'80s Icon, 66, Admits She 'Never' Thought She'd Win an Oscar
Jamie Lee Curtis has been an acting icon for several decades, though she admitted she never thought that she would be nominated for an Oscar.
While gracing the cover of AARP The Magazine, Curtis, 66, recalled sitting front row at the 95th Academy Awards in 2023 when she was nominated for an Oscar for Everything Everywhere All at Once. Not only did the movie earn her a nomination, but she also won the award in the Best Supporting Actress category.
'What you don't know about that experience was a bigger story,' she said.
Once Curtis arrived to the awards she, she said she noticed that she and her co-stars were seated in the front row.
'As soon as Ke [Huy Quan] and Steph Hsu and Michelle Yeoh came and sat in the same row, I literally walked up to each one of them and I went, 'Ke, where are we?' And he said, 'We're at the Oscars.' 'And where are you sitting?' And he said, 'In the front row,'" she said.
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Curtis explained that she and her co-stars 'never, ever, ever, ever, ever thought that they would be sitting in the front row at the Academy Awards as nominees,." She continued, 'That moment for me was the whole thing. It was mind-blowing. And still is.'
The Freaky Friday actress explained that her thought process came from being "raised in show business," which is "ageist, misogynist and pigeonholing."
'I've watched the sad reality when show business no longer wants you. I watched it with my parents [Janet Leigh and Tony Curtis], who went from the height of their intense fame to nobody wanting them anymore," she said, noting that she now views her 'constant curiosity' as her 'freedom.'
'I am more alive today than I was when I was 37 years old,' she added. 'Or 47. Or 57. Way more alive.'
'80s Icon, 66, Admits She 'Never' Thought She'd Win an Oscar first appeared on Parade on Jul 23, 2025
This story was originally reported by Parade on Jul 23, 2025, where it first appeared.
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