Jamie Lee Curtis is a legendary actress an icon.

We first came to know her as Laurie Strode and Halloween,

a film that is still a major franchise 46 years later.

She went on to star in a string of iconic movies like

Trading Places, a fish called Wanda, and True Lies. At the age of 64, she became an Oscar-winning

actor for her role in the film Everything, Everywhere, all at once. A year later, she took

home an Emmy for her guest starring role in the hit series, The Bear.

Jamie is also a best-selling author, activist, and is known for lifting up her co-stars on and off the set.

I sat down with Jamie to talk about this stage in her career and her numerous projects, including the series,

The Sticky, and the film The Last

Showgirl starring Pamela Anderson. Jamie opens up about what it was like growing up in a

famous family with parents Tony Curtis and Janet Lee, how she approaches sobriety one day at a time,

and of course her love of reading and how books have shaped her life. I'm Jenna Bush-Hager.

Welcome to my podcast, Open Book with Jenna.

Jamie Lee, you know that you're one of our favorites.

Appreciate that.

I think what is so amazing about you from the outside is how you lift others up.

And it doesn't feel like you do it because you feel like you should.

It feels like you do it because it's who you are.

I mean, it is who I am, but I think it's who I am because I recognize how much lifting

needs to happen. The world is hard. The world is a hard place, and our industry is hard for women,

particularly for women.

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