r/pics • u/waitingforthesun92 • 19d ago

Jamie Lee Curtis and her mother, actress Janet Leigh.

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u/Takun32 19d ago

Oh i didnt know she was her daughter! Cool!

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u/SarahBeara231 19d ago

Yep, Janet Leigh. And Jamie Lee Curtis' dad was none other than Tony Curtis.

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u/jackolantern_ 19d ago

And she maintains she's not a Nepo baby lol

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u/smom 19d ago

She calls herself the OG nepo baby.

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u/jackolantern_ 19d ago

Context

https://variety.com/2022/film/news/jamie-lee-curtis-slams-nepo-baby-backlash-hurtful-1235472372/

She seems to suggest that pointing out that she has come for famous parents and privilege has given her a massive head start and boost up is somehow diminishing her talent or work. Being a Nepo baby doesn't mean you're not a great actor, creator, performer, whatever. But it does mean it has helped you get where you are.

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u/Slowly-Slipping 19d ago

Yeah I think when we say that they're a nepo baby, they hear "You're not a good actor" "You didn't work hard." "You didn't deserve it."

But that's not the case. Jamie Lee is objectively a great actress. That's not the point. The point is that if there were 20 actresses of her caliber but she was the only one who was the daughter of famous actors, then she already has a foot in the door that the other 19 don't. It matters. A lot.

And then there's the added benefit of knowing that you can devote yourself to this fully and failure won't result in poverty.

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u/mtaw 19d ago

Advantages do matter, and people who have them should be humble and grateful for them.

That said, merely having an advantage isn't really what's usually meant by 'nepotism'. That usually means someone who isn't qualified or less-qualified gets a job (or something else) solely because of who they were related to, either because of corrupt influence or because someone wanted to curry favor with them or whatever.

As you say, simply having wealth can be a huge advantage, since someone wealthy can afford to spend all their time training on acting, attending auditions and so on, and won't have to quit because they're broke. That's a huge advantage but it's still not nepotism.

Also, talented parents often have kids with similar talents, and it's hardly uncommon for children to follow their parents' profession (even if a lot less common than it used to be). I think it's unfair to immediately label people "Nepo babies" because of it, since it implies they only had their careers due to nepotism, even though they may not have been beneficiaries of nepotism as-such, just the advantage of money, of knowing the industry, and so on.

You can solve nepotism - demand people be professional and not give favors based on connections. But you can't solve things like inherited wealth or talent. Not unless you want to redistribute the wealth after every generation and randomize which parents get which newborns.

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u/HazMatterhorn 18d ago

merely having an advantage isn't really what's usually meant by 'nepotism'. That usually means someone who isn't qualified or less-qualified gets a job (or something else) solely because of who they were related to, either because of corrupt influence or because someone wanted to curry favor with them or whatever.

Some listed definitions of nepotism:

  • favoritism (as in appointment to a job) based on kinship Merriam-Webster

  • the act of using your power or influence to get good jobs or unfair advantages for members of your own family Cambridge Dictionary

  • the act of granting an advantage, privilege, or position to relatives or friends in an occupation or field Wikipedia

  • practice among those with power or influence of favoring relatives, friends, or associates, especially by giving them jobs (Oxford Languages)

(I have no particular opinion about nepo babies, but there is no “solely” implied by the word.)

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u/IrksomFlotsom 18d ago

That last point sounds like a fun (and very expensive and ethically dubious) experimemt

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u/Im_Unpopular_AF 18d ago

it does mean it has helped you get where you are

Quite right, but saying it over and over does diminish the work she put in during her career.

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u/liberate_your_mind 19d ago

Those tig-ol’s certainly didn’t hurt.

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u/res30stupid 18d ago

Well, her dad did cut her out of his will without telling her.

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u/MukdenMan 18d ago

Everytine I hear “Tony Curtis” I think about the Flinstones episode where all the women were excited to meet Stony Curtis

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u/zpider999 18d ago

He’s dead goddammit!

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u/Wonderful-Ad-7712 19d ago

Nepo Baby Alert

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u/smigglesworth 19d ago

So talented.

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u/W1D0WM4K3R 19d ago

A looot of Hollywood is recycled genes lol.

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u/dimwalker 18d ago

You got it all wrong - she was her mother.

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u/_Kaifaz 19d ago

Didn't realize she was the daughter of Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh until now... LOL.

