What is Jamie Lee Curtis?
{{Infobox person | name = Jamie Lee Curtis | image = Jamie Lee Curtis (41851191720) (cropped).jpg | caption = Curtis in 2018 | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1958|11|22}} | birth_place = [[Santa Monica, California]], U.S. | education = [[Choate Rosemary Hall]] | occupation = {{flatlist| *Actress *producer *author }} | years_active = 1977–present | works = [[List of Jamie Lee Curtis performances|Full list]] | spouse = {{marriage|[[Christopher Guest]]<br />|1984}} | children = 2 | father = [[Tony Curtis]] | mother = [[Janet Leigh]] | relatives = {{ubl|[[Kelly Curtis]] (sister)|[[Allegra Curtis]] (half-sister)}} | awards = [[List of awards and nominations received by Jamie Lee Curtis|Full list]] | signature = Jamie Lee Curtis's signature.png }} '''Jamie Lee Curtis''' (born November 22, 1958) is an [[Americans|American]] actress and author. Although at the beginning of her [[career]] she was known as a [[:en:Scream_queen|scream queen]] because of her roles in many [[horror movie]]s (beginning with her first ever role as [[Laurie Strode]] in 1978's ''[[Halloween (1978 movie)|Halloween]]''[[Halloween (1978 movie)|)]], Curtis has since appeared in a variety of different movie [[genre]]s. Her role as Deirdre Beaubeirdre in the 2022 movie ''[[Everything Everywhere All at Once]]'' earned her an [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress]] and a [[Screen Actors Guild Award]]. She has also received a [[ Grammy Award]] nomination and two [[Golden Globe Award]]s. In 2024, she won a [[Primetime Emmy Award]]. Her 1998 book, ''Today I Feel Silly, and Other Moods That Make My Day,'' made ''[[The New York Times]]'' best-seller list. In the late 2010s, Curtis returned as Strode in the horror movie ''[[Halloween (2018 movie)|Halloween]]'' (2018) and its [[sequels]] ''[[Halloween Kills]]'' (2020) and ''[[Halloween Ends]]'' (2021). She also played Linda Drysdale in the mystery comedy movie '