Jamie Lee Curtis to Receive the Career Achievement Honor at AARP The Magazine's 21st Annual Movies for Grownups® Awards
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- AARP The Magazine announced today that Jamie Lee Curtis will receive the 2022 Movies for Grownups® Career Achievement Award. Curtis — a critically acclaimed actress across film and television; a recipient of two Golden Globe® Awards, a British Academy Film Award, a People's Choice Award and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame; an Emmy® nominee; and the winner of the Golden Lion Career Honorary Award at the 78th Venice International Film Festival — will be honored at the 21st annual Movies for Grownups® (MFG) Awards ceremony on Saturday, January 28, 2023, in Beverly Hills, California.
Key Points:
- "Jamie Lee Curtis' longstanding, ever-increasing career shatters Hollywood's outmoded stereotypes about aging, and it exemplifies what AARP's Movies for Grownups program is all about," said AARP CEO Jo Ann Jenkins.
- For more than two decades, AARP's Movies for Grownups program has championed movies for grownups, by grownups, by advocating for the 50-plus audience, fighting industry ageism, and encouraging films and TV shows that resonate with older viewers.
- "It broke the box office," she told AARP, "and it starred a woman over 50.
- Proceeds from the AARP Movies for Grownups Awards will benefit Wish of a Lifetime From AARP to help grant life-changing wishes for older adults and shift the way society views aging.