jamie Lee Curtis and Nick Castle in Halloween (2018)
    Halloween
    • executive producer
    • 2018
  • Hondros (2017)
    Hondros
    • co-executive producer
    • 2017

Director

  • Mother Nature
    • Director
    • Pre-production
  • Jamie Lee Curtis, Lea Michele, Emma Roberts, Abigail Breslin, Glen Powell, Keke Palmer, and Billie Lourd in Scream Queens (2015)
    Scream Queens
    • Director
    • TV Series
    • 2016
  • Anything But Love (1989)
    Anything But Love
    • Director
    • TV Series
    • 1992
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Oscars 2023 Best Supporting Actress Nominees
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Oscars 2023 Best Supporting Actress Nominees
Jamie Lee Curtis Doesn't Give a **** About Michael Myers
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Jamie Lee Curtis Doesn't Give a **** About Michael Myers
'Everything Everywhere All at Once' Stars Answer Burning Questions
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'Everything Everywhere All at Once' Stars Answer Burning Questions
How 'Halloween' Gave Jamie Lee Curtis Her Whole Life
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How 'Halloween' Gave Jamie Lee Curtis Her Whole Life
'Halloween Kills' Cast on Michael Myers' Most Shocking Moments
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'Halloween Kills' Cast on Michael Myers' Most Shocking Moments
'Knives Out' Cast Have 'Deep Love' for Their Co-Stars
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'Knives Out' Cast Have 'Deep Love' for Their Co-Stars
How Director Rian Johnson Collaborated With His 'Knives Out' Cast
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How Director Rian Johnson Collaborated With His 'Knives Out' Cast
Stars Reveal Which Supervillains They Would Like to Play on Screen
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Stars Reveal Which Supervillains They Would Like to Play on Screen
Who Was the First Cast Member to Join 'Knives Out'?
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Who Was the First Cast Member to Join 'Knives Out'?
'Knives Out' Offers Slap Fights and More Intense Family Dynamics
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'Knives Out' Offers Slap Fights and More Intense Family Dynamics
Through the Lens: Defining Carpenteresque and Why It Belongs in the Dictionary
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Through the Lens: Defining Carpenteresque and Why It Belongs in the Dictionary
The Fog
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The Fog

Personal details

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  • Alternative names
    • Jamie Leigh Curtis
  • Height
    • 5′ 7″ (1.70 m)
  • Born
    • November 22, 1958
    • Los Angeles, California, USA
  • Spouse
    • Christopher GuestDecember 18, 1984 - present (2 children)
  • Children
      Annie Guest
  • Parents
      Janet Leigh
  • Relatives
      Kelly Curtis(Sibling)
  • Other works
    TV Commercial for Airtouch Cellular (1999)
  • Publicity listings
    • 1 Print Biography
    • 11 Interviews
    • 20 Articles
    • 25 Pictorials
    • 57 Magazine Cover Photos

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    Godmother of Jake Gyllenhaal and Maggie Gyllenhaal.
  • Quotes
    "I believe people are entitled to a private life. I'm not sure where it's written that because you're in the public eye you are required to expose your private business, with anybody. It is nobody's business, and it's interesting because obviously in today's marketplace people don't abide by that. There are no boundaries that people won't cross... We're in a bit of a "Wild West" thing with media, and, I think, it's just kind of like no holds barred - the Internet. You know, there are no criteria on the Internet... I've chosen a public life to express myself, not to tell what I do with my husband in bed, not to do, to talk about my parents and my family life. And I just think it's wrong, and obviously it's an insatiable appetite that people have for gossip and innuendo and things that are nobody's business. And there's a term that they use in this called "legitimate public concern". What is legitimate public concern? If an elected official has an illness, that's legitimate public concern because they're our president or elected official. We, we, we need to know that they're healthy because we want them to live a long life and protect, you know, the Constitution... but in the marketplace, in the world, I don't believe it's anybody's concern. And that's what I think." --comments made on The View, September 19, 2000.
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      Her sexy legs
  • Nicknames
    • The Scream Queen
    • The Queen of Screams
    • The Body
  • Salaries
      Halloween Ends
      (2022)
      $3 .5,000,000

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