Jamie Lee Curtis ‘Deeply Honored’ To Receive First Michele and Rob Reiner Champion for Change Award

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Jamie Lee Curtis is feeling very emotional as she prepares to receive an award named after two of her best friends, the late Michele and Rob Reiner.

The Oscar and Emmy winner will receive the Michele and Rob Reiner Champion for Change Award during the L.A. Children’s Institute’s Cape & Gown Gala on November 8 at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel. The honor recognizes the Reiners’ “lifelong commitment to improving the lives of children and families and strengthening communities across Los Angeles, throughout California and beyond.”

Michele’s sister, Martine Singer, is the organization’s president and CEO.

“They lived a life of service, building something greater than themselves and giving so much to the world around them. And that is something worth honoring again and again,” Curtis said about the Reiners when she was named as the first recipient of the award. “The world needs so much more of what they gave us: their love, their courage and their joy. I am forever grateful to carry a small part of their legacy forward.”

Curtis knew the couple for decades. She and her husband, Christopher Guest, were married at Rob’s home in 1984, and he served as the best man.

The Halloween star remembers Michele and Rob for their commitment to social change.

“Every day with them was activism,” Curtis told The Hollywood Reporter. “They were enraged at the way the current administration had decimated progressive policies toward children, women, people of color, gay people and transgender people.” 

The Reiners were found dead on December 14, 2025 at their Los Angeles home. Their son, Nick Reiner, was charged with two counts of first-degree murder.

Curtis and Rob both appeared in The Bear TV series, and he was awarded an Emmy Award posthumously this year for his role as Albert Schnurr: Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series.

She remembered him during the 78th Primetime Emmy Awards in September, referring to his All in the Family character to commemorate his life.

“Last year we lost another cherished legend, our beloved ‘Meathead,’ Rob Reiner,” a teary Curtis told the audience. “He was generous and kind and funny as hell and a friend to all.”