★ Acting

Jamie Lee Curtis

Born 1958 · Los Angeles, California, USA · Active 1944–2026

Born in 1958, Jamie Lee Curtis emerged from Hollywood royalty as the daughter of Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh. She made her mark in the horror genre with her breakout role as Laurie Strode in Halloween (1978), a performance that solidified her status as a scream queen. Curtis continued to captivate audiences in cult classics like The Fog (1980), Prom Night (1980), and Terror Train (1980), showcasing her range in both horror and thriller narratives. Her contributions to the genre have made her a pivotal figure in the cult film landscape.

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Prom Night

1980 ★ 5.7

as Kimberly Hammond

At a high school senior prom, a masked killer stalks four teenagers who were responsible for the accidental death of a classmate six years prior.

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Halloween: Resurrection

2002 · ★5.0

Halloween H20: 20 Years Later

1998 · ★6.0

Halloween III: Season of the Witch

Career Highlights Top 6 by popularity · TMDB

Knives Out

2019

Everything Everywhere All at Once

Filmography

202 credits

2020s 30 credits

2028

Murder, She Wrote as Jessica Fletcher

Movie

2026

Sender as Lisa Barr

Movie

2026

The Only Living Pickpocket in New York as Moira

Movie ★ 1.0

2026

Scarpetta as Dorothy

TV ★ 6.5

2025

Freakier Friday as Tess Coleman

Movie ★ 6.8

2025

Ella McCay as Helen

Movie ★ 5.6

2025

Stop the Insanity: Finding Susan Powter as Self

Movie

2025

Star Trek: Section 31 as Control

Movie ★ 4.7

2025

The Happiest Story on Earth: 70 Years of Disneyland as Self

Movie

2025

Raoul Wallenberg: Missing Inaction as Maj von Dardel (voice)

Movie

2025

Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies as Self - (archive footage)

Movie

2025

Variety & CNN Actors on Actors as Self

TV ★ 5.5

2024

The Last Showgirl as Annette

Movie ★ 6.4

2024

Dinner Party Diaries with José Andrés as Self

Movie

2024

Disney Legends Awards Ceremony as Self

Movie ★ 6.0

2024

Borderlands as Tannis

Movie ★ 5.6

2024

The Sticky as Bo

TV ★ 7.2

2023

Haunted Mansion as Madame Leota

Movie ★ 6.4

2023

Arnold as Self

TV ★ 7.9

2022

Jamie Lee Curtis: Hollywood Call of Freedom as Self - Actress (archive footage)

Movie ★ 7.0

2022

Halloween in Hollywood as Self

Movie ★ 1.0

2022

Almost Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Everything Everywhere All at Once as Self

Movie ★ 10.0

2022

Halloween Ends as Laurie

Movie ★ 6.0

2022

Everything Everywhere All at Once as Deirdre Beaubeirdre

Movie ★ 7.7

2022

The Bear as Donna Berzatto

TV ★ 8.2

2022

Reno 911! Defunded as Lieutenant Donna Fritzgibbons

TV ★ 7.3

2021

Halloween Kills as Laurie Strode

Movie ★ 6.4

2021

Senior Entourage as Jamie

Movie ★ 2.0

2021

Turning the Tables with Robin Roberts as Self

TV ★ 3.2

2020

In Search of the Sanderson Sisters: A Hocus Pocus Hulaween Takeover as Jamie Lee Curtis

Movie ★ 7.1

2010s 30 credits

2019

An Acceptable Loss as Rachel Burke

Movie ★ 6.2

2019

Knives Out as Linda Drysdale

Movie ★ 7.8

2019

The Masked Singer as Special Message (video)

TV ★ 7.5

2019

The Kelly Clarkson Show as Self

TV ★ 6.4

2019

The Movies That Made Us as Self (Archival Footage)

