Jamie Lee Curtis confirms FX hit 'The Bear' to end after fifth season

Jamie Lee Curtis has confirmed that the FX hit series The Bear will conclude after its fifth season, even though no official announcement has been made by the network or series creator Christopher Storer.

The 67-year-old actress, who plays Donna Berzatto, the mother of Jeremy Allen White’s central character Carmen Berzatto, spoke to Access Hollywood about the series’ ending. 

“Everybody's confirmed the show is ending! I don't understand why that's such a… unless I'm going to get a call from all the people saying, 'You just told,’” she said. “I think everybody understood that it was the last season of the show. If it isn’t, then I’ve completely blown it.”

Curtis had previously fueled speculation about the series’ conclusion with a cryptic Instagram post last month. 

Posing alongside Abby Elliott, who plays her daughter Natalie (aka Sugar), Curtis wrote: “FINISHED STRONG! Surrounded by an extraordinary crew and group of writers and producers and scene partners on the show that Chris Storer created, completing the story of this extraordinary family that we have all fallen in love with. Got to finish it out with my baby Berzatto bear.”

Curtis joined The Bear cast in its second season and described her role as the “role of a lifetime.” 

She revealed on Instagram that she knew she was destined to play Donna even before the casting process.

“The center of the brilliant masterpiece that is commonly referred to as @thebearfx is the story of family secrets and the concentric circles of rage and trauma and grief and humor that revolve around Carmen, Sugar, and Michael Berzatto. When I saw the first episode of the first show… in that second, I knew that I would play her. Don’t ask me how. I just knew.”

The veteran actress also expressed gratitude to Storer and the entire creative team, highlighting the show’s relatability and emotional depth.

“There's not a person alive who won’t relate to what it feels like to be around someone like Donna Berzatto. I certainly have my own experiences. That's what makes the show so magnificent. We can relate and commiserate and celebrate all of our communal survival in this thing called… life. Thank you Chris @chrisstorer and the ENTIRE BEAR family of creative human beings and scene partners for allowing me in to let it rip! #thebear”