Jamie Lee Curtis is the daughter of legendary actors Janet Leigh and Tony Curtis. She got her big break at acting in 1978 when she won the role of Laurie Strode in Halloween. After that she became famous for roles in movies like Trading Places, Perfect and A Fish Called Wanda. She starred in one of the biggest action films ever, True Lies, for which she won a Golden Globe for her performance. In 1998 she starred in Halloween H20: 20 Years Later in which she reprised her role that made her famous back in 1978.
Halloween: Resurrection (2002): $3,000,000
Halloween II (1981): $100,000
Halloween (1978): $8,000
During the 1980s she was engaged to Hollywood production designer J. Michael Riva, the grandson of screen legend Marlene Dietrich. Her godfather was MCA-Universal CEO Lew Wasserman. Saw her future husband Christopher Guest in the issue of Rolling Stone magazine with Cyndi Lauper on the cover. Guest appeared in a promotional photo for the film This Is Spinal Tap in full costume and makeup as a rock star. She fell in love at first sight of the photo and gave her telephone number to his agent. Adopted two children: Annie (b. December 1986) and Thomas (b. March 1996). Daughter of Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh Became formally known as Baroness Haden-Guest of Saling in the County of Essex (or, less formally, Lady Haden-Guest), when her husband, Christopher, inherited the barony in 1996 on the death of his father. Sister of actress Kelly Curtis Graduated from Choate Rosemary Hall private school in 1976. It was on her suggestion that Halloween H20: 20 Years Later was made. Her deleted scene from The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension is included on the MGM Special Edition DVD, 2001, as the "Alternate Opening". Was asked to cameo in Scream 3, but declined. Won a 2003 Grammy nomination in the Best Spoken Album for Children category for her recording of the children's books she has written. Measurements: 34C-22-32 (wardrobe on Forever Young) (Source: Celebrity Sleuth magazine) Sister-in-law of Nicholas Guest and Pamela Guest. Attended University of the Pacific in Stockton, California. When making reservations in exclusive London restaurants at short notice, she gives her name as Lady Haden-Guest, which apparently works better than Jamie Lee Curtis. She told a German magazine that she will retire from making movies and that Christmas with the Kranks will be her last work as an actress. (November 2004) Said in an interview on Good Entertainment, with Michael Medved that, ironically, horror films terrify her and she prefers not to watch them. Member of jury at the Cannes Film Festival in 1992 Was one of the guests at Sandra Bullock's and Jesse James' wedding. Godmother of Jake Gyllenhaal. Ex-stepdaughter of Christine Kaufmann, Andrea Savio and Leslie Curtis. Stepdaughter of Jill Vandenberg Curtis. Two of her earliest roles make reference to roles played by her father. She appeared in the television series Operation Petticoat, based on the movie that had starred her father, Tony Curtis. While on hiatus from that show, she was cast in Halloween, in which the detective "Sam Loomis" was named after a character from Psycho, which had starred her mother, Janet Leigh. Also, her father imitated Cary Grant's voice for his role in Some Like It Hot, and worked with Grant himself in Operation Petticoat. Grant's birth name, Archie Leach, was used as the name for John Cleese's character in A Fish Called Wanda. Once said that Dan Aykroyd was the best on-screen kisser she ever worked with. John Cleese found it amusing that her father, Tony Curtis's real name was Bernard Schwartz. To tease her about this, during the production of A Fish Called Wanda, he had the call sheets refer to her as "Jamie Lee Schwartz.". Half-sister of Allegra Curtis. Around the time "True Lies" was released, Jamie appeared in a series of commercials for L'Eggs Pantyhose. The company also took out an insurance policy for her legs.