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| Birth Name(s) : Jamie Lee Curtis |
Date of Birth: November 22, 1958 |
| Status:
Married
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Partner:
Christopher Guest |
| Profession:
Actor |
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Full Jamie Lee Curtis Biography
Jamie Lee Curtis' breakthrough role was as Laurie Strode in "Halloween" (1978). Other feature films include "Trading Places" (1983), "A Fish Called Wanda" (1988) and "True Lies" (1994). She re-visited her star-making role in "Halloween H2O: 20 Years Later" (1998).
Jamie Lee Curtis met her current husband by seeing him on the cover of a magazine and giving his agent her number. They have two adopted children. |
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Additional Jamie Lee Curtis Biography
Jamie Lee Curtis (born November 22, 1958) is an American film actress and an author of children's books. Although she was initially known as a "scream queen" because of her starring roles in many horror films early in her career, Curtis has since compiled a body of work that covers many genres. She has received an Emmy Award nomination and two Golden Globe Awards. 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 (Baron Haden-Guest) and, as the wife of a Baron, is titled Baroness Haden-Guest and therefore could be styled The Lady Haden-Guest, but she chooses to use neither the title nor the style when in the United States.
Curtis' film debut was in the classic 1978 horror film Halloween, playing the role of Laurie Strode, the only 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". The filmmakers did not know who her parents were at the time they cast her.
Her role in 1983's Trading Places established her as more than just a horror queen and 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 has reportedly returned to acting after she was cast in June 2007 in Disney's upcoming live-action-animated film, South of the Border, co-starring opposite Piper Perabo as one of two live-action characters in the film.
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. Her role as Hannah Miller received both a Golden Globe and People's Choice Award. She also 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.
Working with illustrator Laura Cornell, Curtis has written a number of critically-acclaimed children's books. These include:
- When I was Little: A Four-Year Old's Memoir Of Her Youth, published September 1993.
- Tell Me Again About The Night I was Born, published August 1996.
- Today I Feel Silly, and Other Moods That Make My Day, published September 1998, which was listed on the New York Times best-seller list for nine weeks.
- Where Do Balloons Go?: An Uplifting Mystery, published August 2000.
- I'm Gonna Like Me: Letting Off a Little Self-Esteem, published September 2002.
- It's Hard to Be Five: Learning How to Work My Control Panel, published September 2004.
- Is There Really A Human Race?, published September 2006.
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 have two adopted children, Anne Haden Guest (born 1986) and Thomas Haden Guest (born 1996). Both children are entitled to use the honorific The Honourable before their names, because of a Royal Warrant dated 30 April 2004 that addressed the status of adopted children of peers. However, the Haden-Guest title will be inherited by Christopher Guest's heir presumptive, his younger brother, Nicholas, since a peer's adopted children do not have succession rights.
Curtis is actor Jake Gyllenhaal's godmother. 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 host for the organization's Dream Halloween event in Los Angeles in October 2007. |
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