TV ★ 7.3

2019

Today with Jenna & Sheinelle as Self

TV ★ 3.3

2018

Halloween● as Laurie Strode

Movie ★ 6.6

2018

Eli Roth's History of Horror as Self

TV ★ 6.4

2017

78/52 as Self

Movie ★ 7.2

2015

Spare Parts as Principal

Movie ★ 7.2

2015

Scream Queens as Dean Cathy Munsch

TV ★ 7.8

2015

The Late Late Show with James Corden as Self - Guest

TV ★ 5.2

2015

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self - Guest

TV ★ 6.1

2014

Veronica Mars as Gayle Buckley

Movie ★ 6.6

2014

Variety Studio: Actors on Actors as Self

TV ★ 4.5

2014

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self

TV ★ 5.8

2014

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self - Guest

TV ★ 5.8

2013

Blood Is Thicker Than Water: The Making of Halloween H20 as Self

Movie ★ 8.8

2013

The Night She Came Home!! as Self

Movie ★ 9.6

2013

Have You Been Paying Attention? as Self - Video Quizmaster

TV ★ 8.5

2012

8 as Sandy Stier

Movie ★ 5.3

2012

Tony Curtis: Driven to Stardom as Self

Movie ★ 7.4

2012

Beauty CULTure as Self

Movie

2012

Driving Lessons as Laurie Strode (archive footage)

Movie ★ 6.0

2011

The Little Engine That Could as Beverly (voice)

Movie ★ 6.2

2011

Celebrity Nude Revue: Easy 80's Volume 1 as Self (archive footage)

Movie ★ 7.0

2011

New Girl as Joan Day

TV ★ 7.4

2010

You Again as Gail

Movie ★ 6.3

2010

Video Games Live: Level 2 as Self

Movie ★ 7.1

2010

Halloween: The Inside Story as Self

Movie ★ 7.3

2000s 31 credits

2009

Dirt! The Movie as Self

Movie ★ 6.9

2009

Dreams Come True: A Celebration of Disney Animation

Movie

2009

Archer as Peregrine Bruchstein (voice)

TV ★ 7.9

2008

Beverly Hills Chihuahua as Aunt Viv

Movie ★ 5.4

2008

Not Quite Hollywood as Self

Movie ★ 6.8

2008

The Bonnie Hunt Show as Self

TV ★ 4.4

2007

The Graham Norton Show as Self

TV ★ 7.2

2006

Halloween: 25 Years of Terror as Self

Movie ★ 6.9

2006

El hormiguero as Self - Guest

TV ★ 4.8

2006

The Megan Mullally Show as Self - Guest

TV ★ 4.7

2005

The Kid & I as Jamie Lee Curtis

Movie ★ 5.2

2005

The Reichen Show as Self - Guest

TV ★ 4.8

2004

Christmas with the Kranks as Nora Krank

Movie ★ 6.2

2004

John Carpenter: The Man and His Movies as Self

Movie ★ 5.5

2003

Freaky Friday as Tess Coleman

Movie ★ 6.6

2003

Halloween: A Cut Above the Rest as Self / Laurie Strode

Movie ★ 8.0

2003

The Ellen DeGeneres Show as Self

TV ★ 5.6

2003

Mike's Super Short Show

TV ★ 7.5

2003

Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self

TV ★ 5.4

2003

NCIS as Samantha Ryan

TV ★ 7.6

2003

Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self - Guest

TV ★ 5.4

2002

Halloween: Resurrection● as Laurie Strode

Movie ★ 4.6

2002

Marlene Dietrich: Her Own Song as Narrator (voice)

Movie ★ 6.5

2002

Halloween: Resurrected

Movie ★ 7.0

2001

The Tailor of Panama as Louisa Pendel

Movie ★ 6.0

2001

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer & the Island of Misfit Toys as Queen Camilla (voice)

Movie ★ 5.9

2001

Daddy and Them as Elaine Bowen

Movie ★ 5.4

2001

Revealed with Jules Asner

TV ★ 10.0

2000

Drowning Mona as Rona Mace

Movie ★ 5.5

2000

The American Nightmare as Self

Movie ★ 6.8

2000

Pigs Next Door as Clara (voice)

