Cast & creator
Jamie Lee Curtis
Best known for The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Jamie Lee Curtis (born November 22, 1958) is an American actress, producer, and children's author. Known for her performances in the horror and slasher genres, as well as in multiple comedies, she is regarded as a "scream queen". As of 2023, her films have grossed over $2.5 billion at the box office. Curtis has received numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, two Golden Globe Awards, and two Screen Actors Guild Awards, as well as a nomination for a Grammy Award. The youngest daughter of actors Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh, Curtis made her screen debut in a 1977 episode of the television drama Quincy, M.E.. Her feature film debut came with the role of Laurie Strode in John Carpenter's horror Halloween (1978); the role proved to be Curtis' breakthrough and established her as a prominent scream queen. Her subsequent horror roles have included The Fog, Prom Night, and Terror Train (all 1980), as well as six sequels from the Halloween franchise, concluding with Halloween Ends (2022). She also gained brief recognition as a sex symbol following her role as a fitness instructor in Perfect (1985), and she won her first Golden Globe for the sitcom Anything but Love (1989–1992). Curtis' most successful roles outside of the horror genre have been in the comedies Trading Places (1983), True Lies (1994), and Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022); these respectively earned her BAFTA, Golden Globe, and Academy Award wins. Her other film credits include A Fish Called Wanda (1988), Blue Steel (1990), My Girl (1991), The Tailor of Panama (2001), Freaky Friday (2003), Christmas with the Kranks (2004), Knives Out (2019), The Last Showgirl (2024), and Freakier Friday (2025). Curtis earned her first Emmy nomination for the television film Nicholas' Gift (1998). He later won Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series for the FXseries The Bear (2022–present). She also acted in the satirical slasher series Scream Queens (2015–2016). Curtis has written numerous children's books that have appeared on The New York Times best-seller list. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jamie Lee Curtis, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Also known as: Scream Queen, Jamie Leigh Curtis
109
film credits
76
television credits
162
1944–2028 · acting roles
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Across film & television
Filmography (185)
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The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self
2014The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self - Guest
2014
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self - Guest
2015
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self
2019
NCIS
Samantha Ryan
2003
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host
1975
The Graham Norton Show
Self
2007
The View
Self
1997The View
Self - Guest
1997
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Self - Guest
2015
Jeopardy!
Self - Clue Presenter
1984
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self
2003Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Guest
2003
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self - Guest
1988
Columbo
Waitress
1971
Leute heute
Self
1997
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest
1993
El hormiguero
Self - Guest
2006
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Self
1992
The Love Boat
Linda
1977
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self
2003
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Presenter
1944Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee
1944Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee / Presenter
1944
New Girl
Joan Day
2011
The Talk
Self
2010
Archer
Peregrine Bruchstein (voice)
2009
The Drew Carey Show
Sioux
1995
Quincy, M.E.
Girl in Dressing Room
1976
Charlie's Angels
Linda Frye
1976
The Bear
Donna Berzatto
2022
60 Minutes
Self
1968
Wogan
Self
1982
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Self
2014
The Masked Singer
Special Message (video)
2019
Intimate Portrait
Self
1993The Reichen Show
Self - Guest
2005Film '72
Self
1971
Have You Been Paying Attention?
Self - Video Quizmaster
2013
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Deirdre Beaubeirdre
2022
The Bonnie Hunt Show
Self
2008
The Megan Mullally Show
Self - Guest
2006
Scarpetta
Dorothy
2026Scarpetta
Executive Producer
2026
The Oscars
Self
1953The Oscars
Self - Presenter
1953
Halloween
Laurie
1978
Today
Self
1952
Knives Out
Linda Drysdale
2019
Today with Jenna & Sheinelle
Self
2019
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
Jen Burton
1979
Freaky Friday
Tess Coleman
2003
Scream Queens
Dean Cathy Munsch
2015Scream Queens
Director
2015
The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
1977
Fridays
Self
1980
The Frank Skinner Show
Self
1995
Trading Places
Ophelia
1983
The Lost Bus
Producer
2025
Haunted Mansion
Madame Leota
2023
Eli Roth's History of Horror
Self
2018
Freakier Friday
Tess Coleman
2025Freakier Friday
Producer
2025
True Lies
Helen
1994
The Movies That Made Us
Self (Archival Footage)
2019
Halloween Kills
Laurie Strode
2021Halloween Kills
Executive Producer
2021
Escape from New York
Narrator / Prison Recording Voice (uncredited)
1981
Borderlands
Tannis
2024
Halloween Ends
Laurie
2022Halloween Ends
Executive Producer
2022
Halloween
Laurie Strode
2018Halloween
Executive Producer
2018
Halloween H20: 20 Years Later
Laurie Strode / Keri Tate
1998
The Early Show
Self
1999
Anything But Love
Hannah Miller
1989Anything But Love
Director
1989
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
Self - Guest
1996
Christmas with the Kranks
Nora Krank
2004
Halloween II
Laurie Strode
1981
A Fish Called Wanda
Wanda Gershwitz
1988
The Tailor of Panama
Louisa Pendel
2001
Tall Tales & Legends
Annie Oakley
1985
My Girl
Shelly DeVoto
1991
Variety & CNN Actors on Actors
Self
2025Revealed with Jules Asner
2001
Escape from L.A.
