Anecdotes

Godmother of Jake Gyllenhaal and Maggie Gyllenhaal.

Holds US patent Patent #4,753,647. "A disposable infant garment which takes the form of a diaper including, on its outer side, a sealed, but openable, moisture-proof pocket which contains one or more clean-up wipers."

Became formally known as The Right Hon. The Lady Haden-Guest of Saling in the County of Essex, when her husband, Christopher, inherited the barony in 1996 on the death of his father.

Once said that Dan Aykroyd was the best on-screen kisser she ever worked with.

Daughter of Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh

It was on her suggestion that Halloween H20: 20 ans plus tard (1998) was made.

Has her legs insured for $2 million.

Survived a secret Vicodin addiction (1989-1999) that almost destroyed her life, during which time even husband Christopher Guest was totally oblivious to her plight. Not until she attended her first recovery meeting in 1999 did she reveal, for the first time, the details of her addiction to her husband and family. Jamie became addicted after being prescribed opiates after minor plastic surgery for her "puffy eyes".

Said in an interview on Good Entertainment, with Michael Medved (2001) that, ironically, horror films terrify her and she prefers not to watch them.

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.

Adopted two children with Christopher Guest: daughter Annie Guest (b. December 1986) and daughter Ruby Guest (b. March 1996).

Around the time Vrai mensonge (1994) was released, Jamie appeared in a series of commercials for L'Eggs Pantyhose. The company also took out an insurance policy for her legs.

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 Un ange dénommé Wanda (1988), he had the call sheets refer to her as "Jamie Lee Schwartz.".

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 (1984) 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.

Won a 2003 Grammy nomination in the Best Spoken Album for Children category for her recording of the children's books she has written.

When she went to pick up her Tesla car with husband Christopher Guest, the technician instructed them to check out the air conditioning and audio controls, each of which maxed out at "11." Apparently Tesla CEO Elon Musk was a huge fan of the film This Is Spinal Tap (1984) and had the controls exclusively customized for the couple.

Curtis, along with her daughter, is an avid fan of the Warcraft series of video games, especially "World of Warcraft." She and her daughter often participate in gaming conventions, as well as performing cosplay (dressing in full costume as a character from the series, complete with makeup/prosthetics and props), including a memorable turnout as green-skinned orcs at the US premiere of the "Warcraft" movie.

Was named by McCall's magazine as one of the "10 Best Bodies in America" in 1985.

Was childhood friends with Eric Douglas. He once tried to kiss her while both were sitting in a tree. Curtis then pushed Eric out of the tree; he fell to the ground, which resulted in a hernia that had to be operated on.

Was asked to cameo in the sequel Frissons 3 (2000), but declined.

She told a German magazine that she will retire from making movies and that Noël avec les Krank (2004) will be her last work as an actress. (November 2004) She was wrong.

She was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6600 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on September 3, 1998.

Appeared in two feature films with mother Janet Leigh - Le brouillard (1980) and Halloween H20: 20 ans plus tard (1998).

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.

Two of her earliest roles make reference to roles played by her father. She appeared on the television series Opération charme (1977), based on the movie that had starred her father, Tony Curtis. While on hiatus from that show, she was cast in La Nuit des masques (1978), in which the detective "Sam Loomis" was named after a character from Psychose (1960), which had starred her mother, Janet Leigh. Also, her father imitated Cary Grant's voice for his role in Certains l'aiment chaud (1959), and worked with Grant himself in Opération Jupons (1959). Grant's birth name, Archie Leach, was used as the name for John Cleese's character in Un ange dénommé Wanda (1988).

Was introduced to her future husband, Christopher Guest, by Halloween 2: Le masque (1981) co-star Leo Rossi through a mutual celebrity softball league.

She has played the same character (Laurie Strode) in films released in six different decades from the 1970s to the 2020s: La Nuit des masques (1978), Halloween 2: Le masque (1981), Halloween H20: 20 ans plus tard (1998), Halloween: La résurrection (2002), Halloween (2018) and Halloween prend fin (2022).

In the Married with Children (1987) episode The Poker Game (1987), Al Bundy votes her as having the perfect legs and breasts.

Younger sister of actress Kelly Curtis. Older half-sister of Allegra Curtis, Alexandra Curtis, Nicholas Curtis, and Benjamin Curtis.

Attended the University of the Pacific in Stockton, California.

Travels under the nom-de-plume "Rhoda Penmark," named after Patty McCormack's character in La Mauvaise Graine (1956).

Does not like acting in front of a green screen, which is why she has said she will never be in a superhero film.

Following a December 2022 feature in New York magazine, "The Year of the Nepo Baby", Curtis referred to herself as an "OG nepo baby" and said, "The current conversation about nepo babies is just designed to try to diminish and denigrate and hurt.".

Her deleted scene from Les aventures de Buckaroo Banzaï à travers la huitième dimension (1984) is included on the MGM Special Edition DVD, 2001, as the "Alternate Opening".

Graduated from Choate Rosemary Hall private school in 1976.

Despite being in iconic horror movie roles, does not like watching scary movies because she doesn't like being frightened.

Friends with Sigourney Weaver, and Tyra Banks.

Lives in Santa Monica, California and Ketchum, Idaho.

Was one of the guests at Sandra Bullock's and Jesse James' wedding.

Jamie is the only member of her family to have won an acting Oscar. Her parents Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh were respectively nominated just once for La chaîne (1958) and Psychose (1960), but failed to take home the statuette.

Stated on a featurette to Halloween (2018) that she was originally going to be a police officer before becoming an actor.

Her paternal grandparents, Emanuel Schwartz and Helen (Klein), were Hungarian Jewish immigrants. Her maternal grandfather, Frederick/Fred Robert Morrison, had English, Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, German, Swiss-German, and French ancestry, and her maternal grandmother, Helen Lita (Westergaard), was from a family of Danish immigrants.

She has appeared in one film that has been selected for the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically or aesthetically" significant: La Nuit des masques (1978).

She and Gigi Garner have known each other since they were both 2-years-old and both were cheerleaders in high school.

Was a member of the jury at the Cannes Film Festival in 1992.

For her win in Tout, partout, tout à la fois (2022), becomes the eighth so-called "nepo baby" (the offspring of a famous parent in the business) to win the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress. Those before her are Tatum O'Neal, Vanessa Redgrave, Anjelica Huston, Mira Sorvino, Angelina Jolie, (arguably) Patricia Arquette, and Laura Dern.

Her Pacific Palisades home narrowly survived the Los Angeles wildfires of January 2025, one of the few lucky to have been spared. She first learned of the fire outbreak on a flight to New York to promote her film La dernière danseuse de cabaret (2024).

Sister-in-law of Nicholas Guest and Pamela Guest.

For years has been the spokeswoman for Activia yogurt.

Interviewed in 2016 by Tavis Smiley on his TV show, Tavis Smiley (2004), following the success on her authorship of the children's book, "This is Me".