Jamie Lee Curtis calls herself the ‘OG nepo baby’ having had a leg up in showbusiness thanks to her famous parents Janet Leigh and Tony Curtis.
But the outspoken 66-year-old doesn’t think the late Psycho scream queen would’ve approved of her grittier, unflattering characters like IRS revenue agent Deirdre Beaubeirdre in Everything Everywhere All at Once.
‘Today I have a freedom to be myself that my mother’s generation would never have allowed,’ Jamie revealed in her People cover story Sunday.
‘My mother would’ve been incredibly upset at Everything Everywhere All at Once and how I looked. My mother would have loathed [how I looked].’
Curtis continued: ‘Her generation was so much about your body and what you look like. And the beauty. The beauty is just who she was. That’s what her life was. My mother was literally jaw dropping. But I think that would’ve been very hard for her to see me with my tummy sticking out.’
The Bear actress famously won an Oscar for her performance in Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert’s critically-acclaimed multiverse dramedy, which went on to amass $143.4M from a $25M budget in 2022.
Jamie Lee Curtis (R, pictured in 1958) calls herself the ‘OG nepo baby’ having had a leg up in showbusiness thanks to her famous parents Janet Leigh and Tony Curtis
But the outspoken 66-year-old doesn’t think the late Psycho scream queen would’ve approved of her grittier, unflattering characters like IRS revenue agent Deirdre Beaubeirdre in Everything Everywhere All at Once
Jamie also looked rough as Shelly’s (Pamela Anderson) hard-living gal pal Annette, a cocktail waitress living in her car, in Gia Coppola’s critically-acclaimed 2024 drama The Last Showgirl, which earned $7.1M from a $2M budget.
‘Or in Last Showgirl, for [Janet] to see me in that dressing room at 66 years old. That really would’ve upset her,’ Curtis noted.
‘I know her very well. I have accepted myself in a much bigger way than I think she felt she was allowed to, through her generation.’
The Borderlands actress added: ‘I know that my mother was so proud of me and and what I’ve achieved, that she respected my husband’s work and was thrilled to be a grandma.’
Leigh passed away, at age 77, in 2004 after a protracted battle with vasculitis while her famous father died, at age 85, in 2010 of cardiac arrest.
On Saturday, Jamie – who regrets undergoing a lower blepharoplasty at age 25 – called out the ‘genocide of a generation of women by the cosmeceutical industrial complex, who’ve disfigured themselves.’
‘I believe that we have wiped out a generation or two of natural human [appearance],’ Curtis told The Guardian.
‘The concept that you can alter the way you look through chemicals, surgical procedures, fillers – there’s a disfigurement of generations of predominantly women who are altering their appearances. And it is aided and abetted by AI, because now the filter face is what people want.
‘I’m not filtered right now. The minute I lay a filter on and you see the before and after, it’s hard not to go: “Oh, well that looks better.” But what’s better? Better is fake.’
