Oscars upset: Jamie Lee Curtis wins best supporting actress over frontrunner Angela Bassett
In the first Oscars upset of the night, Jamie Lee Curtis won the 2023 Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in “Everything Everywhere All at Once.”
Curtis had all but resigned herself to the idea that she was not going to be nominated for an Oscar in her career.
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But Curtis was able to break through in the same category her mother Janet Leigh was nominated in (for “Psycho"). One of the best parts of the experience, Curtis told the AP, was that in the short time since the nominations, she's become friends with her fellow nominees.
“Five strangers have become friends,” she said. “That's the surprising and beautiful part of this that I've made friends through a competition.”
Curtis, 64, also won a Screen Actors Guild award for her role in “Everything Everywhere All at Once.”
Curtis won the Oscar over Angela Bassett, who was considered the front-runner in the category. Bassett was nominated for her performance in “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.”
In the press room after her win, she was asked if she thought the Oscar acting categories should no longer be divided between men and women, she said she thought it wasn’t a bad idea, but she had mixed feelings.
“As the mother of a trans daughter, I understand that,” she said. “But if we de-gender the category, I’m concerned it will mean less opportunities for women.”
She was also asked whether she thought her famous parents, Janet Leigh and Tony Curtis, were looking down on her.
“I’ll be honest. I don’t believe in a world where there are a bunch of people looking down on us,” But I believe we ARE them… and I know that they would be incredibly proud of me.”
The Associated Press has contributed to this report.