Hottest Celebs Over 40

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Hottest Celebs Over 40

Over the hill? More like over-the-top sexy! Some of Hollywood’s hottest and most glamorous stars — think Jennifer Lopez, Nicole Kidman and Sofia Vergara — prove that some things get better with age. For Lopez, her age-defying beauty begins within. “Every day, I say, ‘I am youthful and timeless at every age,’” the singer told Elle in December 2020. “I live a beautiful, adventurous life with my children, and we’re all in perfect health, always. All of these great things you learn to say to yourself so there’s this positive self-talk in your head really does create a beautiful person on the inside who maintains a beautiful person on the outside.” She added: “I heard this saying once when I was younger: Until 25, you get the face you’re born with, but after 25, you get the face you deserve. And I was like, ‘Oh, act accordingly.’ You have to be a nice, beautiful person on the inside if you want to have your face reflect that. You become what you think and how you act.” [jwplayer 4C8Tnuzu-zhNYySv2] Lopez also refused to have work done from a young age. “I went to this other doctor with [my then] boyfriend, and again, I was 20-something years old, and I haven’t ever had Botox to this day,” she explained. “She said, ‘Did you know you have a little line right here? We should start Botox.’ I mean, I had to be 23 years old, right? And I was like, ‘I’m going to pass.’ I didn’t like needles anyway, but the boyfriend’s like, ‘Yeah, you should start it. I do that.’ I was like, ‘No, thank you.’” The actress appreciated her foresight years later. “I just wonder what would’ve happened to me if I would’ve started Botox at 23, what I would look like right now,” she said. “My face would be a totally different face today.” Halle Berry, for her part, noted in January 2022 that her life was just then “firing on all cylinders” at age 55. “I refuse to become someone who just tries to hold onto a youthful face and not embrace what’s most important about being beautiful — how you live your life, how you give back to others, how you connect to people, how you strengthen your mind, body and soul and nourish yourself, how you give in a meaningful way of yourself,” the Oscar winner told AARP. “The most beautiful people have something radiating inside.” Scroll through the gallery below to see which stars are just hitting their prime! [podcast_block]

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Hottest Celebs Over 40

Over the hill? More like over-the-top sexy! Some of Hollywood’s hottest and most glamorous stars — think Jennifer Lopez, Nicole Kidman and Sofia Vergara — prove that some things get better with age. For Lopez, her age-defying beauty begins within. “Every day, I say, ‘I am youthful and timeless at every age,’” the singer told Elle in December 2020. “I live a beautiful, adventurous life with my children, and we’re all in perfect health, always. All of these great things you learn to say to yourself so there’s this positive self-talk in your head really does create a beautiful person on the inside who maintains a beautiful person on the outside.” She added: “I heard this saying once when I was younger: Until 25, you get the face you’re born with, but after 25, you get the face you deserve. And I was like, ‘Oh, act accordingly.’ You have to be a nice, beautiful person on the inside if you want to have your face reflect that. You become what you think and how you act.” [jwplayer 4C8Tnuzu-zhNYySv2] Lopez also refused to have work done from a young age. “I went to this other doctor with [my then] boyfriend, and again, I was 20-something years old, and I haven’t ever had Botox to this day,” she explained. “She said, ‘Did you know you have a little line right here? We should start Botox.’ I mean, I had to be 23 years old, right? And I was like, ‘I’m going to pass.’ I didn’t like needles anyway, but the boyfriend’s like, ‘Yeah, you should start it. I do that.’ I was like, ‘No, thank you.’” The actress appreciated her foresight years later. “I just wonder what would’ve happened to me if I would’ve started Botox at 23, what I would look like right now,” she said. “My face would be a totally different face today.” Halle Berry, for her part, noted in January 2022 that her life was just then “firing on all cylinders” at age 55. “I refuse to become someone who just tries to hold onto a youthful face and not embrace what’s most important about being beautiful — how you live your life, how you give back to others, how you connect to people, how you strengthen your mind, body and soul and nourish yourself, how you give in a meaningful way of yourself,” the Oscar winner told AARP. “The most beautiful people have something radiating inside.” Scroll through the gallery below to see which stars are just hitting their prime! [podcast_block]

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Sofia Vergara

"I love my ass!" the Modern Family star raved to Us Weekly. The secret to her great glutes: up to four strength-training sessions a week with pro Gunnar Peterson and spin classes.