![Jamie told People on Sunday: 'Today I have a freedom to be myself that my mother's generation would never have allowed. My mother would've been incredibly upset at Everything Everywhere All at Once and how I looked. My mother would have loathed [how I looked]' (pictured in 1979)](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/07/27/16/100675865-14944961-image-a-7_1753631188483.jpg)
Jamie told People on Sunday: ‘Today I have a freedom to be myself that my mother’s generation would never have allowed. My mother would’ve been incredibly upset at Everything Everywhere All at Once and how I looked. My mother would have loathed [how I looked]’ (pictured in 1979)
Curtis continued: ‘Her generation was so much about your body and what you look like. And the beauty. The beauty is just who she was. That’s what her life was. My mother was literally jaw dropping. But I think that would’ve been very hard for her to see me with my tummy sticking out’ (pictured last Tuesday)
The Bear actress also looked rough as Shelly’s (R, Pamela Anderson) hard-living gal pal Annette, a cocktail waitress living in her car, in Gia Coppola’s critically-acclaimed 2024 drama The Last Showgirl
![Jamie noted: 'Or in Last Showgirl, for [Janet] to see me in that dressing room at 66 years old. That really would've upset her. I know her very well. I have accepted myself in a much bigger way than I think she felt she was allowed to, through her generation'](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/07/27/17/100676055-14944961-Jamie_noted_Or_in_Last_Showgirl_for_Janet_to_see_me_in_that_dres-m-33_1753632678907.jpg)
Jamie noted: ‘Or in Last Showgirl, for [Janet] to see me in that dressing room at 66 years old. That really would’ve upset her. I know her very well. I have accepted myself in a much bigger way than I think she felt she was allowed to, through her generation’
On Saturday (pictured), Curtis – who regrets undergoing a lower blepharoplasty at age 25 – called out the ‘genocide of a generation of women by the cosmeceutical industrial complex, who’ve disfigured themselves’
![The Borderlands actress told The Guardian: 'I believe that we have wiped out a generation or two of natural human [appearance]. The concept that you can alter the way you look through chemicals, surgical procedures, fillers – there's a disfigurement of generations of predominantly women who are altering their appearances. And it is aided and abetted by AI, because now the filter face is what people want'](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/07/27/17/100676319-14944961-The_Borderlands_actress_told_The_Guardian_I_believe_that_we_have-a-29_1753632521382.jpg)
The Borderlands actress told The Guardian: ‘I believe that we have wiped out a generation or two of natural human [appearance]. The concept that you can alter the way you look through chemicals, surgical procedures, fillers – there’s a disfigurement of generations of predominantly women who are altering their appearances. And it is aided and abetted by AI, because now the filter face is what people want’
However, Jamie ‘minds her business’ when it comes to advising her Freakier Friday onscreen daughter Lindsay Lohan, whose facial features are noticeably more taut than they were seven years ago.
Curtis and the 39-year-old former child star executive produced and reprised their roles in Nisha Ganatra’s mother-daughter swap sequel Freakier Friday, which hits US/UK theaters August 8
It’s hard to believe it’s been 22 years since the Emmy/Grammy nominee and Lindsay portrayed Tess and Anna Coleman in Mark Waters’ critically-acclaimed remake of Freaky Friday, which amassed $160.8M at the global box office
However, the Halloween alum ‘minds her business’ when it comes to advising her Freakier Friday onscreen daughter Lindsay Lohan, whose facial features are noticeably more taut than they were seven years ago.
Jamie noted: ‘I’m bossy, very bossy, but I try to mind my own business. She doesn’t need my advice. She’s a fully functioning, smart woman, creative person. Privately, she’s asked me questions, but nothing that’s more than an older friend you might ask.’
Curtis and the 39-year-old former child star executive produced and reprised their roles in Nisha Ganatra’s mother-daughter swap sequel Freakier Friday, which hits US/UK theaters August 8.
It’s hard to believe it’s been 22 years since the Emmy/Grammy nominee and Lindsay portrayed Tess and Anna Coleman in Mark Waters’ critically-acclaimed remake of Freaky Friday, which amassed $160.8M at the global box office.
Last Tuesday, Jamie confirmed she’ll play mystery novelist Jessica Fletcher in Universal’s upcoming reboot of the CBS hit series Murder, She Wrote – which aired for 12 seasons spanning 1984-96.
‘Oh, it’s… happening,’ Curtis told ET.
‘We’re a minute away, but yeah, [I’m] very excited. Very excited. But I’m tamping down my enthusiasm until we start shooting. I have a couple of other things to hustle, but then I’ll get to enjoy that work.’
The LA native’s other upcoming projects include James L. Brooks’ political dramedy Ella McCray for 20th Century Studios, Liz Sarnoff’s eight-episode series Scarpetta for Amazon Prime Video, and Russell Goldman’s scam psychological horror Sender.
