Jamie Lee Curtis

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November 22, 1958

Christopher Guest (18 December 1984 - present) 2 adopted children

Actress:

You Again (2010)

Beverly Hills Chihuahua (2008)

A Home for the Holidays (2005) (TV)

Molly & Roni's Dance Party (2005)

Christmas with the Kranks (2004)

Freaky Friday (2003)

Halloween: Resurrection (2002)

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer & the Island of Misfit Toys (2001) (voice)

Daddy and Them (2001)

The Tailor of Panama (2001)

"Pigs Next Door" (2000) TV series (voice)

Drowning Mona (2000)

Virus (1999)

Halloween H20: 20 Years Later (1998)

Nicholas' Gift (1998) (TV)

Homegrown (1998)

Fierce Creatures (1997)

House Arrest (1996)

"The Drew Carey Show" (1 episode, 1996)

Ellen's Energy Adventure (1996) (uncredited)

The Heidi Chronicles (1995) (TV)

True Lies (1994)

Mother's Boys (1994)

My Girl 2 (1994)

Forever Young (1992)

"Anything But Love" (56 episodes, 1989-1992)

My Girl (1991)

Queens Logic (1991)

Blue Steel (1989)

A Fish Called Wanda (1988)

Dominick and Eugene (1988)

Amazing Grace and Chuck (1987)

Un homme amoureux (1987)

As Summers Die (1986) (TV)

Welcome Home (1986)

"Tall Tales & Legends" (1 episode, 1985)

Perfect (1985)

The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984) (scenes deleted)

Grandview, U.S.A. (1984)

Trading Places (1983)

Love Letters (1983)

Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982) (voice) (uncredited)

Money on the Side (1982) (TV)

Callahan (1982) (TV)

Death of a Centerfold: The Dorothy Stratten Story (1981) (TV)

Halloween II (1981)

Roadgames (1981)

Escape from New York (1981) (uncredited) (voice)

She's in the Army Now (1981) (TV)

Terror Train (1980)

Prom Night (1980)

The Fog (1980)

"Buck Rogers in the 25th Century" (1 episode, 1979)

"The Love Boat" (1 episode, 1978)

Halloween (1978)

"Charlie's Angels" (1 episode, 1978)

"Operation Petticoat" (23 episodes, 1977-1978)

"Columbo" (2 episodes, 1977)

The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries (1 episode, 1977)

"Quincy M.E." (1 episode, 1977)

Director:

"Anything But Love" (1 episode, 1992)

Appearances

Dreams Come True: A Celebration of Disney Animation (2009) (TV)

Dirt! The Movie (2009) Narrator

Entertainment Tonight (7 episodes, 2007-2009)

The 7th Annual TV Land Awards (2009) (TV)

"The Movie Loft" (1 episode, 2009)

Rachael Ray (2 episodes, 2008)

"The Bonnie Hunt Show" (1 episode, 2008)

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (10 episodes, 1993-2008)

The View (3 episodes, 2004-2008)

Not Quite Hollywood: The Wild, Untold Story of Ozploitation! (2008)

The Oprah Winfrey Show (1 episode, 2008)

Live Earth (2007) (TV)

Insider Trading: The Making of 'Trading Places' (2007)

Dancing with the Stars (1 episode, 2007)

All About Anything But Love (2007)

"The Megan Mullally Show" (1 episode, 2006)

Today (1 episode, 2006)

"Corazón de..." (4 episodes, 2005-2006)

The Kid & I (2005)

Ellen: The Ellen DeGeneres Show (2 episodes, 2003-2004)

This Morning (2 episodes, 2003-2004)

"E! True Hollywood Story" (2 episodes, 2001-2004)

"The Tony Danza Show" (1 episode, 2004)

John Carpenter: Fear Is Just the Beginning... The Man and His Movies (2004)

The 76th Annual Academy Awards 2004 (TV)

"Film '72" (1 episode, 2004)

Live from the Academy Awards (2004) (TV)

Richard & Judy (1 episode, 2003)

"The Frank Skinner Show" (1 episode, 2003)

