Jamie Lee Curtis has spent nearly five decades in the spotlight. At 67, she’s in the middle of a career resurgence most actors half her age would envy.

Her 2023 Oscar win for Everything Everywhere All at Once opened the door to her busiest stretch in years. She reunited with Lindsay Lohan for Freakier Friday, kept her award-winning role on The Bear, and joined Nicole Kidman in Prime Video’s Scarpetta, where the two play sisters. Even The Bear is winding down, with its fifth season set to be the last.

The past few months have also been heavy. On May 30, Jamie announced the death of her older sister, Kelly Lee Curtis, who passed away at 69. In a tender tribute, she called Kelly her “first friend and lifelong confidant” and said she died at home, “in nature. At peace.” Kelly had been her maid of honor at her 1984 wedding and later became a steady presence in Jamie’s family life.

Then there’s the question fans keep asking: has she had work done? Jamie has never hidden from it. She has openly admitted trying “all the things” in her earlier years, from fillers to fat-removal procedures, and she doesn’t defend the choice. Speaking on Michelle Obama’s podcast this spring, she called Hollywood “all fakery” and said the surgeries left her feeling fraudulent. Her point was that no procedure can fix what’s really going on underneath: self-esteem.

Today, she’s known for her short silver hair, her signature glasses, and a refusal to chase youth. She has said plainly that aging is coming for everyone, and she has made peace with it. She hasn’t confirmed any recent cosmetic work, and her message has stayed the same: she’d rather be real than perfect.

Real is also how she talks about her hardest chapter. In 1989, after an eye surgery, she was prescribed painkillers and became addicted to opiates. She has described a ten-year run of secrecy and lying, and says no one around her knew. She got sober in 1999 and has spoken often about the friends, including the late comedian Richard Lewis, who helped her along the way.

Her personal life has been just as steady. She has been married to director and actor Christopher Guest since December 1984, more than 41 years. Because he inherited a British title, she is officially Baroness Haden-Guest, though she rarely mentions it. They raised two adopted daughters, Annie and Ruby, and she has been one of Hollywood’s most vocal, proud defenders of her children.

She is also the daughter of screen legends Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh, and she has been candid about growing up in their shadow. She has spent her career building something of her own: the original scream queen of Halloween, a beloved comedic actress, a bestselling children’s author, and now an Oscar winner.

At 67, Jamie Lee Curtis isn’t trying to look 30. She seems more confident and more open than ever, and audiences are responding to it.