Hollywood icon andHalloweenstarJamie Lee Curtishas now received her first ever Academy Award nomination for her performance in the multiversally mad action-drama-comedy,Everything Everywhere All at Once. Curtis, who has been awarded a variety of BAFTAs and Golden Globes during her decade-spanning career, is up for Best Supporting Actress at the 95th Academy Awards alongside herEverything Everywhere All at Onceco-star, Stephanie Hsu.
Despite a wide array of stellar performances from Jamie Lee Curtis over the years, performances that appear across all manner of genres,this is the first time that the legendary actress has seen her name on the Oscar nominations list.
In the Oscars race, Curtis will find herself up against the likes ofAngela Bassett forBlack Panther: Wakanda Foreveras Queen Ramonda, Hong Chau forThe Whaleas Liz, Kerry Condon forThe Banshees of Inisherinas Siobhán Súilleabháin, and as mentioned, Stephanie Hsu forEverything Everywhere All at Onceas Joy Wang/Jobu Tupaki.
Written and directed by Dan Kwan and Daniel Scheinert,Everything Everywhere All at Oncestars martial arts legend Michelle Yeoh as Evelyn Wang, a dissatisfied and overwhelmed laundromat owner who simply wants to get her taxes in order. But before she can even organize her paperwork, Evelyn must first face a threat even bigger than the Internal Revenue Service. She is suddenly dragged into a battle for multiverse, a battle that only she can win, when an interdimensional rupture unravels reality. Evelyn becomes the unlikeliest of heroes as she must connect to alternate versions of herself, channel her newfound powers, and fight bizarre and bewildering dangers from the multiverse as the fate of the world hangs in the balance.
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Curtis stars inEverything Everywhere All at Onceas the grouchy, unpleasant jobsworth Deirdre Beaubeirdre, the IRS inspector standing between Evelyn and her family’s financial freedom. Of course, variants and the multiverse play a crucial role inEverything Everywhere All at Once, with Curtis playing various different versions of Deirdre, including one with sausage fingers who is in a relationship with an alternate, sausage-fingered Evelyn.
Though she may only play a small role in the beautifully chaoticEverything Everywhere All at Once, there are unlikely to be many arguing should she walk away with the coveted trophy.
Everything Everywhere Allat Once has been a huge success for A24, receiving praise from both critics and audiences as well as becoming the highest grossing release ever for the studio. Following an assortment of award wins,Everything Everywhere All at Onceis now the movie with the most Oscar nods, which include Best Picture, Best Director for Daniel Kwan and Daniel Schienert, Best Actress for Michelle Yeoh,and Best Supporting Actor for Ke Huy Quan.
The rest of the Best Picture nominees includeAll Quiet on the Western Front, Avatar: The Way of Water, The Banshees of Inisherin, Elvis, The Fabelmans, Tár, Top Gun: Maverick, Triangle of Sadness,andWomen Talking.The 95th Academy Awards eventis scheduled to take place at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, California on July 10, 2025.
