Jamie Lee Curtis will be taking a break from social media over the Christmas period

Speaking to E! News at the premiere of her new movie Ella McCay, Jamie said: "I am about to take a really long, yummy digital detox.

"I'm going to go digital detox and spend a little time without any internet or social media."

The Halloween star says she is "really thrilled" to see nations such as Australia - whose social media ban for children under the age of 16 took effect on Wednesday (10.12.25) - trying to protect youngsters from the dangers the platforms pose.

Jamie said: "It's incredible that they're doing that. I support it 110 per cent, so I need to practice what I preach."

The Oscar-winning star added: "I use it solely for my work and for supporting other people's work. But I need to take a little pause. So, I'm letting go of that at the end of the year."

Although she will be stepping away from social media, Jamie intends to carry on supporting her friends.

She said: "I scream when people succeed or have really positive things happen.

"People have worked hard at something, and then they get that opportunity, I will always scream for them."

Jamie previously revealed that she is happy to be outspoken and doesn't want to be "careful" when expressing her opinions on matters.

The True Lies star told Variety: "I don't have to be careful.

"If I was careful, I wouldn't have told you any of what I just told you. I would have just said, 'Hi, welcome. I baked you banana bread. Here's my dog. Here's my house, blah, blah, blah. What do you want to know?' I can't not be who I am in the moment I am."

Meanwhile, Jamie is the daughter of Hollywood great Tony Curtis and Psycho actress Janet Leigh but admits that acting was an accidental career for her.

The Freakier Friday star said of her teenage years: "I was kind of a weirdo. I was this girl at 16, full of energy and personality. But I had no intelligence. You know, I wasn't an athlete, I wasn't in the plays. And I became an actor by accident."