But how much do you really know about this incredible womanoffcamera?
Here’s what you should know about Curtis' life and her stunning transformation.
Jamie Lee Curtis was a ‘save-the-marriage’ baby
Jamie Lee Curtis' childhood was anything but average.
“And, like any other save-the-marriage baby, I failed.”
When Curtis was 4 years old, her parents finalized theirdivorce.
“There was noDemi-and-Bruce[Willis] amicable divorce or joint family vacations for us.”
That said, we might look at celebrity children with rose-colored glasses.
“I had a very abnormal normal childhood,” Jamie Lee Curtis shared.
Whenever I met anyone new, I was introduced as Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh’s daughter."
She said that it really messed with her mind, and one can see why it would.
The actress revealed that she continued to struggle with figuring out her identity.
“Then you’re twelve through eighteen, and you’re developing sexually and emotionally.
And it’s hard,” she admitted toRolling Stone.
“My time in high school was just a f***ing killer.”
Much like her childhood, Curtis' high school experience wasn’t exactly typical.
She attended two schools in Los Angeles.
One was Beverly Hills High, which Curtis later dubbed a “designer school.”
I said I liked whatever kind of music they liked," she told Rolling Stone.
But pretending to be someone she was not felt awful.
“I’ve never been so depressed,” she revealed to the publication.
It wasn’t difficult for her to become whoever she was around, she confessed.
“I learned early to be a chameleon, to turn whatever color was needed,” Curtis added.
“I was finally able to say, ‘That’s mine.
“I was studying corrections at the University of the Pacific,” she toldGood Housekeeping.
Jamie Lee Curtis once wanted to be acop.
But it seems life had other plans for her.
“I was a terrible student.
School just … missed me.
I probably had some learning thing I didn’t know about.”
With a solid D+ average, Curtis admitted she was more of a party animal.
While studying or partying at UOP, Curtis learned of a new Nancy Drew series and decided to audition.
But she didn’t get the job.
Her role came with a seven-year contract, but the series would only end up lasting for two seasons.
“I was devastated; I thought it was the end of my life,” she revealed.
Two years later, the couple adopted a daughter, Annie, soon after she was born.
At the time Annie came into the world, though, Curtis’ acting career was very demanding.
“Not that I laughed, not that it was super-fun, nothing.
She continued, saying, “And that was like the beginning of it all for me.”
But, what did “it all” entail?
But it took Curtis a long time to get to this place.
By her mid-30s, she was still actively struggling with lowself-esteem.
“I remember being mortified.”
That experience prompted the actress to seek outplastic surgery, but she continued to feel unattractive.
“And every time I did, something went wrong.
I felt misshapen, just not natural any more.”
Years after trying liposuction andBotox, the star came to the conclusion that “none of it works.”
Her secret addiction
As far as Jamie Lee Curtis was concerned, plastic surgery was a bust.
After her first cosmetic procedure, the actress was given a prescription to lessen the pain from the surgery.
Before long, Curtis secretly began to abuse the medication.
The star also began drinking excessively.
“I’d anesthetize myself on a daily basis,” she told the publication.
“I am lonely.
I take them at night to ease the pain.
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Visit theSubstance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration websiteor contact SAMHSA’s National Helpline at 1-800-662-HELP (4357).
She started to accept hergraying hairand switched out herhigh heelsfor flats.
I was like, ‘How dare you I’m not 161 pounds!’
I got home and I went on a scale and I was 161 pounds.”
Initially, the star said she stayed “in denial” about the weight gain.
The 43-year-old actress stipulated the conditions of the shoot, which also included no hairstyling and no manicure.
Curtis wanted to put an end to the idea that celebrities are perfect.
“I don’t have great thighs.
I have very big breasts and a soft, fatty little tummy.
And I’ve got back fat.”
The shoot was a success.
She revealed (via Yahoo!
She toldthe publicationconfidently, “I have not one second of anxiety about turning 50.”
WhenEveryday Healthasked the actress about the shoot, Curtis revealed, “I did it for myself.”
Still, she was, and is, in great shape.
“I’m just an active mommy,” she told the publication.
She detailed further, saying, “I was just in the mountains.
I played golf in the morning, took a hike and swam, and fixed the TV.
My life isn’t sedentary.”
As she’s gotten older, though, she just wants to be herself.
“My style is a distillation,” she toldAARPback in 2008.
It’s been an evolution.”
Although she’d hoped he’d say her, he pointed toJessica Tandy.
She realized her husband was right.
Tandy’s appearance was free of “pretense” and “trying so hard.”
“Sea Breeze and Nivea.
Water and sleep.”
She clarified, saying, “Sea [Breeze] is that astringent.
I’ve been using that my whole life.”
She sticks with Nivea for her body and face.
I turn my back to the mirror, and I feel great!”
Jamie Lee Curtis' transformation never ends
No transformation is ever truly complete, right?
Still, that doesn’t mean she’s done making changes.
In an interview withGood Housekeeping, the actress highlighted why she lets go of what no longer serves her.
“I am a constant editor,” she admitted.
“I shed people, I shed clothing, I shed possessions, I shed ideas.
The biggest thing I’ve shed is my own limitations and perception of who I am.”
Curtis is also excited about her future and that includes getting older.
“I want to represent this new way.
I want to be a new version of the 70-year-old woman.
Vital, strong, very physical, very agile.”
We are here for that.
Instead, she launched a podcast, “Letters From Camp.”
Curtis is the co-creator and producer of the podcast, and also lent her vocal talents to the recording.
The actress has also taken a public stance againstanti-trans billsthat seek to suppress the rights of the transgender community.
“My daughter is visible.
My daughter is beautiful.
I stand for inclusivity.
But with an estimated $60 million fortune, perCelebrity Net Worth, it’s unlikely that she will.
Leaving behind the character was an understandably difficult experience for the star.
It’s all because of the fans who have always supported me and more importantly, Laurie.”
