Jamie Lee Curtis Celebrated First Oscar Nod With Fellow Nominee Cate Blanchett With "A Cake" On The Set Of Their New Movie: "It Is The Thrill Of My Life"

Jamie Lee Curtis "had a cake" with Cate Blanchett to celebrate her Oscar nomination.

The 64-year-old actress has earned her first Academy Award nod for Best Supporting Actress for her role in Everything Everywhere All at Once and discussed her celebration with her fellow nominee Cate Blanchett.

Speaking to People, Curtis shared that her best friend, the Oscar-winning film and TV producer Debbie Oppenheimer, came over in the early hours of the morning on Jan 24 to watch the nominations being revealed with herself and her husband Christopher Guest.

"It was a shocking morning. Unexpected and delightful," said Curtis. "And then I went to work on the re-shoots for Borderlands with Cate Blanchett, and she had been nominated that morning, as [had] our sound designer.

"So, we had a cake, and it was celebratory, but then we worked."

The Halloween actress expressed her delight at being nominated at the most prestigious awards show in the film industry for the first time in a career spanning more than four decades.

Curtis said: "It is the thrill of my life, professionally. It is, because it never was something I thought would ever happen."

Despite her Oscars recognition, Curtis has revealed that she doesn't obsess about winning awards and had developed a philosophical attitude towards the glitzy ceremonies.

She explained: "Life is short and precious and we're in a profession that celebrates art, a time when we're out of Covid and we're back together and if we're not celebrating this moment right now, what are we doing?

"It's out of your control … At the end, win or lose, it doesn't matter. We're here celebrating the arts."

Based on the best-selling video game of the same name, Borderlands follows a group of people searching for a mysterious relic on an alien planet. The film is directed by Eli Roth (Hostel) and also stars Kevin Hart, Jack Black, Haley Bennett, and Edgar Ramirez.

Everything Everywhere all at Once is now on HBO Go; Tar is in cinemas. — BANG SHOWBIZ

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