Jamie Lee Curtis and her late mother have loads more in common than what meets the attention.
While speaking to People in an interview on Saturday, the actress revealed what it’s wish to be nominated for this yr’s Academy Awards in the identical category that her late mother, Janet Leigh, once was.
“You recognize, I didn’t take into consideration that,” Curtis, 64, told the outlet while on the Independent Spirit Awards.
“I mean, I knew it, I used to be aware of it. I never thought that might occur. Like my parents and their fame and their stardom was so legendary that I’ve never felt like I can be anywhere near the extent. It’s a fantastic link. It’s a lineage link.”
This yr, Curtis was nominated for best supporting actress for her role within the film “All the pieces In every single place All at Once.”
If she wins, it’s going to be her first Oscar.
In 1961, her mother was also nominated for best supporting actress for her role as Marion Crane within the famous Alfred Hitchcock thriller, “Psycho.” She ultimately lost the category to Shirley Jones for her part within the film “Elmer Gantry.”
After being nominated for this yr’s Academy Awards, the “Halloween” actress admitted that she never thought that she can be here, as she reminisced on once selling probiotic yogurt, Activia, in commercials.
“I’m 64 years old. I’ve been an actor since I used to be 19,” she told AP Entertainment last month. “I made horror movies and sold yogurt that makes you s—t. I never thought I might hear my name on the Oscars.”
Nevertheless, even when Curtis doesn’t win the Oscar next week, she won an award in an identical category at this yr’s Screen Actors Guild Awards, for “female actor in a supporting role,” an accomplishment that did make her consider her mother and father, actor Tony Curtis, she told People.
“Definitely on the SAG Awards, I believed of my parents,” the “Freaky Friday” actress said. “There they were. I wore the ring that my dad gave my mom. I discovered it in a drawer, and I believed, ‘I’m going to wear my parents’ wedding ring to the SAG Awards.’ They were SAG members. It was wonderful.”
Leigh passed away in 2004 on the age of 77, after a battle with vasculitis, which is an “inflammation of the blood vessels,” in line with The Mayo Clinic. Her father died just a couple of years later, in 2010, after a cardiac arrest at age 85.
During her monologue speech at this yr’s 2023 SAG Awards, she joked about being a “nepo baby,” a latest term coined that describes major payers within the entertainment industry which will have had a bonus resulting from their family being in the identical field of labor.
The actress poked fun on the proven fact that she had a SAG card when she was 19 years old, and had starred in a series on ABC TV called the “Operation Petticoat,” which was based on a movie that her father had starred in.
Curtis isn’t the one “All the pieces In every single place All at Once” solid member who’s up for an Oscar next weekend.
In total, the movie is up for 11 nominations in several categories, including star Michelle Yeoh, who’s now the first-ever Asian nominee who shall be up for Best Actress within the Academy’s history.
