Jamie Lee Curtis has been an integral part of the mega-popular slasher franchise Halloween for decades, portraying Laurie Strode from an early age.
Summary
- Jamie Lee Curtis made her feature film debut in the 1978 movie Halloween at the age of 19, portraying the iconic final girl character Laurie Strode.
- Curtis’s portrayal of Laurie Strode catapulted her career, and she has since worked on various successful projects, proving her talent extends beyond the horror genre.
- Curtis played a crucial role in three eras of the Halloween franchise, returning to the series in Halloween H20: 20 Years Later in 1998 and making a comeback for the 2018 retcon reboot and its subsequent sequels.
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Halloween is one of the most well-known slasher media franchises, with more than a dozen movies spanning many decades, and star Jamie Lee Curtis became involved at an early age. The Halloween films all focus on the seemingly immortal Michael Myers, who as a young boy murdered his older sister and then went through his life murdering more teenagers. In addition to the many movie installments that the horror franchise boasts, there are also novels, comic books, and video games to its name.
Jamie Lee Curtis has been a part of the Halloween franchise since the start, and she has made a number of appearances in the films over the decades since. Her portrayal of the character has been one of the driving factors in the franchise’s continued success. Knowing how old Curtis was in each of the movies gives a lot of perspective into her talent and growth, and this calls for a breakdown of her ages in the Halloween movies that she appears in.
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Jamie Lee Curtis Was 19 Years Old In 1978’s Halloween
The first Halloween film was released in 1978 and introduced Jamie Lee Curtis’s iconic final girl character Laurie Strode to audiences. Laurie is an innocent 17-year-old high school student who lives in the fictional town of Haddonfield, Illinois. Her life was turned upside down when she noticed a man wearing a mask, Michael Myers, stalking her and her friends. The movie served as Curtis’s feature film debut, and she was just 19 years old when she stepped into the shoes of Laurie Strode for the first time.
Curtis’s portrayal of the brave teenager catapulted her career, making her a household name. She has worked on huge projects like True Lies, Knives Out, and Everything Everywhere All At Once, for which she won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress. She has proven that her acting skills are not limited to the horror genre, but that did not stop her from coming face-to-face with the terrifying Michael Myers time and time again by returning to the Halloween franchise in a number of the sequels.
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How Old Jamie Lee Curtis Was In Halloween Sequels
Viewers got to witness Jamie Lee Curtis growing up and into her acting skills through her portrayal of Laurie Strode. The Halloween movie franchise is broken into four separate eras, and Curtis was a crucial piece of three. After appearing in 1981’s Halloween II (and having a voice cameo in Halloween III: Season of the Witch), her next return to the franchise in Halloween H20: 20 Years Later in 1998 helped to revitalize a franchise that was speculated to be headed toward its deathbed. Later, she was brought back for the 2018 Halloween retcon reboot for a new trilogy.
The Halloween franchise would not have been the same without Jamie Lee Curtis and without the innocent babysitter who proves to be braver than audiences could have ever imagined. To understand Curtis’s impact on the series, here is a breakdown of every film she partook in and her age at the time.
- Halloween (1978) – 19 years old
- Halloween II (1981) – 22 years old
- Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982) – 23 years old
- Halloween H20: 20 Years Later (1998) – 39 years old
- Halloween Resurrection (2002) – 43 years old
- Halloween (2018) – 59 years old
- Halloween Kills (2021) – 62 years old
- Halloween Ends (2022) – 63 years old
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