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Jamie Lee Curtis is an American actress and writer. She is has earned many awards including a BAFTA Award, two Golden Globe Awards and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1998.

Curtis is well known for her role as Laurie Strode in John Carpenter‘s horror film Halloween (1978) with Nick Castle as Michael Myers. The film led to the Halloween sequels, Halloween II (1981), Halloween H20: 20 Years Later (1998), Halloween: Resurrection (2002), and Halloween (2018), and Halloween Kills (2021). Her early success in horror films, included films The Fog, Prom Night, Terror Train (all 1980) and Roadgames (1981). She reprised the role of Laurie in the sequels.

Curtis’s film work spans many genres, including the cult comedies Trading Places (1983), for which she received a BAFTA for Best Supporting Actress, and A Fish Called Wanda (1988), for which she earned a BAFTA nomination for Best Actress. She won a Golden Globe, an American Comedy Award, and a Saturn Award for playing the starring role of Helen Tasker in James Cameron‘s action comedy film True Lies (1994) with Arnold Schwarzenegger. Curtis’s other major films include Blue Steel (1990), My Girl (1991), Forever Young (1992), The Tailor of Panama (2001), Freaky Friday (2003), Beverly Hills Chihuahua (2008), You Again (2010), Veronica Mars (2014), and Knives Out (2019) with Daniel Craig.

Curtis received a Golden Globe and a People’s Choice Award for her portrayal of Hannah Miller on the ABC sitcom Anything But Love (1989–1992). She earned a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for her work in the television film Nicholas’ Gift (1998). She also starred as Cathy Munsch on the Fox horror comedy series Scream Queens (2015–2016), for which she earned her seventh Golden Globe Award nomination.

in 2023, Curtis was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in Everything Everywhere All at Once, which also starred Michelle Yeoh, Stephanie Hsu, and Ke Huy Quan.