List of Jamie Lee Curtis performances

The following is a list of film and television performances by American actress, producer, and children's author Jamie Lee Curtis. She made her film debut in John Carpenter's slasher film Halloween (1978); her role as Laurie Strode established her as a scream queen and led to a string of parts in the horror films The Fog, Prom Night, Terror Train (all 1980) and Roadgames (1981). She reprised the role of Laurie in the Halloween sequels Halloween II (1981), Halloween H20: 20 Years Later (1998), Halloween: Resurrection (2002), Halloween (2018), Halloween Kills (2021), and Halloween Ends (2022). She also had an uncredited voice role in Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982).^[1]

Curtis at the World of Color premiere at Disney California Adventure Park, June 2010

Curtis's film work spans many genres, including the cult comedies Trading Places (1983), for which she won a BAFTA for Best Supporting Actress, and A Fish Called Wanda (1988), for which she received a BAFTA nomination for Best Actress.^[2] Her role in the 1985 film Perfect earned her a reputation as a sex symbol.^[3] She won a Golden Globe Award for her role as Helen Tasker in James Cameron's action thriller True Lies (1994);^[4] she also earned her first SAG Award nomination her performance.^[5] Her performance as Deirdre Beaubeirdre in Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022) earned her the first Academy Award nomination—and win—of her career, for Best Supporting Actress.^[6][7][8] Her performance also earned her two SAG awards: Outstanding Female Actor in a Supporting Role and Outstanding Cast in a Motion Picture.^[9] As of 2023, her films have grossed over $2.5 billion at the box office.^[10]

On television, Curtis made her acting debut in a season 2 episode of Quincy, M.E. (1977).^[11] She received a Golden Globe Award and a People's Choice Award for her role as Hannah Miller on ABC's Anything But Love (1989–1992).^[12] She earned another Golden Globe nomination for her role in the television film The Heidi Chronicles (1996) and earned her first Primetime Emmy Award nomination for the fact based drama Nicholas' Gift (1998).^[13] She also starred as Cathy Munsch on the Fox series Scream Queens (2015–16), for which she received her seventh Golden Globe nomination,^[4] and her second People's Choice Award nomination.^[14]

Film

List of film credits

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
1978	Halloween	Laurie Strode		[15]
1980	The Fog	Elizabeth Solley		[16]
	Prom Night	Kim Hammond		[17]
	Terror Train	Alana Maxwell		[18]
1981	Escape from New York	Narrator / Computer	Voice role; uncredited	[19]
	Roadgames	Pamela "Hitch" Rushworth		[20]
	Halloween II	Laurie Strode		[15]
1982	Halloween III: Season of the Witch	Telephone Operator	Voice role; uncredited	[1]
	Coming Soon	Narrator	Documentary	[21]
1983	Trading Places	Ophelia		[22]
1984	Love Letters	Anna Winter		[23]
	Grandview, U.S.A.	Michelle "Mike" Cody		[24]
	The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension	Sandra Banzai	In extended version	[25]
1985	Perfect	Jessie Wilson		[26]
1987	A Man in Love	Susan Elliot		[27]
	Amazing Grace and Chuck	Lynn Taylor		[28]
1988	Dominick and Eugene	Jennifer Reston		[29]
	A Fish Called Wanda	Wanda Gershwitz		[30]
1990	Blue Steel	Megan Turner		[31]
1991	Queens Logic	Grace		[32]
	My Girl	Shelly DeVoto		[33]
1992	Forever Young	Claire Cooper		[34]
1993	Mother's Boys	Judith "Jude" Madigan		[35]
1994	My Girl 2	Shelly DeVoto Sultenfuss		[36]
	True Lies	Helen Tasker		[37]
1996	House Arrest	Janet Beindorf		[38]
1997	Fierce Creatures	Willa Weston		[39]
1998	Homegrown	Sierra Kahan		[40]
	Halloween H20: 20 Years Later	Laurie Strode		[15]
1999	Virus	Kelly Foster		[41]
2000	Drowning Mona	Rona Mace		[42]
2001	The Tailor of Panama	Louisa Pendel		[43]
	Daddy and Them	Elaine Bowen		[44]
	Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and the Island of Misfit Toys	Queen Camilla	Voice role	[45]
2002	Halloween: Resurrection	Laurie Strode		[15]
2003	Freaky Friday	Tess Coleman / Anna Coleman		[46]
2004	Christmas with the Kranks	Nora Krank		[47]
2005	The Kid & I	Herself		[48]
2008	Beverly Hills Chihuahua	Vivian Ashe		[49]
2010	You Again	Gail Byer Olsen		[50]
2011	The Little Engine That Could	Beverly "Bev"	Voice role	[51]
2012	From Up on Poppy Hill	Ryoko Matsuzaki	Voice role; English dub	[52]
2014	Veronica Mars	Gayle Buckley		[53]
2015	Spare Parts	Principal Karen Lowry		[54]
2017	Hondros	—	Executive producer only	[55]
2018	Halloween	Laurie Strode	Also executive producer	[15]
	An Acceptable Loss	Rachel Burke		[56]
2019	Knives Out	Linda Drysdale-Thrombey		[57]
2021	Halloween Kills	Laurie Strode	Also executive producer	[15]
2022	Everything Everywhere All at Once	Deirdre Beaubeirdre		[8]
	Halloween Ends	Laurie Strode	Also executive producer	[15]
2023	Haunted Mansion	Madame Leota		[58]
2024	Borderlands	Dr. Patricia Tannis		[59]
	The Last Showgirl	Annette
2025	Ella McCay †		Post-production	[60]
	Freakier Friday †	Tess Coleman	Post-production; also producer
TBA	The Lost Bus †	—	Post-production; producer

