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Wild Card with Rachel Martin

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Jamie Lee Curtis

DEC 11, 202554 MIN
Wild Card with Rachel Martin

Jamie Lee Curtis

DEC 11, 202554 MIN

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Jamie Lee Curtis never wanted to be an actor. She tells Rachel, despite having famous show business parents, she originally thought she’d become a police officer. Jamie talks about how she unexpectedly wound up in Hollywood, her fight against unhealthy beauty standards in the industry, and why she thinks of her children’s books as “her best thing.” Jamie Lee Curtis is currently  in “Ella McCay.”

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