Is Jamie Lee Curtis Jewish?

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Well, to make a long story short, Jamie Lee Curtis is not Jewish!

Since Jamie Lee Curtis's mother is not Jewish, and in Orthodox Judaism and Conservative Judaism, those with a Jewish mother (or those who underwent a halakhic conversion) are considered Jewish, then that makes her not Jewish. Though she is not Jewish, Her father is Jewish , and by Reform Judaism and Reconstructionist Judaism, who accept both matrilineal (by mother) and patrilineal (by father) descent views, she is considered Jewish.

Jamie Lee Curtis was born on November 22, 1958 in Santa Monica, California, U.S..

She is an American actress, nicknamed the ''Scream Queen'' in the 1980's for her roles in several horror films including Halloween (1978), The Fog (1980) and Terror Train (1980). She later became known for movies such as Trading Places, A Fish Called Wanda, Blue Steel, My Girl and True Lies. She is also an author of children's books.

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