Key

†	Denotes films that have not yet been released

Television

List of television credits

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
1977	Quincy, M.E.	Girl in Dressing	Episode: "Visitors in Paradise"	[11]
	The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries	Mary	Episode: "Mystery of the Fallen Angels"	[61]
	Columbo	Waitress	Episode: "The Bye-Bye Sky High I.Q. Murder Case"	[62]
1977–1978	Operation Petticoat	Lt. Barbara Duran	Main role	[63]
1978	Charlie's Angels	Linda Frey	Episode: "Winning Is for Losers"	[64]
	The Love Boat	Linda	Episode: "Till Death Do Us Part, Maybe/Chubs/Locked Away"	[65]
1979	Buck Rogers in the 25th Century	Jen Burton	Episode: "Unchained Woman"	[66]
1980	Saturday Night Live	Host	Episode: "Jamie Lee Curtis/James Brown & Ellen Shipley"	[67]
1981	She's in the Army Now	Pvt. Rita Jennings	Television film	[68]
	Death of a Centerfold: The Dorothy Stratten Story	Dorothy Stratten		[69]
1982	Callahan	Rachel Bartlett		[70]
	Money on the Side	Michelle Jamison		[71]
1984	Saturday Night Live	Herself/host	2 episodes: "Thompson Twins" & "Jamie Lee Curtis/The Fixx"	[67]
1985	Shelley Duvall's Tall Tales & Legends	Annie Oakley	Episode: "Annie Oakley"	[72]
1986	As Summers Die	Whitsey Loftin	Television film	[73]
1989–1992	Anything but Love	Hannah Miller	Main role; directed episode: "The Call of the Mild"	[74]
1995	The Heidi Chronicles	Heidi Holland	Television film	[75]
1996	The Drew Carey Show	Sioux	Episode: "Playing a Unified Field"	[76]
1998	Nicholas' Gift	Maggie Green	Television film	[77]
2000	Pigs Next Door	Clara	Voice role; episode: "Movin' On Up"	[78]
2005	A Home for the Holidays	TV Program Host	Television special	[79]
2012	NCIS	Dr. Samantha Ryan	5 episodes	[80]
2012–2018	New Girl	Joan Day	6 episodes	[81]
2014	Only Human	Evelyn Lang	Television film	[82]
2015–2016	Scream Queens	Cathy Munsch	Main role; directed episode: "Rapunzel, Rapunzel"	[83]
2019	Game Grumps	Herself	Web series; episode: "Playing Super Mario Party w/ JAMIE LEE CURTIS!"	[84]
2020	Archer	Agent Peregrine Bruchstein	Voice role; 2 episodes	[85]
	Martha Knows Best	Herself	Episode: "Martha Claus Is Coming to Town"	[86]
2022	Reno 911!	Lt. Donna Fitzgibbons	Episode: "Bad Lieutenant Woman"	[87]
2023–2024	The Bear	Donna Berzatto	3 episodes	[88]

See also

• List of awards and nominations received by Jamie Lee Curtis

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External links

• Jamie Lee Curtis at IMDb