Female Narrator (uncredited)
1996
Halloween III: Season of the Witch
Curfew Announcer / Telephone Operator (voice) (uncredited)
1982
Ella McCay
Helen
2025
Mike's Super Short Show
2003
The Sticky
Bo
2024The Sticky
Executive Producer
2024
Turning the Tables with Robin Roberts
Self
2021
Reno 911! Defunded
Lieutenant Donna Fritzgibbons
2022
You Again
Gail
2010
Halloween: Resurrection
Laurie Strode
2002
Arnold
Self
2023
Forever Young
Claire Cooper
1992
The Emmy Awards
Self
1949
The Fog
Elizabeth Solley
1980
Prom Night
Kimberly Hammond
1980
Operation Petticoat
Lt. Barbara Duran
1977
My Girl 2
Shelly Sultenfuss
1994
Star Trek: Section 31
Control
2025
Disney Legends Award Ceremony
Self - Honoree
2024
Pigs Next Door
Clara (voice)
2000
Beverly Hills Chihuahua
Aunt Viv
2008
The Last Showgirl
Annette
2024
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
Veronica Mars
Gayle Buckley
2014
Newlyweds
Claudia
2026Newlyweds
Producer
2026
Terror Train
Alana
1980
The Only Living Pickpocket in New York
Moira
2026
Blue Steel
Officer Megan Turner
1990
Grandview, U.S.A.
Michelle 'Mike' Cody
1984
Virus
Kelly Foster
1999
Spare Parts
Principal
2015
Fierce Creatures
Willa Weston
1997
Mother's Boys
Judith 'Jude' Madigan
1993
Queens Logic
Grace
1991
House Arrest
Janet Beindorf
1996
An Acceptable Loss
Rachel Burke
2019
Drowning Mona
Rona Mace
2000
Sender
Lisa Barr
2026Sender
Producer
2026
The Little Engine That Could
Beverly (voice)
2011
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer & the Island of Misfit Toys
Queen Camilla (voice)
2001
Roadgames
Pamela 'Hitch' Rushworth
1981
Death of a Centerfold: The Dorothy Stratten Story
Dorothy Stratten
1981
Perfect
Jessie Wilson
1985
Homegrown
Sierra Kahan
1998
78/52
Self
2017
Daddy and Them
Elaine Bowen
2001
The American Nightmare
Self
2000
A Man in Love
Susan Elliott
1987
2 Timers
Executive Producer
2021
The Kid & I
Jamie Lee Curtis
2005
Not Quite Hollywood
Self
2008
Celebrity Nude Revue: Easy 80's Volume 1
Self (archive footage)
2011
Jamie Lee Curtis: Hollywood Call of Freedom
Self - Actress (archive footage)
2022
8
Sandy Stier
2012
Love Letters
Anna Winter
1983
I Was Born This Way
Executive Producer
2025
The Night She Came Home!!
Self
2013
Amazing Grace and Chuck
Lynn Taylor
1987
The Happiest Story on Earth: 70 Years of Disneyland
Self
2025
Halloween: 25 Years of Terror
Self
2006
John Carpenter: The Man and His Movies
Self
2004
Trüebadour
Executive Producer
Almost Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Everything Everywhere All at Once
Self
2022Almost Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Everything Everywhere All at Once
Thanks
2022
Money on the Side
Michelle Jamison
1982
Stop the Insanity: Finding Susan Powter
Executive Producer
2025The Debra Hill Story
Self
The Debra Hill Story
Executive Producer
Tales from the Mist: Inside 'The Fog'
Self (archive)
2002
She's in the Army Now
Pvt. Rita Jennings
1981
Halloween: A Cut Above the Rest
Self / Laurie Strode
2003
Coming Soon
Self - Host
1982
Halloween: The Inside Story
Self
2010
Best Summer Ever
Executive Producer
2020
The Heidi Chronicles
Heidi Holland
1995
Murder at the World Series
Dialogue Coach
1977
Nicholas’ Gift
Maggie Green
1998
Tony Curtis: Driven to Stardom
Self
2012
The Haunted History of Halloween
Self
1997
As Summers Die
Whitsey Loftin
1986
Halloween in Hollywood
Self
2022
Blood Is Thicker Than Water: The Making of Halloween H20
Self
2013
The Honey Wars
(voice)
Murder, She Wrote
Jessica Fletcher
2028
Dominick and Eugene
Jennifer Reston
1988Spychosis
Jamie
Annie Oakley
Annie Oakley
1986Life in paris
Motion Actor
In Search of the Sanderson Sisters: A Hocus Pocus Hulaween Takeover
Jamie Lee Curtis
2020
Senior Entourage
Jamie
2021
Hondros
Co-Executive Producer
2018
Return to Sender
Producer
2022
Halloween: Unmasked
Self
1999
Burn Out
Executive Producer
2024
Dirt! The Movie
Self
2009Activia Kiss It Better Edit
Jodi Lyn O'Keefe: A Life on Screen
Self (archive footage)