Jamie Lee Curtis
Curtis in 2018
Born (1958-11-22) November 22, 1958 (age 65)
Santa Monica, California, U.S.
EducationChoate Rosemary Hall
Occupations
  • Actress
  • producer
  • author
Years active1977–present
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(m. 1984)​
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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, she is regarded as a scream queen, in addition to roles in comedies.[1] Curtis has received multiple accolades, including an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, and two Golden Globe Awards, as well as nominations for an Emmy Award and a Grammy Award.

The youngest daughter of actors Janet Leigh and Tony Curtis, she made her television debut in a 1977 episode of the NBC drama series Quincy, M.E..[2] Curtis made her film debut and rose to prominence with her portrayal of Laurie Strode in John Carpenter's slasher film Halloween (1978). A critical and commercial success, the film established Curtis as a scream queen and led to starring roles in the horror films The Fog, Prom Night, Terror Train (all 1980), and Roadgames (1981). She would reprise the role in six of the Halloween sequels, concluding with Halloween Ends in 2022.[3]

Curtis's film work spans many genres outside of horror, including the comedies Trading Places (1983), for which she won the BAFTA for Best Supporting Actress, and A Fish Called Wanda (1988), for which she received a nomination for the BAFTA for Best Actress.[4] Her role as a workout instructor in the film Perfect (1985) earned her a reputation as a sex symbol.[5] She won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress for her portrayal of Helen Tasker in James Cameron's True Lies (1994).[6] Her other film credits include Freaky Friday (2003), Knives Out (2019), and Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022). Her performance in the latter earned Curtis multiple accolades, including the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.[7][8][9] As of 2023, her films have grossed over $2.5 billion at the box office.[10]

Curtis received another Golden Globe for her portrayal of Hannah Miller on ABC's sitcom Anything but Love (1989–1992), and earned a nomination for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress for the television film Nicholas' Gift (1998).[11] She also starred in the Fox series Scream Queens (2015–2016), for which she received her seventh Golden Globe nomination.[6] Curtis has written numerous children's books, including Today I Feel Silly, and Other Moods That Make My Day (1998), which made The New York Times's best-seller list. She is married to British-American filmmaker Christopher Guest, with whom she has two adopted children.

Early life

Curtis as a baby with her mother in 1960

Jamie Lee Curtis was born in Santa Monica, California, on November 22, 1958, to actors Janet Leigh (born Jeanette Helen Morrison; 1927–2004) and Tony Curtis (born Bernard Schwartz; 1925–2010). Her mother was of Danish, German, and Scotch-Irish descent.[12] Her father was Jewish, a son of emigrants from Mátészalka, Hungary.[13] She has an older sister, actress Kelly Curtis (born 1956), and four half-siblings from her father's later marriages: Alexandra, actress Allegra Curtis (born 1966), Benjamin, and Nicholas (who died of a drug overdose in 1994).[14]

Curtis's parents divorced in 1962. She has stated that, after the divorce, her father was "not around" and that he was "not interested in being a father".[15] After her father's death, she learned that she and her siblings had all been cut out of his will.[16] Her mother married stockbroker Robert Brandt, who helped raise her.[17] Curtis attended the elite Harvard-Westlake School and Beverly Hills High School in Los Angeles, and graduated in 1976 from Choate Rosemary Hall in Wallingford, Connecticut.[18] Returning to California in 1976, she studied law at her mother's alma mater—University of the Pacific in Stockton, California[19][20]—but dropped out after one semester to pursue an acting career.[21]

Career

1977–1979: Television debut and Halloween

(Right to left) Curtis with her mother Janet Leigh and sister Kelly Curtis in 1979

Curtis made her television debut in a 1977 episode of the drama series Quincy, M.E..[2] She went on to guest star on several series, including The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries,[22] Columbo,[23] Charlie's Angels,[24] The Love Boat,[25] and Buck Rogers in the 25th Century.[26] She appeared as Nurse Lt. Barbara Duran in the short-lived comedy series Operation Petticoat (1977–1978),[27] based on the 1959 film that starred her father, Tony Curtis. Curtis was also a game show panelist on several episodes of Match Game.[28]

