Jamie Lee Curtis

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Jamie Lee Curtis

Jamie Lee Haden-Guest, Baroness Haden-Guest (born November 22, 1958), universally known by her maiden name as Jamie Lee Curtis, is an American film actress born in Los Angeles, California. She is the daughter of actors Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh. She is known as a "scream queen" for arguably her most memorable role, that of Laurie Strode in the Halloween series—in the first, as well as Halloween II, Halloween H20: 20 Years Later and Halloween: Resurrection. Jamie Lee Curtis has compiled a body of work which covers every type of genre, from comedy to drama to horror.

She married the actor Christopher Guest in 1984, and became Lady Haden-Guest when her husband inherited the Barony of Haden-Guest in 1996. Curtis and Guest have two adopted children, Annie and Thomas.

Recent successful film roles for Curtis have included Disney's Freaky Friday (2003), opposite Lindsay Lohan. The movie was filmed at Palisades High School in Pacific Palisades, CA., nearby 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. She had already won the said award for her work in the movie, True Lies.

Today, Curtis also 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, CA-based non-profit organization offering a live-in, twelve-step program of rehabilitation for women in need. Past Honorees of this organization have included Sir Anthony Hopkins; the 2005 honoree was Angela Lansbury.

Her sister, Kelly Curtis, is also an actress.

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