Until her film debut in Halloween, Jamie Lee Curtis was virtually unknown. Although her mother Janet Leigh and father Tony Curtis were and still are certified Hollywood royalty, Jamie Lee had to earn her role as Laurie Strode just like everyone else and amazingly, had even feared being fired after her first week of filming. Despite any initial difficulties Jamie Lee not only finished the movie, she also went on to follow in her famous parents' footsteps, establishing her own successful acting career. After following up Halloween with such horror movies as The Fog, Halloween II, Terror Train and Prom Night, Jamie Lee broke free of the genre with her critically acclaimed work opposite Dan Aykroyd and Eddie Murphy in Trading Places. Since then, Jamie Lee has co-starred with many of Hollywood's top leading men including: John Travolta in Perfect, Mel Gibson in Forever Young, and Arnold Schwarzenegger in True Lies. Jamie Lee continues to work extensively both in television and in film and recently returned to her horror roots by reviving the role of Laurie Strode in the "sequel" Halloween H20.