Her film debut occurred in John Carpenter's 1978 horror film Halloween, in which she played the role of Laurie Strode. The film was a major success and was considered the highest-grossing independent film of its time, earning accolades as a classic horror film. The producer, Debra Hill, specifically cast Curtis because her mother, Janet Leigh, had been known as a horror icon due to her Oscar-nominated performance in Psycho.[29] She would also return to the Halloween franchise seven times, playing Strode in the sequels Halloween II (1981), Halloween H20: 20 Years Later (1998), Halloween: Resurrection (2002), Halloween (2018), Halloween Kills (2021), and Halloween Ends (2022), and having an uncredited voice role in Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982).[30]

After the massive critical and commercial success of Halloween, Curtis was subsequently cast in several horror films, garnering her a reputation as a scream queen.[1]

1980–1982: Scream queen

Her next film following Halloween was The Fog, which was also directed by Carpenter and produced by Hill. The film opened in February 1980 to mixed reviews but strong box office,[31] starting Curtis as a horror film starlet. In the years since its release, the film has achieved critical reappraisal and developed a cult following.[32] Her next film, Prom Night, was a low-budget Canadian slasher film released in July 1980. The film, for which she earned a Genie Award nomination for Best Performance by a Foreign Actress, was similar in style to Halloween, yet received negative reviews which marked it as a disposable entry in the then-popular slasher genre. That year, Curtis also starred in Terror Train, which opened in October and met with negative reviews akin to Prom Night. Both films performed moderately well at the box office.[10] Curtis's roles in the latter two films served a similar function to that of Strode—the main character whose friends are murdered and is practically the only protagonist to survive. Film critic Roger Ebert, who gave negative reviews to all three of Curtis's 1980 films, said that Curtis "is to the current horror film glut what Christopher Lee was to the last one—or Boris Karloff was in the 1930s."[33]

In 1981, she appeared alongside Stacey Keach in the Australian thriller film Roadgames, directed by Carpenter's friend Richard Franklin; her importation, which was requested by the film's American distributor AVCO Embassy Pictures, was contested by the Sydney branch of Actors Equity.[34][35] Although the film was a box office bomb in Australia and Franklin later regretted not increasing the size of Curtis's role, it has achieved a cult following and was championed by Quentin Tarantino.[36] That same year, Curtis reprised her role of Laurie Strode in Halloween II. She starred in the television films Death of a Centerfold: The Dorothy Stratten Story, playing the eponymous doomed Playmate, and She's in the Army Now.[37][38]

1983–1989: Trading Places and established actress

Curtis at the 1989 Primetime Emmy Awards

Her role as a kindhearted prostitute in 1983's Trading Places helped Curtis shed her horror queen image; the film was a great critical and commercial success and garnered Curtis a BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role.[4] She had previously worked with director John Landis on the documentary Coming Soon. The studio originally objected to Curtis's casting, as she was primarily associated with horror films: "The casting people all thought [Landis] was crazy, and he single-handedly changed the course of my life by giving me that part", Curtis later stated.[39] The following year, Curtis appeared in the romantic drama film Love Letters and the comedy-drama Grandview, U.S.A..[40][41]

In 1985, Curtis was cast opposite John Travolta as a workout instructor in the film Perfect. While her role earned her a reputation as a sex symbol,[5] the film was a critical and commercial flop. It has since earned a cult following, and in a 1994 interview with Rolling Stone magazine, Quentin Tarantino called the movie "greatly underappreciated."[42] That same year, Curtis starred as Annie Oakley in an episode of Shelley Duvall's Tall Tales & Legends.[43] In 1986, she starred alongside Bette Davis in the HBO film As Summers Die. She then starred in the 1988 comedy film A Fish Called Wanda, which achieved cult status while showcasing her as a comedic actress. For her performance, she was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role[4] and the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical.[6] That same year, Curtis starred in the film Dominick and Eugene alongside Tom Hulce and Ray Liotta.[44]

Her first starring role on television came opposite Richard Lewis in the situation comedy series Anything but Love, which ran for four seasons from 1989 through 1992. For her performance as Hannah Miller, she received the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy[6] and the People's Choice Award for Favorite Actress in a New TV Series.[45]

1990–1999: Continued success and True Lies

Curtis received positive reviews for her performance in the action thriller Blue Steel (1990), which was directed by Kathryn Bigelow. The following year, she appeared in My Girl, opposite her Trading Places co-star Dan Aykroyd. The film was a great commercial success and was followed by a sequel, My Girl 2, in 1994. In 1992, Curtis starred alongside Mel Gibson in the romantic fantasy film Forever Young. The following year, she appeared in the psychological thriller Mother's Boys.[46]