"Super Short Show" (1 episode, 2003)

Biography (2 episodes, 2001-2003)

The Teen Choice Awards 2003 (2003) (TV)

'Halloween': A Cut Above the Rest (2003) (TV)

"VH1 Goes Inside" (1 episode, 2003)

"48 Hours" (1 episode, 2003)

Something Fishy (2003)

"Revealed with Jules Asner" (1 episode, 2002)

Halloween: Resurrected (2002)

Marlene Dietrich: Her Own Song (2001) (voice)

5th Annual Prism Awards (2001) (TV)

AFI's 100 Years... 100 Thrills: America's Most Heart-Pounding Movies (2001) (TV)

America's Most Wanted (1 episode, 2001)

The 58th Annual Golden Globe Awards 2001 (TV)

The Daily Show (3 episodes, 1996-2000)

2000 Blockbuster Entertainment Awards (2000) (TV) (uncredited)

A Very Special Christmas from Washington, D.C. (2000) (TV)

Epidemic Africa (1999) Narrator

Saturday Night Live 25 (1999) (TV) (uncredited)

"The Martin Short Show" (1 episode, 1999)

'Halloween' Unmasked 2000 (1999)

The 56th Annual Golden Globe Awards 1999 (TV)

"The Directors" (1 episode)

Virus: Ghost in the Machine (1999)

"Celebrity Profile" (2 episodes, 1998)

"Hey Hey, It's Saturday" (1 episode, 1998)

"The Howard Stern Radio Show" (1 episode, 1998)

The Rosie O'Donnell Show (3 episodes, 1996-1998)

"Caiga quien caiga" (1 episode, 1998)

1998 MTV Movie Awards 1998 (TV)

Unmasking the Horror (1998)

Hollywood Salutes Arnold Schwarzenegger: An American Cinematheque Tribute (1998) (TV)

"Mundo VIP" (1 episode, 1997)

Directors: James Cameron (1997)

The Good, the Bad & the Beautiful (1996) (TV)

"Showbiz Today" (1 episode, 1995)

The 67th Annual Academy Awards 1995 (TV)

The Making of 'True Lies' (1994) (TV)

"Larry King Live" (1 episode, 1993)

Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1 episode, 1993)

A Spinal Tap Reunion: The 25th Anniversary London Sell-Out (1992) (TV)

"The Howard Stern Show" (1 episode, 1992)

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1 episode, 1991)

Stories from Growing Up (1991) (TV)

Wogan (1 episode, 1990)

The 42nd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards 1990 (TV)

Help Save Planet Earth (1990) (TV)

The 41st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards 1989 (TV)

Saturday Night Live (2 episodes, 1980-1984)

The 55th Annual Academy Awards 1983 (TV)

Universe of Energy (1982) (uncredited)

"Inside America" (1 episode, 1982)

Coming Soon (1982)

"Fridays" (1 episode, 1981)

All-Star Salute to Mother's Day (1981) (TV)

"Match Game 73" (1 episode, 1980)

The 52nd Annual Academy Awards 1980 (TV)

Fear on Film: Inside 'The Fog' (1980) (TV)

"The Hollywood Squares" (1 episode, 1978)

"The Love Experts" (1978) TV series

"Dinah!" (1 episode, 1977)

When I was Little: A Four-Year Old's Memoir Of Her Youth, 1993.

Tell Me Again About The Night I was Born, 1996.

Today I Feel Silly, and Other Moods That Make My Day, 1998; listed on the New York Times best-seller list for 9 weeks.

Where Do Balloons Go?: An Uplifting Mystery, 2000.

I'm Gonna Like Me: Letting Off a Little Self-Esteem, 2002.

It's Hard to Be Five: Learning How to Work My Control Panel, 2004.

Is There Really A Human Race?, 2006.

Big Words for Little People, 2008.

