Jamie Lee Curtis

Acting

Born 1958-11-22 Los Angeles, California, USA 188 credits Academy Awards 1 Golden Globe Awards 1 BAFTA Awards 1 star on Hollywood Walk of Fame 1 Jupiter Awards 1 Disney Legends 1

Awards

Won 1 Academy Award

Academy Awards 1 won

2023 Best Supporting Actress Won Everything Everywhere All at Once

Primetime Emmy Awards 1 nominated

1998 Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie Nominated Nicholas' Gift

Golden Globe Awards 1 won · 3 nominated

2023 Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture Nominated Everything Everywhere All at Once
2003 Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy Nominated Freaky Friday
1994 Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy Won True Lies
1988 Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy Nominated A Fish Called Wanda

BAFTA Awards 1 won · 1 nominated

1989 Best Actress in a Leading Role Nominated A Fish Called Wanda
1984 Best Actress in a Supporting Role Won Trading Places

Screen Actors Guild Awards 1 nominated

1995 Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role Nominated True Lies

star on Hollywood Walk of Fame 1 won

— star on Hollywood Walk of Fame Won

Jupiter Awards 1 won

— Jupiter Awards Won

Disney Legends 1 won

2024 Disney Legends Won

Satellite Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy 1 nominated

2004 Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy Nominated Freaky Friday

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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.