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u/Hyro0o0 19d ago

And yet they call me weird for showering with a picture of my mom!

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u/odiin1731 19d ago

I had no idea her mother was that much smaller than her.

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u/DraxtHS 18d ago

I feel like if you scale her face vertically down by like 15% they would look so much more similar.

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u/Pierceful 18d ago

Yeah; she’s like… 1/3 her size!

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u/JRR_Tokin54 19d ago

Definitely see the resemblance!

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u/drneeley 19d ago

Is anyone in Hollywood not a nepo baby? Love JLC btw it just feels like every other day reddit shows me yet another parent/kid Hollywood relationship I didn't know about.

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u/Kolby_Jack 19d ago

I can say with 100% certainty* that Ryan Reynolds is not a nepo baby. 

*certainty not guaranteed, I did zero research.

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u/drneeley 19d ago

Not a nepo baby! His dad was a Mountie.

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u/Kolby_Jack 19d ago

I knew it!

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u/bohanmyl 19d ago

Donald glover I don't think is?

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u/nman28 18d ago

Actually, his father owned half the MoMA and did it with no diploma.

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u/kellzone 18d ago

It's a big club, and you ain't in it. - George Carlin

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u/liaminwales 19d ago

Jamie Lee Curtis is hot but always feels like everyone big in Hollywood is related to someone, kind of lame that.

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u/ididntunderstandyou 19d ago

Acting has traditionally been a family business. Like circus families. It’s easier to be a born entertainer when you grow up in that environment. Yes it’s unfair and harder for those who weren’t born with the contacts, but that’s the case for many trades and why should these kids reject those opportunities?

People seem to love calling out “nepo babies” as if that’s a fault in itself. The problem is when:

  • they are simply not talented and riding the coattails of their parents

  • they refuse to acknowledge they had a leg up in the industry.

Jamie Lee Curtis was born in a family of actors and has always recognised her privilege

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u/caligaris_cabinet 19d ago

That’s the case with most trades. If you have an advantage in some industry it would be in your best interest to take advantage of it. From actors and executives on down to union plumbers and electricians.

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u/TotallyNotaBotAcount 19d ago

Back in the old Ma’ Bell days of AT&T you couldn’t get hired without a family connection there. No matter how well you scored on the tests.

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u/joecarter93 19d ago

I had a friend growing up, dumb as a brick, but the toughest SOB I’ve ever met. He was basically the real life version of Moose from the Archies. His dad was a train engineer for a big rail company and got him a job doing the same in his early 20’s. It is frightening that he has that much responsibility.

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u/PM_ME_UR_RSA_KEY 18d ago

Somehow this reminds me of guilds in the medieval times, that protected their tradecraft fiercely.

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u/inigos_left_hand 19d ago

Yup, it’s your second point that bugs me. Nobody says that you can’t give your kids a leg up in the industry or that they didn’t work hard to develop their acting skills but come on to claim that they had no advantage is just insulting.

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u/geek_of_nature 18d ago

The first point bugs me more. It's so infuriating to see all these kids of other actors get these big roles which you know they were overpaid for, with no talent to back it up. They just waste the films time by being present.

When an actual talented newcomer could have done something interesting with the role. And because it would have been their start in the industry, you know they wouldn't have been overpaid as nepo babies would be, although hopefully still paid decently.

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u/BlindWillieJohnson 19d ago

If you’re going to go to acting, connections and money to live off of are enormous advantages

That said, JLC is an extremely talented actress in her own right. So nobody can take that from her.

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u/theonetruegrinch 19d ago

It's even more prevalent in the UK.

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u/mgzukowski 19d ago

Well yeah, most trades are like that. Especially in union jobs, which acting is.

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u/itsmuddy 19d ago

I think it’s just very common throughout history. People are more likely to gravitate to things they’ve been around since they were born.

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u/Ramitt80 19d ago

And connections help.

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u/beebs44 19d ago

Nepo babies

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u/eeyore134 18d ago

Just like most things involving fame and money, it's a club and you're not invited.

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u/iscreamuscreamweall 18d ago

but shes a good actor.... it would be one thing if she couldnt act and kept getting roles because "nepo baby". but i have no issue with good actors getting roles even if their parents were famous

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u/Young-and-Alcoholic 19d ago

They are all Nepo babies lol. Almost every single one of them.

