Jamie Lee Curtis

American actress and author

Jamie Lee Curtis is an American actress and author. Curtis is known for playing Laurie Strode in the Halloween franchise and for her roles in A Fish Called Wanda, Freaky Friday, Christmas with the Kranks, Trading Places, and Knives Out. She has produced the films Halloween and Halloween Kills, and appeared in the 2024 films Borderlands and The Last Showgirl.

Curtis has also made contributions to television, appearing in the series Scream Queens and The Sticky, and hosted IHeartPodcasts’s Personal Journals podcast Good Friend with Jamie Lee Curtis.

Curtis received the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy for her role in True Lies in 1994 and an Academy Award for her role in Everything Everywhere All at Oncein 2023.

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60 Minutes 01/25/2026: Timothée Chalamet, Jamie Lee Curtis, Kate Winslet Society & Culture
Last January, correspondent Anderson Cooper spent a couple of days with Timothée Chalamet to find out how he prepared for more than five years to play one of the most enigmatic and revered musicians of our time for his film “A Complete Unknown”, which earned him an Oscar nomination for best actor. Correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi talks with Jamie Lee Curtis in Los Angeles about her long career in Tinseltown and about her recent wave of award-winning performances that came to her in her 60s.Correspondent Cecilia Vega travels to the U.K. for an intimate portrait of actor Kate Winslet. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policyLearn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Jamie Lee Curtis on Apple TV

Movies & TV Shows

Freakier Friday Comedy · 2025
Knives Out Mystery · 2019
Christmas with the Kranks Comedy · 2004

Jamie Lee Curtis on Apple Music

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Jamie Lee Curtis on Apple Podcasts

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About

FROM: US
BORN: November 22, 1958