Jamie Lee Curtis and husband Christopher Guest hold hands as they arrive in style at Oscars 2023
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: Jamie Lee Curtis, who won her first Oscar for best supporting actress in her 45-year acting career for 'Everything Everywhere All at Once,' arrived holding the hand of her husband, Christopher Guest, as they walked the champagne carpet at the 95th Academy Awards on Sunday, March 12. Curtis, 64, wore a nude sequin dress with long sleeves by Dolce & Gabbana, while her husband of 75 years opted for a black tuxedo with bow tie.
Hours before the event, Curtis teased her look with an Instagram post she shot with design experts from luxury Italian fashion house Dolce & Gabbana. Praising the craftsmanship, she wrote, "Remember when you are watching tonight, the thousands of artists, and seamstresses, and tailors, and designers and craftspeople who create the beautiful outfits and garments that we all wear. This is part of the @dolcegabbana Italian team who made my beautiful dress which you will see you in a couple hours. Grazie. MILLE GRAZIE!" On Twitter, alongside a palm emoji, she wrote, "Apparently at the@TheAcademy Oscars their carpet is going to match my drapes."
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Apparently, at the @TheAcademy Oscars, their carpet is going to match my drapes. pic.twitter.com/4hCBXnvz6H
— Jamie Lee Curtis (@jamieleecurtis) March 11, 2023
Who is Christopher Guest?
Christopher Guest was born in New York on February 5, 1948, and is an actor, director, writer, musician and composer. Guest began his theater career in the early 1970s. He "appeared as Norman in the American premiere of Michael Weller's Moonchildren at the Arena Stage in Washington DC in November 1971," according to the Stella Adler Studio of Acting. Two of his first films, in which he played the role of a police officer, were 'The Hot Rock' (1972) and 'Death Wish' (1974). He also starred alongside Chevy Chase and John Belushi in 'National Lampoon's Lemmings' and also appeared in such films as 'Best in Show' (2000), 'This Is Spinal Tap' (1984), 'Waiting for Guffman' (1996) and 'The Princess Bride' (1987). Guest directed films such as 'The Big Picture' (1989) and 'Almost Heroes' (1998), according to Goldderby.
Inside Jamie Lee Curtis and Christopher Guest's relationship
Jamie Lee Curtis and Christopher Guest have been married for 38 years, after they tied the knot on December 18, 1984. Curtis during an appearance on TODAY in 2021 called Guest her "one and only." Talking about their first meeting, she said, “I met my husband by seeing his picture in a magazine and saying out loud to a friend of mine [Debra Hill], ‘I’m going to marry that dude,’ and married him ... months later. So the truth of the matter is life hinged for me on a couple seconds that I didn’t see coming."
During a February 2015 conversation with Sigourney Weaver, Curtis said, "I married Chris five months after seeing his picture in Rolling Stone," and added, "It was a picture of Chris with Michael McKean and Harry Shearer from Spinal Tap [1984], but just as regular guys. Debra said, 'Oh, I know him, and he’s with your agency. I tried to get him in a movie.' So I called the agent, left my number, but Chris never called me. And then I ran in to him at a restaurant." She further said, "He was sitting about ten feet away and he looked at me and kind of nodded. I made a gesture, like, “Hi, I’m the one who called you.” I was sitting with Melanie Griffith and Steven Bauer, and I looked down at my plate and whispered, “Oh my God, I called this guy and he never called me back and there he is.” At that moment, Chris got up to leave. He shrugged his shoulders, and basically waved goodbye. Not a word was exchanged. And then he called me the next day. He had kept my number. That was June 28, 1984, and I married him four months later, on December 18." According to US Weekly, the couple went on to adopt daughters Annie and Ruby, who were born in 1986 and 1996.