Curtis received critical acclaim and a Golden Globe Award for her work in the 1994 action-comedy film True Lies, directed by James Cameron.[6] The film was a critical and commercial success, becoming the 3rd highest-grossing film of 1994.[47] Her performance also earned Curtis her first Screen Actors Guild Award nomination.[48] She earned another Golden Globe Award nomination for her work in TNT's adaptation of the Wendy Wasserstein play The Heidi Chronicles (1995). In 1996, Curtis starred in the family comedy film House Arrest and appeared in an episode of the sitcom The Drew Carey Show.[49]

Curtis appeared in Fierce Creatures in 1997, opposite her three A Fish Called Wanda costars: John Cleese, Kevin Kline, and Michael Palin. While the film was a modest commercial success, grossing $40 million worldwide against a $25 million budget,[50] it did not achieve the level of critical acclaim of its predecessor.[51] That same year, Curtis was inducted into the Fangoria Hall of Fame.[citation needed]

In 1998, she starred in the CBS television film Nicholas' Gift, for which she received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination,[11] and reprised her role of Laurie Strode for the third time in Halloween H20: 20 Years Later. That same year, Curtis received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.[52] In 1999, she starred in the science fiction horror film Virus, which was a critical and commercial flop. Curtis has since stated that she regrets starring in the film.[53]

2000–2006: Freaky Friday and retirement

In 2000, Curtis was honored with the Hasty Pudding Woman of the Year award[54] and appeared in the crime comedy film Drowning Mona, starring Danny DeVito and Bette Midler. The following year, she starred as Geoffrey Rush's wife in the spy-triller film The Tailor of Panama and appeared in Billy Bob Thornton's Daddy and Them. Also in 2001, she voiced Queen Camilla in the computer-animated Christmas film Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and the Island of Misfit Toys. She appeared in Halloween: Resurrection in 2002.

In 2003, Curtis was cast opposite Lindsay Lohan in the Disney comedy film Freaky Friday. The film was shot at Palisades High School in Pacific Palisades, California, near where Curtis and Guest lived with their children. Curtis received critical acclaim for her performance; A. O. Scott from The New York Times contended that she "does some of her best work ever",[55] while Entertainment Weekly called her performance "glorious".[56] Her performance earned her another nomination for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical.[6] She also received a Grammy Award nomination that same year for Best Spoken Word Album for Children for the audiobook The Jamie Lee Curtis Audio Collection.[57]

In 2004, she starred in the Christmas comedy film Christmas with the Kranks, which was critically derided but a box office success, and later went on to gain a cult following. The following year, she appeared as herself along with her True Lies co-star Arnold Schwarzenegger in the comedy film The Kid & I and hosted the CBS program A Home for the Holidays.[58] In October 2006, Curtis told Access Hollywood that she had closed the book on her acting career to focus on her family.[59]

2007–2017: Return to acting and Scream Queens

Curtis in 2011

Curtis returned to acting after being cast in June 2007 in Disney's live-action-animated film Beverly Hills Chihuahua, starring opposite Piper Perabo as one of three live-action characters in the film.[60] She also starred in the 2010 comedy film You Again, opposite Kristen Bell and Sigourney Weaver. Curtis had voice roles in the animated films The Little Engine That Could (2011) and the English language version of From Up on Poppy Hill (2013).[61]

In 2012, she appeared in five episodes of the military drama series NCIS, playing the role of Dr. Samantha Ryan, a potential romantic interest of Special Agent Gibbs (Mark Harmon). During an interview, she stated that if they could develop a storyline, she would be interested to return to the series, but this never occurred.[62] The series reunited Curtis with Harmon, after he played her character's fiancé and later husband in the 2003 remake of Freaky Friday.[63] This was followed by supporting roles in the neo-noir mystery film Veronica Mars (2014) and the biographical drama film Spare Parts (2015). In 2016, IndieWire named her one of the best actors never to have received an Academy Award nomination[64] (Curtis received her first Academy Award nomination in 2023).[7]

From 2012 to 2018, Curtis had a recurring role as Joan Day, the mother of Zooey Deschanel's character, in the sitcom New Girl.[65] From 2015 to 2016, Curtis had a lead role as Cathy Munsch on the Fox satirical horror comedy series Scream Queens, which aired for two seasons. Curtis filmed an intricate homage to her mother's classic shower scene in Psycho in a season one episode.[66] For her performance in the first season, Curtis was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy[6] and the People's Choice Award for Favorite Actress in a New TV Series.[67] In 2017, Curtis was mentioned by Eminem in Big Sean's song No Favors.[68]

