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| series = Halloween
| image = LaurieStrode.jpg
| first = Halloween (1978) | last = Halloween Ends (2022) | caption = Jamie Lee Curtis as Laurie Strode in Halloween (1978) | creator = John CarpenterDebra Hill | portrayer = 1978–2022Jamie Lee CurtisNichole Drucker (young, Halloween II)2007–2009 Scout Taylor-ComptonUncredited baby (infant) | voice = Catherine Lecours(Dead by Daylight) | title = She Who Will Not Die<ref name="swwnd">Halloween Kills: The Official Movie Novelization by Tim Waggoner — Prologue — Page 1 — “The Shape stands motionless at the foot of the stairs, looking up at the three woman who have imprisoned him in this trap. Their faces display a range of emotions: anger, disbelief, fear… but most of all, triumph. This is most prominent in the face of the oldest woman, although when the Shape looks at her, he sees a different face, a much younger one. The face of She Who Will Not Die. The Shape is incapable of feeling anything as he gazes into her eyes, but something stares inside him, a need for… what? Completion? Closure? Perhaps. Or maybe it’s simply a need to see the life fade in those eyes—those stubborn, stubborn eyes—to watch them become cold and empty, like his.”</ref> | occupation = 1978–1981 StudentBabysitter<div style="padding-top: 5px">H20 HeadmistressRemake: StudentBabysitter | full_name = 1981–2002 Laurie Strode (née Cynthia Ann Myers)Keri Tate2007–2009 Laurie Strode (née Angel Myers) | children = 1988–1995Jamie Lloyd(daughter; deceased)'H20:John Tate (son)2018–2022:Karen Nelson(daughter; deceased) | relatives =
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| data22 = Deceased (original and H20 continuity)Alive (remake and Blumhouse continuity) }}Laurie Strode is a character from the Halloween series. She first appeared in Halloween (1978) as a high school student who becomes targeted by serial killer Michael Myers, in which she was portrayed by Jamie Lee Curtis. Created by John Carpenter and Debra Hill, Laurie appeared in nine of thirteen films in the series (and is seen briefly in photographs and video footage in at least two others). The character has subsequently been represented in various other media, including novels, video games, and comic books.
Most entries in the franchise depict Laurie as Michael's younger sister, although this detail is not present in the first film and was also disregarded by the most recent entries - the 2018 film and its two sequels. The character is primarily portrayed by Jamie Lee Curtis, who appears as Laurie in the original film and six of its sequels. In the two films directed by Rob Zombie, she is played by Scout Taylor-Compton. Academic materials widely cite Laurie as one of the early and more influential examples of the "final girl" slasher film archetype.
Appearances
Films
1978
Laurie Strode first appears in the original Halloween (1978). The 17-year-old Laurie (Curtis) is a high school student who has plans to babysit Tommy Doyle (Brian Andrews) on Halloween night, 1978. However, throughout the day, she keeps seeing a mysterious masked man watching her wherever she goes; unbeknownst to her, he is Michael Myers (Nick Castle), an escaped mental patient who murdered his sister, Judith Myers (Sandy Johnson), 15 years before and has begun stalking her. Laurie notices Michael watching her and becomes increasingly worried, though her best friends Annie (Nancy Loomis) and Lynda (P. J. Soles) brush off her concerns. As Laurie babysits Tommy, Myers kills Annie and Lynda in the house across the street. Growing concerned when they fail to call her, Laurie goes to investigate and sees their corpses laid out for her to find, before being attacked by Michael. Barely escaping, Laurie races back to the Doyle house. Michael follows, but Laurie manages to fend him off long enough for Tommy and Lindsey to escape. Laurie is saved by Dr. Sam Loomis (Donald Pleasence), Michael's psychiatrist, who shoots him off the balcony; when Loomis goes to check Michael's body, he finds it missing. An unsurprised Loomis stares off into the night, while Laurie begins sobbing in terror.