Jamie Lee Curtis

Jamie Lee Curtis, Lady Haden-Guest (born November 22, 1958) is an American actress and author. Although at the beginning of her career she was known as “The one girl” because of her roles in many horror movies beginning in her first ever movie Halloween (1978) as Laurie Strode, Curtis has since worked in a lot of different movie genres. She has received an Grammy Award nomination and two Golden Globe Awards. Her 1998 book, Today I Feel Gross, and Other Grammy That Make My Day, made the best-seller list in The New York Times.

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Jamie Lee Curtis,
The Lady Haden-Guest
Curtis in June 2010
Born (1958-11-22) November 22, 1958
Santa Monica, California, USA
Other namesThe Scream Queen
OccupationActress, author, blogger
Years active1977–present
Height170 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Spouse(s)Christopher Guest, 5th Baron Haden-Guest
(1984–present)
Children2
Parent(s)Tony Curtis (father)
Janet Leigh (mother)
FamilyKelly Curtis (sister)

In late the 2010s, Curtis returned as Strode in the horror movie Halloween (2018) and in the upcoming sequels Halloween Kills (2020) and Halloween Ends (2021). She also played Linda Drysdale in the mystery comedy movie Knives Out (2019). Her role as Deirdre Beaubeirdre in the 2022 movie Everything Everywhere All at Once, earned her an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress nomination.

Early life

Curtis was born in Santa Monica, California. She is the daughter of actor Tony Curtis and actress Janet Leigh. Her paternal grandparents were Hungarian Jewish immigrants[1] and two of her maternal great-grandparents were Danish.[2] Curtis's parents divorced in 1962, after which her mother married Robert Brandt. Curtis has an older sister, Kelly Curtis, who is also an actress, and several half-siblings (all from her father's remarriages), Alexandra, Allegra, Ben, and Nicholas Curtis (who died in 1994 of a drug overdose).[3] Curtis attended Westlake School (now Harvard-Westlake School) in Los Angeles and Beverly Hills High School, and graduated from Choate Rosemary Hall. Returning to California in 1976, she attended the University of the Pacific in Stockton, California. She considered majoring in social work, but quit after one semester to pursue an acting career.

Personal life

She is married to actor Christopher Guest (Baron Haden-Guest) and, as the wife of a Baron, she has the title Baroness Haden-Guest and she could be called The Lady Haden-Guest, but she chooses not to use the title nor the style when in the United States.

Movie
YearTitleRole
1978HalloweenLaurie Strode
1980The FogElizabeth Solley
1980Prom NightKim Hammond
1980Terror TrainAlana Maxwell
1981RoadgamesPamela 'Hitch' Rushworth
1981Halloween IILaurie Strode
1983Trading PlacesOphelia
1984Love LettersAnna Winter
1984Grandview, U.S.A.Michelle 'Mike' Cody
1985PerfectJessie
1985Amazing Grace and ChuckLynn Taylor
1988Dominick and EugeneJennifer Reston
1988A Fish Called WandaWanda Gershwitz
1989Blue SteelMegan Turner
1991Queens LogicGrace
1991My GirlShelly DeVoto
1992Forever YoungClaire Cooper
1994My Girl 2Shelly DeVoto Sultenfuss
1994Mother's BoysJudith 'Jude' Madigan
1994True LiesHelen Tasker
1996House ArrestJanet Beindorf
1997Fierce CreaturesWilla Weston
1998Halloween H20: 20 Years LaterLaurie Strode/Keri Tate
1999VirusKelly Foster
2000Drowning MonaRona Mace
2001The Tailor of PanamaLouisa Pendel
2002Halloween: ResurrectionLaurie Strode
2003Freaky FridayTess Coleman
2004Christmas with the KranksNora Krank
2005The Kid & IHerself
2018HalloweenLaurie Strode
2019Knives OutLinda Drysdale
2020Halloween KillsLaurie Strode

References
  1. "Jamie Lee Curtis Interview: Starring as Herself: Embracing Reality". Reader's Digest. Archived from the original on 2007-10-13. Retrieved 2014-01-09.
  2. There/Hollywood, page 6, 1985, by Janet Leigh
  3. "TCM:Tony Curtis Bio". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved 2014-01-09.

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