My Friend Jay, 2009, edition of one, presented to Jay Leno

Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films

2004 Nominated Saturn Award Best Actress for: Freaky Friday (2003)

1999 Nominated Saturn Award Best Actress for: Halloween H20: 20 Years Later (1998)

1995 Won Saturn Award Best Actress for: True Lies (1994) Tied with Sandra Bullock for Speed (1994).

1981 Nominated Saturn Award Best Actress for: Terror Train (1980)

American Comedy Awards, USA

1995 Won American Comedy Award Funniest Actress in a Motion Picture (Leading Role) for: True Lies (1994)

BAFTA Awards

1989 Nominated BAFTA Film Award Best Actress for: A Fish Called Wanda (1988)

1984 Won BAFTA Film Award Best Supporting Actress for: Trading Places (1983)

Blockbuster Entertainment Awards

1999 Nominated Blockbuster Entertainment Award Favorite Actress - Horror for: Halloween H20: 20 Years Later (1998)

Cognac Festival du Film Policier

1990 Won Special Mention for: Blue Steel (1989) For her acting performance.

DVD Exclusive Awards

2001 Nominated Video Premiere Award Best Animated Character Performance for: Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer & the Island of Misfit Toys (2001)
Shared with:William R. Kowalchuk Jr. (designed and created by)

Emmy Awards

1998 Nominated Emmy Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie for: Nicholas' Gift (1998) (TV)


Genie Awards

1981 Nominated Genie Best Performance by a Foreign Actress for: Prom Night (1980)

Golden Globes

2004 Nominated Golden Globe Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy for: Freaky Friday (2003)

1996 Nominated Golden Globe Best Performance by an Actress in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for TV for: The Heidi Chronicles (1995) (TV)

1995 Won Golden Globe Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Comedy/Musical for: True Lies (1994)

1992 Nominated Golden Globe Best Performance by an Actress in a TV-Series - Comedy/Musical for: "Anything But Love" (1989)

1990 Won Golden Globe Best Performance by an Actress in a TV-Series - Comedy/Musical for: "Anything But Love" (1989)

1989 Nominated Golden Globe Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Comedy/Musical for: A Fish Called Wanda (1988)

Hasty Pudding Theatricals, USA

2000 - Woman of the Year

MTV Movie Awards

1995 Nominated MTV Movie Award Best Female Performance for: True Lies (1994)

1995 Nominated MTV Movie Award Best Kiss for: True Lies (1994) Shared with: Arnold Schwarzenegger

Mystfest

1990 Won Best Actress for: Blue Steel (1989)

People's Choice Awards

1990 Won People's Choice Award Favorite Female Performer in a New TV Series

Satellite Awards

2004 Nominated Golden Satellite Award Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical for: Freaky Friday (2003)

Screen Actors Guild Awards

1995 Nominated Actor Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role for: True Lies (1994)

Walk of Fame

1998 - Star on the Walk of Fame Motion Picture On 3 September 1998. At 6600 Hollywood Blvd.

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Jamie Lee Curtis (born November 22, 1958) is an American actress and author. Although she was initially known as a "scream queen" because of her starring roles in many horror films early in her career such as Halloween, The Fog, Prom Night and Terror Train, Curtis has since compiled a body of work that covers many genres. Her 1998 book, Today I Feel Silly, and Other Moods That Make My Day, made the best-seller list in The New York Times. She is married to actor Christopher Guest (Lord Haden-Guest) and, as the wife of a lord, is titled Lady Haden-Guest, but she chooses not to use the title when in the United States. She is currently the spokeswoman for Activia. She is also a blogger for The Huffington Post online newspaper.


Curtis was born in Los Angeles, California, the child of actors Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh. Her paternal grandparents were Hungarian Jewish immigrants. Curtis's parents divorced in 1962 and her mother then 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). Curtis attended both Westlake School in Los Angeles and Beverly Hills High School, but graduated from Choate Rosemary Hall. Returning to California in 1976, Jamie attended the University of the Pacific in Stockton, California. Jamie considered majoring in social work, but left after a semester in order to pursue a career in acting.