2018–present: Film resurgence and awards success

Curtis at the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival

Curtis returned to leading roles with her reprisal of Laurie Strode in the horror sequel film Halloween (2018). The film debuted to $76.2 million, marking the second-best opening weekend of October and the highest opening weekend of the Halloween franchise; and became the biggest domestic grosser in the franchise with its opening weekend alone.[69] Its opening performance was the best-ever for a film starring a lead actress over 55 years old.[70] Curtis's performance earned critical acclaim.[71] Also in 2018, she had a role in the drama film An Acceptable Loss. Her performance earned some positive critical notice; Chicago Sun-Times critic Richard Roeper stated that Curtis "creates a monster so terrifying she'd have Michael Myers turning tail and running away."[72]

In 2019, Curtis appeared as Linda Drysdale-Thrombrey, the eldest daughter of novelist Harlan Thrombey (played by Christopher Plummer) in Rian Johnson's mystery film Knives Out, which earned critical acclaim and over $300 million at the global box office.[73] The film was chosen by the American Film Institute, the National Board of Review, and Time magazine as one of the top ten films of 2019 in each respective list.[74][75]

In September 2021, she was honored with the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival for her lifetime achievements.[76] Curtis again reprised her role as Laurie Strode in the horror sequels Halloween Kills, which was released in October 2021, and in Halloween Ends, which was released in October 2022. Her performance in each film earned her People's Choice Award nominations for Drama Movie Star.[77][78] Halloween Ends marked Curtis' final time portraying Laurie Strode.[3][79][80] She also was honored with a handprint ceremony at Grauman's Chinese Theater on October 12, 2022. Curtis's close friends Melanie Griffith and Arnold Schwarzenegger both honored her with speeches at the ceremony.[81]

She appeared as persnickety Internal Revenue Service (IRS) inspector Deirdre Beaubeirdre in the comedy-drama action film Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022), which earned her widespread critical acclaim and nominations for an Academy Award, BAFTA, Critics' Choice, Golden Globe, and Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Supporting Actress, in addition to a nomination for an Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Performance.[82] It was Curtis's first Oscar nomination.[83][84][85][86] She ultimately won the Academy Award and SAG Award, marking her first time winning both, as well as being part of the cast's Best Ensemble win at the SAG Awards.[87][88]

In 2023, Curtis guest starred in the second season of the Hulu comedy-drama series The Bear as family matriarch Donna Berzatto, having hoped to become involved with the series after watching the first season.[89] Her performance received widespread acclaim from reviewers.[90][91] She starred as Madame Leota in Disney's Haunted Mansion, which was released on July 28, 2023.[92]

In 2024, Curtis was named a Disney Legend by the The Walt Disney Company.[93] She will portray Dr. Patricia Tannis in the film Borderlands, which adapts the video game series of the same name.[94] It is set to be released on August 9, 2024.[95][96]

Other ventures

Children's books

Working with illustrator Laura Cornell, Curtis has written a number of children's books,[97] all published by HarperCollins Children's Books.[98]

Curtis autographing a copy of her children's book in 2010

Graphic novel

In February 2022, Curtis was announced to have co-written a graphic novel, Mother Nature, which is based on an upcoming eco-horror film made by Comet Pictures and Blumhouse Productions that will be written and directed by Curtis. The graphic novel was published in July 2023 by Titan Comics, written by Curtis and filmmaker Russell Goldman, and illustrated by Karl Stevens.[101]

Invention

In 1987, Curtis filed a US patent application that subsequently issued as Patent No. 4,753,647. This is a modification of a diaper with a moisture-proof pocket containing wipes that can be taken out and used with one hand.[102] Curtis refused to allow her invention to be marketed until companies started selling biodegradable diapers.[103] The full statutory term of this patent expired February 20, 2007, and it is now in the public domain. She filed a second US patent application related to disposable diapers in 2016 which issued as US Patent 9,827,151[104] on November 28, 2017, and will expire on September 7, 2036.[103]

Blogging

Curtis was a blogger for The Huffington Post online newspaper from 2011 to 2017.[105] On her website, Curtis tells her young readers that she "moonlights as an actor, photographer, and closet organizer".[97]

Podcasts

Curtis launched the podcast series Letters from Camp on Audible in 2020[106] and Good Friend with Jamie Lee Curtis for iHeartRadio in 2021.[107]