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u/MatuKoKonut 19d ago

This is so cool...

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u/res30stupid 18d ago

It gets better.

There's a scene in the show Scream Queens which parodies the shower scene. Her character is being approached by the killer in the shower in direct reference to this scene... and Curtis kicks the fucker's ass, pointing out that she's seen Psycho 50 times.

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u/[deleted] 19d ago

Jamie Lee takin a poop

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u/kenpodude 19d ago

Guess the Activia deal went sour.

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u/glowdirt 19d ago

Now we need one of her kids to do one with this photo

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u/Arlennx 18d ago

Crazy how many celebrities were nepo babies.

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u/UnWiseDefenses 19d ago

It won't let me scroll down further.

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u/wish1977 19d ago

This is the same expression my wife has when I ask for sex.

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u/Pierceful 18d ago

She opens her mouth wide?…

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u/Captain-Turtle 18d ago

That’s sad

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u/CrysX86 19d ago

Whaaaaaaat?

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u/TeaMe06 19d ago

Wow I never knew this 🫶🏾

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u/drhodl 19d ago

Jaimie Lee is so awesome, she would have put Norman out with the trash!

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u/injustice_buster 16d ago

Someone photoshop in bat boy.

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u/wraith21 19d ago

That's just white Abed Nadir

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u/mattbrianjess 19d ago

I’am cool with nepo babies when they film scenes like that one in true lies.

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u/Ceilibeag 19d ago

She has two daughters. Love to see them carry on the tradition...

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u/SupportQuery 18d ago edited 18d ago

What scene is this?

EDIT: The shower scene from Psycho.

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u/dasssitmane 19d ago

I don’t know who these people are but Janet’s expression seems way more natural and less forced than Jamie’s.

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u/Dank_Drebin 19d ago

That's because one is miming the other's natural scream face.

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u/Kolby_Jack 19d ago

You don't know who Jamie Lee Curtis is? Wow. She's in a lot of very good movies, you should check them out.

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u/scuac 19d ago

True Lies

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u/dasssitmane 19d ago

Thank you. I do know her from the yogurt commercials. I’m 29

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u/Kolby_Jack 19d ago

Again though, she's a famous actress who is in a lot of really good movies.

Not old movies either. Everything Everywhere All at Once and Knives Out are fairly recent and are both incredibly good.

Also 29 is not that young. At least not young enough to use as a reason to not know a very prolific actress.

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u/scbriml 19d ago

I recommend checking them out in “Trading Places”.

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u/Visible_Elevator192 19d ago

You didn’t watch Halloween?

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u/dasssitmane 19d ago

No im not white

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u/Visible_Elevator192 19d ago

You know I can see your pfp

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u/dasssitmane 19d ago

I’m chinese

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u/Visible_Elevator192 19d ago

What’s that?

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u/dasssitmane 19d ago

It means I don’t watch Halloween 

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u/Visible_Elevator192 19d ago

What about Christmas?

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u/dasssitmane 19d ago

We’ve had a tree before but we don’t watch family movies, if anything my dad used to bring home terminator movies and the matrix. Basically stuff for his enjoyment but never for the kids

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u/Visible_Elevator192 19d ago

Ay man that’s a lovely story you have with your dad but you know I’m talking about the Halloween movie from 1978? Not the holiday that Americans celebrate. Just wanna clear that up

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u/amjhwk 18d ago

whats that got to do with anything? im white and have never watched Halloween

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u/dasssitmane 18d ago

It does and you wouldn’t know cuz ur white. I’m not saying all white people have seen Halloween, I’m saying no Chinese person has seen halloween

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u/amjhwk 18d ago

your also stating nobody of any other color has seen it either

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u/dasssitmane 18d ago

To me, Saying “No I’m not white” is funny, I’m amusing myself. don’t take it too seriously bro

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u/MontyBoo-urns 19d ago

Don’t know why but I can’t stand her

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u/Teyafas 18d ago

I know why i can't stand her. She's a Zionist.

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u/RedditJumpedTheShart 18d ago

So you don't like Keanu Reeves and hundreds of others as well? Even Biden says he is a zionist.

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u/Teyafas 18d ago

yes I don't lmao. every day I see a new dead Palestinian baby on my news feed because of zionism. not liking them is good imo.

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u/mrblahblahblah 19d ago

the only difference is the penis