Trivia

Godmother of Jake Gyllenhaal and Maggie Gyllenhaal.

Became formally known as The Right Hon. The Lady Haden-Guest of Saling in the County of Essex, when her husband, Christopher, inherited the barony in 1996 on the death of his father.

Holds US patent Patent #4,753,647. "A disposable infant garment which takes the form of a diaper including, on its outer side, a sealed, but openable, moisture-proof pocket which contains one or more clean-up wipers."

Once said that Dan Aykroyd was the best on-screen kisser she ever worked with.

Daughter of Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh

When making reservations in exclusive London restaurants at short notice, she gives her name as Lady Haden-Guest, which apparently works better than Jamie Lee Curtis.

Said in an interview on Good Entertainment, with Michael Medved (2001) that, ironically, horror films terrify her and she prefers not to watch them.

It was on her suggestion that Halloween H20: 20 Years Later (1998) was made.

Has her legs insured for $2 million.

Adopted two children with Christopher Guest: daughter Annie Guest (b. December 1986) and daughter Ruby Guest (b. March 1996).

Survived a secret Vicodin addiction (1989-1999) that almost destroyed her life, during which time even husband Christopher Guest was totally oblivious to her plight. Not until she attended her first recovery meeting in 1999 did she reveal, for the first time, the details of her addiction to her husband and family. Jamie became addicted after being prescribed opiates after minor plastic surgery for her "puffy eyes".

Around the time True Lies (1994) was released, Jamie appeared in a series of commercials for L'Eggs Pantyhose. The company also took out an insurance policy for her legs.

John Cleese found it amusing that her father, Tony Curtis's real name was Bernard Schwartz. To tease her about this, during the production of A Fish Called Wanda (1988), he had the call sheets refer to her as "Jamie Lee Schwartz.".

Curtis, along with her daughter, is an avid fan of the Warcraft series of video games, especially "World of Warcraft." She and her daughter often participate in gaming conventions, as well as performing cosplay (dressing in full costume as a character from the series, complete with makeup/prosthetics and props), including a memorable turnout as green-skinned orcs at the US premiere of the "Warcraft" movie.

Saw her future husband Christopher Guest in the issue of Rolling Stone magazine with Cyndi Lauper on the cover. Guest appeared in a promotional photo for the film This Is Spinal Tap (1984) in full costume and makeup as a rock star. She fell in love at first sight of the photo and gave her telephone number to his agent.

Was childhood friends with Eric Douglas. He once tried to kiss her while both were sitting in a tree. Curtis then pushed Eric out of the tree; he fell to the ground, which resulted in a hernia that had to be operated on.

When she went to pick up her Tesla car with husband Christopher Guest, the technician instructed them to check out the air conditioning and audio controls, each of which maxed out at "11." Apparently Tesla CEO Elon Musk was a huge fan of the film This Is Spinal Tap (1984) and had the controls exclusively customized for the couple.

Won a 2003 Grammy nomination in the Best Spoken Album for Children category for her recording of the children's books she has written.

Was named by McCall's magazine as one of the "10 Best Bodies in America" in 1985.

Was asked to cameo in the sequel Scream 3 (2000), but declined.

She told a German magazine that she will retire from making movies and that Christmas with the Kranks (2004) will be her last work as an actress. (November 2004) She was wrong.

During the 1980s, she was engaged to Hollywood production designer J. Michael Riva, the grandson of screen legend Marlene Dietrich. Her godfather was MCA-Universal CEO Lew Wasserman.

Younger sister of actress Kelly Curtis. Older half-sister of Allegra Curtis, Alexandra Curtis, Nicholas Curtis, and Benjamin Curtis.

Two of her earliest roles make reference to roles played by her father. She appeared on the television series Operation Petticoat (1977), based on the movie that had starred her father, Tony Curtis. While on hiatus from that show, she was cast in Halloween (1978), in which the detective "Sam Loomis" was named after a character from Psycho (1960), which had starred her mother, Janet Leigh. Also, her father imitated Cary Grant's voice for his role in Some Like It Hot (1959), and worked with Grant himself in Operation Petticoat (1959). Grant's birth name, Archie Leach, was used as the name for John Cleese's character in A Fish Called Wanda (1988).

She was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6600 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on September 3, 1998.

Appeared in two feature films with mother Janet Leigh - The Fog (1980) and Halloween H20: 20 Years Later (1998).

In the Married... with Children (1987) episode The Poker Game (1987), Al Bundy votes her as having the perfect legs and breasts.

She has played the same character (Laurie Strode) in films released in six different decades from the 1970s to the 2020s: Halloween (1978), Halloween II (1981), Halloween H20: 20 Years Later (1998), Halloween: Resurrection (2002), Halloween (2018) and Halloween Ends (2022).

Travels under the nom-de-plume "Rhoda Penmark," named after Patty McCormack's character in The Bad Seed (1956).

Was introduced to her future husband, Christopher Guest, by Halloween II (1981) co-star Leo Rossi through a mutual celebrity softball league.

Following a December 2022 feature in New York magazine, "The Year of the Nepo Baby", Curtis referred to herself as an "OG nepo baby" and said, "The current conversation about nepo babies is just designed to try to diminish and denigrate and hurt.".

Attended the University of the Pacific in Stockton, California.

Graduated from Choate Rosemary Hall private school in 1976.

Lives in Santa Monica, California and Ketchum, Idaho.

Her deleted scene from The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984) is included on the MGM Special Edition DVD, 2001, as the "Alternate Opening".

Does not like acting in front of a green screen, which is why she has said she will never be in a superhero film.

Was one of the guests at Sandra Bullock's and Jesse James' wedding.

Friends with Sigourney Weaver, and Tyra Banks.

Her paternal grandparents, Emanuel Schwartz and Helen (Klein), were Hungarian Jewish immigrants. Her maternal grandfather, Frederick/Fred Robert Morrison, had English, Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, German, Swiss-German, and French ancestry, and her maternal grandmother, Helen Lita (Westergaard), was from a family of Danish immigrants.

Jamie is the only member of her family to have won an acting Oscar. Her parents Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh were respectively nominated just once for The Defiant Ones (1958) and Psycho (1960), but failed to take home the statuette.

She and Gigi Garner have known each other since they were both 2-years-old and both were cheerleaders in high school.

Despite being in iconic horror movie roles, does not like watching scary movies because she doesn't like being frightened.

Stated on a featurette to Halloween (2018) that she was originally going to be a police officer before becoming an actor.

Was a member of the jury at the Cannes Film Festival in 1992.

She has appeared in one film that has been selected for the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically or aesthetically" significant: Halloween (1978).

For her win in Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022), becomes the eighth so-called "nepo baby" (the offspring of a famous parent in the business) to win the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress. Those before her are Tatum O'Neal, Vanessa Redgrave, Anjelica Huston, Mira Sorvino, Angelina Jolie, (arguably) Patricia Arquette, and Laura Dern.

Sister-in-law of Nicholas Guest and Pamela Guest.

Her parents divorced in 1963.

Her sister Kelly, born 1957 was a stockbroker before turning to acting.

For years has been the spokeswoman for Activia yogurt.