TV ★ 8.7

1990s 37 credits

1999

Virus as Kelly Foster

Movie ★ 5.4

1999

Halloween: Unmasked as Self

Movie ★ 5.8

1999

Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special as Self (uncredited)

Movie ★ 6.9

1999

Epidemic Africa as Self / Narrator

Movie ★ 10.0

1999

The Early Show as Self

TV ★ 6.3

1998

Halloween H20: 20 Years Later● as Laurie Strode / Keri Tate

Movie ★ 6.0

1998

Homegrown as Sierra Kahan

Movie ★ 5.6

1998

Nicholas’ Gift as Maggie Green

Movie ★ 5.0

1998

Unmasking the Horror

Movie ★ 10.0

1997

Fierce Creatures as Willa Weston

Movie ★ 6.2

1997

The Haunted History of Halloween as Self

Movie ★ 6.9

1997

The View as Self

TV ★ 4.4

1997

The View as Self - Guest

TV ★ 4.4

1997

Leute heute as Self

TV ★ 5.2

1996

House Arrest as Janet Beindorf

Movie ★ 5.4

1996

Escape from L.A. as Female Narrator (uncredited)

Movie ★ 5.9

1996

The Good, The Bad, and the Beautiful as Self

Movie ★ 10.0

1996

Ellen's Energy Adventure as Dr. Judy Peterson (uncredited)

Movie ★ 8.0

1996

E! True Hollywood Story

TV ★ 8.2

1996

The Rosie O'Donnell Show as Self - Guest

TV ★ 4.1

1995

The Heidi Chronicles as Heidi Holland

Movie ★ 7.6

1995

The Drew Carey Show as Sioux

TV ★ 6.5

1995

The Frank Skinner Show as Self

TV ★ 7.5

1994

My Girl 2 as Shelly Sultenfuss

Movie ★ 6.0

1994

True Lies as Helen

Movie ★ 7.1

1994

Cindy Sherman: Nobody's Here But Me as Narrator (voice)

Movie ★ 9.0

1994

Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever! as Self (archive footage)

Movie ★ 7.0

1993

Mother's Boys as Judith 'Jude' Madigan

Movie ★ 5.4

1993

Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest

TV ★ 7.3

1993

Intimate Portrait as Self

TV ★ 4.5

1992

Forever Young as Claire Cooper

Movie ★ 6.5

1992

A Spinal Tap Reunion: The 25th Anniversary London Sell-Out as Jamie Lee Curtis

Movie ★ 6.2

1992

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno as Self

TV ★ 5.4

1991

My Girl as Shelly DeVoto

Movie ★ 7.4

1991

Queens Logic as Grace

Movie ★ 5.8

1990

Blue Steel as Officer Megan Turner

Movie ★ 5.8

1990

Help Save Planet Earth as Self

Movie ★ 9.0

1980s 30 credits

1989

Anything But Love as Hannah Miller

TV ★ 6.1

1988

A Fish Called Wanda as Wanda Gershwitz

Movie ★ 7.2

1988

Dominick and Eugene as Jennifer Reston

Movie ★ 6.9

1988

John Cleese's First Farewell Performance as Self

Movie ★ 7.0

1988

LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self - Guest

TV ★ 5.6

1987

A Man in Love as Susan Elliott

Movie ★ 4.5

1987

Amazing Grace and Chuck as Lynn Taylor

Movie ★ 5.8

1986

As Summers Die as Whitsey Loftin

Movie ★ 6.7

1985

Perfect as Jessie Wilson

Movie ★ 5.7

1985

Annie Oakley as Annie Oakley

Movie ★ 8.0

1985

Tall Tales & Legends as Annie Oakley

TV ★ 6.0

1984

Grandview, U.S.A.● as Michelle 'Mike' Cody

Movie ★ 5.8

1984

Jeopardy! as Self - Clue Presenter

TV ★ 6.8

1983

Trading Places as Ophelia

Movie ★ 7.2

1983

Love Letters as Anna Winter

Movie ★ 5.6

1982

Coming Soon as Herself

Movie ★ 6.8

1982

Money on the Side● as Michelle Jamison

Movie ★ 4.8

1982

Halloween III: Season of the Witch● as Curfew Announcer / Telephone Operator (voice) (uncredited)