Career

Film

Curtis's film debut was the 1978 horror Halloween, playing the role of Laurie Strode, the only central teenage character in the film who is not killed. The film was a major success and was considered the highest grossing independent film of its time, earning status as a classic horror film. Curtis was subsequently cast in several horror films, garnering her the title of a "scream queen".


Her next film following Halloween was the horror film, The Fog, which was directed by Halloween director John Carpenter. The film opened in February 1980 to mixed reviews but strong box office, further cementing Curtis as a horror film starlet. 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 active "slasher film" genre. That year, Curtis also starred in Terror Train, which opened in October and met with a negative reaction akin to Prom Night. Both films performed only moderately well at the box office. Curtis had a similar function in both films - the main character whose friends are murdered, and is practically the only protagonist to survive. Film critic Roger Ebert, who had given negative reviews to all three of Curtis' 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". Curtis later appeared in Halloween II, Halloween H20: 20 Years Later and Halloween: Resurrection, as well as giving an uncredited voice role in Halloween III: Season of the Witch.


Her role in 1983's Trading Places helped Curtis leave her horror queen image behind. 1988's A Fish Called Wanda achieved near cult status – while showcasing her as a first rate comic actress. She won a Golden Globe for her work in 1994's True Lies. Her recent successful film roles include Disney's Freaky Friday (2003), opposite Lindsay Lohan. The movie was filmed at Palisades High School in Pacific Palisades, California, near where Curtis and Guest make their home with their children. She was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy in this movie.


In October 2006, Curtis told Access Hollywood that she has closed the book on her acting career to focus on family. However, she returned to acting after she was cast in June 2007 in Disney's live-action-animated film, Beverly Hills Chihuahua, co-starring opposite Piper Perabo as one of two live-action characters in the film.


Television

Curtis made her TV debut in an episode of Columbo, but her first starring role was opposite Richard Lewis in the situation comedy Anything But Love, which ran for four seasons from 1989 through 1992. She appeared as nurse Lt. Duran in the short-lived television series of Operation Petticoat; based on the big-screen version which stars her real-life father. Her role as Hannah Miller received both a Golden Globe and People's Choice Award. She also starred in the made-for-TV film: Death of a Centerfold: The Dorothy Stratten Story in 1981, playing the part of the doomed Playmate. She earned a Golden Globe nomination for her work in TNT's adaptation of the Wendy Wasserstein play The Heidi Chronicles. More recently, Curtis starred in the CBS television movie Nicholas' Gift, for which she received an Emmy nomination. Curtis also appeared in the science fiction series, Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, and an early episode of The Drew Carey Show. Jamie Lee Curtis also appeared as a panelist on episodes of Match Game.


Children's books

Working with illustrator Laura Cornell, Curtis has written a number of critically-acclaimed children's books, all published by HarperCollins Children's Books.


Inventions

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. Curtis refused to allow her invention to be marketed until companies started selling biodegradable diapers, although the patent expired in 2005 and is now in the public domain.


Personal life

Curtis married actor Christopher Guest on December 18, 1984, becoming Lady Haden-Guest when her husband inherited the Barony of Haden-Guest in 1996, upon the death of his father. The couple has two adopted children. In addition, Curtis is actor Jake Gyllenhaal's godmother.


On her website, Curtis tells her young readers that she "moonlights as an actor, photographer, and closet organizer." She takes time to support various philanthropic groups. Curtis was Guest of Honor at the 11th annual Gala and Fundraiser in 2003 for Women in Recovery, Inc., 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; the 2005 honoree was 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.


Curtis appears on the cover of the May/June 2008 issue of AARP Magazine, sporting gray hair and in water up to her chest.


Curtis was an alcoholic who was also once addicted to pain killers that she started using after a routine cosmetic surgical procedure. She got sober in 1999 and maintains that recovery is the greatest achievement of her life.


During California's 2008 General Election, Curtis appeared in the "YES on Prop 3" TV ads.

Biography courtesy of Wikipedia

"I thought, while they're up and firm [her breasts], why not shoot them once or twice." - on screen nudity

In some circles, my Caesar salad is more famous than my body.

Was asked to cameo in Scream 3 (2000), but declined.