(CNN) — Jamie Lee Curtis won her first Oscar and achieved a milestone her parents, who are Academy Award-nominated movie stars each, missed.
The Hollywood actress, famously the descendant of “Psycho” star Janet Leigh and “Some Like It Hot” actor Tony Curtis, took home the best supporting actress award at the Oscars on Sunday for her acclaimed performance. in “Everything Everywhere All at Once.”
During his emotional speech, Curtis, 64, made sure to remind the world of his Hollywood roots, and the fact that his late parents never made it to the podium.
“I know it looks like I’m standing here alone, but I’m not. I am hundreds of people,” Curtis said, before listing his coworkers on “Everything Everywhere All at Once.” He then added: “We just won an Oscar.”
Curtis thanked his family and fans for the “genre movies” he has made.
In the closing moments of his speech, Curtis said: “And my mom and dad were nominated for Oscars in different categories. I just won an Oscar.”
Leigh was nominated for best supporting actress in 1960 for her role in Alfred Hitchcock’s “Psycho,” while Tony Curtis received a 1958 nomination for best leading actor for his performance in “The Defiant Ones.”
Tony Curtis, Janet Leigh y Jamie Lee Curtis. (Crédito: Jim Smeal/Ron Galella Collection/Getty Images)
In December, Curtis weighed in on the nepotism conversation after he Vulture.com dubbed 2022 “The Year of the Nepo Baby” in a series of articles about the privilege of celebrities with famous parents.
“There is not a day in my professional life that goes by that I am not reminded that I am the daughter of movie stars,” she wrote at the time, adding that “the current conversation about nepo babys is designed to try to belittle and denigrate and it hurts. “.
Curtis, whose acting credits include Disney’s “Freaky Friday” and “Halloween,” noted that while he had navigated his decades-long acting career “with the advantages my associated and reflected fame brought me,” he disagreed with the ” assumptions and snide comments that someone related to someone else who is famous in their field for their art would somehow have no talent at all.
The mother-of-two added: “I’ve come to realize that’s just not true.”
Curtis also made fun of her nickname “Nepo Baby” at last month’s SAG Awards, where she won Outstanding Performance by a Supporting Actress.
During her speech, she told the audience: “I know they look at me and think ‘nepo baby,’ that’s why she’s there, and I totally get it,” Curtis said. “But the truth is, I’m 64 and this is just amazing.”
