In brief
Jamie Lee Curtis (born November 22, 1958) is an American actress, producer, and children's book author, best known for her breakout role as Laurie Strode in the horror film Halloween (1978), which established her as a leading figure in the slasher genre often referred to as the "Scream Queen."
Her father was Jewish, a son of emigrants from Mátészalka, Hungary.
The daughter of actors Janet Leigh and Tony Curtis, Curtis built a versatile career across genres, starring in comedies like Trading Places (1983) and action films such as True Lies (1994), while also earning acclaim for dramatic roles; her performance as Deirdre Beaubridge in Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022) won her the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in 2023.
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