Jamie Lee Curtis' Parents: Actress Honors Oscar-Nominated Janet Leigh and Tony Curtis During Speech

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Jamie Lee Curtis gave her late parents, Janet Leigh and Tony Curtis, a sweet shout-out during her win for Best Supporting Actress at the 2023 Oscars on Sunday.

Curtis teared up as she noted that they were both nominated for Oscars in their lifetime.Curtis won for her performance in. At the end of her speech, she cried while sharing, «And my mother and my father were both nominated for Oscars in different categories — I just won an Oscar.»Leigh, who died in 2004, was nominated in 1961 for Best Supporting Actress for her role in but did not win, though she did win the category at the Golden Globes that year.

Meanwhile, Curtis, who died in 2010, received his first and only Oscar nomination in 1959 for Curtis has previously weighed in on the «nepo baby» chatter given her famous parents.

The 64-year-old actress took to Instagram to respond to 's viral December 2022 cover story about the privilege that celebrities with famous parents have.Curtis posted pics of herself with her famous parents and proudly dubbed herself «an OG Nepo Baby» in a lengthy caption.«I have been a professional actress since I was 19 years old so that makes me an OG Nepo Baby,» she wrote. «I've never understood, nor will I, what qualities got me hired that day, but since my first two lines on as a contract player at Universal Studios to this last spectacular creative year some 44 years later, there's not a day in my professional life that goes by without my being reminded that I am the daughter of movie stars.»Though she acknowledged her privilege, Curtis wrote that «the current conversation about nepo babies is just designed to try to diminish and denigrate and hurt.»«For the record I have navigated 44 years with the advantages my associated and.