Political views

Curtis at an event to support Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton in 2016

During California's 2008 general election, Curtis appeared in television advertisements for the Children's Hospital Bond Act.[108]

In March 2012, Curtis was featured with Martin Sheen and Brad Pitt in a performance of Dustin Lance Black's play 8—a staged reenactment of the federal trial that overturned California's Prop 8 ban on same-sex marriage—as Sandy Stier.[109] The production was held at the Wilshire Ebell Theatre and broadcast on YouTube to raise money for the American Foundation for Equal Rights.[110][111] In June 2016, the Human Rights Campaign released a video in tribute to the victims of the Orlando nightclub shooting; in the video, Curtis and others told the stories of the people killed there.[112][113]

Curtis endorsed Hillary Clinton in the 2016 presidential election, and was a vocal critic of President Donald Trump during his term in office.[114] Curtis endorsed Marianne Williamson in the 2024 presidential election[115] and Adam Schiff for the 2024 Senate race in California.[116] She expressed support for Israel during the 2023 Israel–Hamas war.[117][118]

Philanthropy

Beginning in 1990, Curtis and her father, Tony, took a renewed interest in their family's Hungarian Jewish heritage, and helped finance the rebuilding of the "Great Synagogue" in Budapest, Hungary. The largest synagogue in Europe, it was originally built in 1859 and suffered damage during World War II.[119]

Curtis also helped to refurbish the synagogue in Mátészalka where her grandparents worshipped. She attended the opening of the Tony Curtis Memorial Museum and Cafe, which is also located in Mátészalka.[120]

Curtis was guest of honor at the 11th annual gala and fundraiser in 2003 for Women in Recovery, a Venice, California-based non-profit organization offering a live-in, twelve-step program of rehabilitation for women in need. Past honorees of this organization include Sir Anthony Hopkins and Dame Angela Lansbury. Curtis is also involved in the work of the Children Affected by AIDS Foundation, serving as the annual host for the organization's "Dream Halloween" event in Los Angeles, launched every year in October.[121][122]

Curtis plays a leadership role for Children's Hospital Los Angeles and supported the 2011 opening of a new inpatient facility for the organization.[123]

Personal life

Curtis married British-American filmmaker Christopher Guest on December 18, 1984. She saw a picture of him from his film This Is Spinal Tap (1984) in Rolling Stone and told her friend Debra Hill, "Oh, I'm going to marry that guy." She married him five months later.[124] They have two adopted daughters: Annie, born in 1986, and Ruby, born in 1996. Curtis is actor Jake Gyllenhaal's godmother.[125] Prior to her marriage to Guest, Curtis dated British rock singer Adam Ant.[126]

On April 8, 1996, her husband Christopher Guest inherited the title Baron Haden-Guest when his father died. As the wife of a hereditary peer, Curtis is a baroness with style of The Lady Haden-Guest. Curtis does not use this title, saying, "it has nothing to do with me".[127][128]

She is close friends with actress Sigourney Weaver. In a 2015 interview, she said she has never watched Weaver's film Alien (1979) in its entirety because she was too scared by it.[129]

Curtis is a recovering alcoholic, and was once addicted to painkillers that she began using after a cosmetic surgical procedure.[130] She became sober from opiates in 1999 after reading and relating to Tom Chiarella's account of addiction,[17] and has called her own recovery the greatest achievement of her life.[131] She is a fan of the video game World of Warcraft and the manga One Piece,[132] and has worn disguises that allowed her to attend Comic-Con, EVO,[133] and BlizzCon[134] incognito.

In 2021, Curtis received the Lifetime Achievement Award during the 78th Venice International Film Festival and said, "I feel so alive, like I'm this 14-year-old person just beginning their life. That's how I wake up every day with that sort of joy and purpose. I'm just beginning my work."[135]

Acting credits and awards

Main articles: List of Jamie Lee Curtis performances and List of awards and nominations received by Jamie Lee Curtis
Curtis at the 1989 Primetime Emmy Awards

Curtis has received numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, one BAFTA Award (from three nominations), two Golden Globe Awards (from eight nominations), and two Screen Actors Guild Awards (from three nominations). She has also been nominated for one Primetime Emmy Award, one Grammy Award, and one Independent Spirit Award. She received the Maltin Modern Master Award from the Santa Barbara International Film Festival in 2023.[136]

Her most acclaimed films, according to the review-aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes, include:[137][138]

See also

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