Movie ★ 5.2

1982

Callahan as Rachel Bartlett

Movie ★ 7.0

1982

Wogan as Self

TV ★ 5.3

1981

Halloween II● as Laurie Strode

Movie ★ 6.6

1981

Roadgames● as Pamela 'Hitch' Rushworth

Movie ★ 6.5

1981

Death of a Centerfold: The Dorothy Stratten Story as Dorothy Stratten

Movie ★ 5.1

1981

She's in the Army Now as Pvt. Rita Jennings

Movie ★ 5.3

1981

Escape from New York● as Narrator / Prison Recording Voice (uncredited)

Movie ★ 7.0

1980

The Fog● as Elizabeth Solley

Movie ★ 6.7

1980

Terror Train● as Alana

Movie ★ 5.7

1980

Prom Night● as Kimberly Hammond

Movie ★ 5.7

1980

Fear on Film: Inside 'The Fog' as Self

Movie ★ 5.8

1980

Fridays as Self

TV ★ 5.9

1970s 9 credits

1979

Buck Rogers in the 25th Century as Jen Burton

TV ★ 7.0

1978

Halloween● as Laurie

Movie ★ 7.6

1977

The Love Boat as Linda

TV ★ 6.3

1977

The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries

TV ★ 7.1

1977

Operation Petticoat as Lt. Barbara Duran

TV ★ 6.9

1976

Charlie's Angels as Linda Frye

TV ★ 6.7

1976

Quincy, M.E. as Girl in Dressing Room

TV ★ 7.5

1975

Saturday Night Live as Self - Host

TV ★ 6.9

1971

Columbo as Waitress

TV ★ 8.1

1960s 1 credit

1968

60 Minutes as Self

TV ★ 6.6

1950s 3 credits

1953

The Oscars as Self

TV ★ 7.0

1953

The Oscars as Self - Presenter

TV ★ 7.0

1952

Today as Self

TV ★ 5.7

1940s 3 credits

1944

Golden Globe Awards as Self - Presenter

TV ★ 7.2

1944

Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee

TV ★ 7.2

1944

Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee / Presenter

TV ★ 7.2

s 5 credits

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Spychosis as Jamie

Movie

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The Debra Hill Story as Self

Movie

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Activia Kiss It Better Edit

Movie

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The Honey Wars as (voice)

Movie

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Newlyweds as Tony's ex-wife

Crew Credits

2020s 14 credits

2026

Sender Producer

Movie

2026

Scarpetta Executive Producer

TV ★ 6.5

2025

The Lost Bus Producer

Movie ★ 7.0

2025

Freakier Friday Producer

Movie ★ 6.8

2025

Stop the Insanity: Finding Susan Powter Executive Producer

Movie

2025

I Was Born This Way Executive Producer

Movie

2024

Burn Out Executive Producer

Movie

2024

The Sticky Executive Producer

TV ★ 7.2

2022

Return to Sender Producer

Movie ★ 6.8

2022

Almost Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Everything Everywhere All at Once Thanks

Movie ★ 10.0

2022

Halloween Ends Executive Producer

Movie ★ 6.0

2021

Halloween Kills Executive Producer

Movie ★ 6.4

2021

2 Timers Executive Producer

Movie

2020

Best Summer Ever Executive Producer

Movie ★ 6.7

2010s 3 credits

2018

Halloween● Executive Producer

Movie ★ 6.6

2018

Hondros Co-Executive Producer

Movie ★ 7.2

2015

Scream Queens Director

TV ★ 7.8

1980s 1 credit

1989

Anything But Love Director

TV ★ 6.1

1970s 1 credit

1977

Murder at the World Series Dialogue Coach

Movie ★ 6.7

s 4 credits

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The Debra Hill Story Executive Producer

Movie

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Mother Nature Writer

Movie

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Trüebadour Executive Producer

Movie

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Newlyweds Producer