VIDEO: Jamie Lee Curtis sang Hungarian song after receiving Oscar award
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Jamie Lee Curtis praised her Hungarian roots after receiving the Academy Award for best supporting actress. She also sang a Hungarian nursery rhyme to show off her Hungarian knowledge.
Jamie Lee Curtis received the Academy Award for best supporting actress for her role in Everything Everywhere All at Once. In her short press conference, she proudly talked about her Hungarian roots, as hvg.hu pointed out.
In honour of her parents
Both of her parents, Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh had been nominated for the Oscar, but neither of them had the chance to bring it home throughout their career. Therefore, it was a huge deal for the actress to win the award after her very first nomination.
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“My mother and my father were both nominated for Oscars in different categories,” Curtis said during her speech when she talked about accepting the Academy Award in honour of her parents.
“Let me just be honest, I don’t believe in a world where there are a bunch of people looking down on us” – Curtis said to the question of what would her parents think about her success.