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Angie Harmon

Harmon ran a Tough Mudder race after turning 40. “She’s in great shape,” said her L.A.-based trainer, Kathy Kaehler. 

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Halle Berry

Berry loves to show off her toned abs — and with good reason! The Cloud Atlas star has worked hard to maintain her ageless figure. "I always had to diet," Berry has said. "It's a lifestyle for me."

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Nicole Kidman

"I would be more outlandish if I could," the Big Little Lies alum told V magazine when she showed off her toned legs in the pages of their September 2012 issue. "A lot of times you just don't get the chance."

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Jennifer Lopez

The former American Idol judge and mom of twins takes special care to dress for her sexy figure. Her stylists, Rob Zangardi and Mariel Haenn, love to dress the star in an array of flashy looks. "We play with colors, styles and silhouettes," Haenn told Us. "We call her 'Bronx Barbie,'" added Zangardi.

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Sarah Jessica Parker

The New Yorker is still as attractive as ever. She told Elle in 2011 that while she's not happy about aging — "I don't know what I can do about the aging. I am aging. Oh, my God, I'm aging all the time!" — she doesn't ever want to go under the knife for fear of looking "like a lunatic."

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Julianne Moore

The Game Change actress isn't in a rush to get plastic surgery to stave off wrinkles. "I feel that with a few exceptions, people always look like they've had surgery; they don't look any younger," she told More magazine in 2012. "I'm 51, and no matter what I do to my face, I'm still going to be 51."

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Jennifer Aniston

The Wanderlust star’s ageless complexion didn’t come without a price. “I did this thing called, like, a peel. It’s extremely intense — you don’t realize you look like a battered burn victim for a week,” she told Conan O’Brien on his talk show in February 2012, referring to her obsession with what she called “laser porn.”

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Geri Halliwell

After years of yo-yo dieting, the former Spice Girl has found a healthy approach to food. "Now Geri just avoids booze and artificial additives," said a pal.

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Kris Jenner

The Kardashian-Jenner family matriarch still knows how to have a good time. Following a night of drinking in August 2012, Jenner's daughter Khloe Kardashian posted a busty pic of her mom with the caption: "And that's with a reduction! Damn shawty!"

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Jennifer Garner

Not sweating the baby weight! The mom of Violet, Seraphina and Samuel — with ex-husband Ben Affleck — shed pregnancy pounds with Pilates. “Jen isn’t into over exercising,” said a source. 

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Pamela Anderson

In September 2012, the Baywatch alum, then 45, slipped back into her famous red swimsuit to film a commercial in Brazil. 

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Demi Moore

“She’s in a good place,” a source told Us after the actress celebrated her 50th birthday in 2012. “She’s open to experiencing new things this year.”

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Gabrielle Union

The Red Lobster cheddar biscuit fanatic keeps herself in check by cooking at home with her beau, Dwyane Wade. "Lemon-pepper chicken is the healthiest thing I make," the actress told Us.

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Molly Ringwald

With back-to-back roles in Sixteen Candles, The Breakfast Club and Pretty in Pink on her resume, '80s teen queen Ringwald still feels like a kid at heart. "I'm the world's oldest teenager!" Ringwald joked.

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Michelle Pfeiffer

The actress said that it wasn't until she shot The Fabulous Baker Boys in 1989 — "by which time I was 31" — that she felt confident in her own skin. "It was a turning point for me because I could understand why men would find her sexy," Pfeiffer told The Sun of her character Susie Diamond. "I wish I'd been more like her. Before that, I would walk around looking like a bag lady!"

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Gwyneth Paltrow

"Gwyneth looks better now than at 20," Paltrow's trainer, Tracy Anderson, told Us of the Oscar winner. "She's my best student!"

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Kirstie Alley

The actress used her spot on Dancing With the Stars to focus on getting in shape. “I don’t give a you-know-what about the mirrorball. I want to just be a size zero like the other girls on the show,” Alley said in 2012. “Just for five minutes — I don’t even care if the next day I balloon up to a two.”

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Catherine Zeta-Jones

Now in her 50s, the actress is still getting plum roles — from Feud: Bette and Joan to Prodigal Son. 

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Jennie Garth

Better after breakup! Splitting from Peter Facinelli in early 2012, the Beverly Hills, 90210 alum dropped 20 pounds in three months by running, hiking and eating healthy. "Before she used to be like, 'OK, let's cover me up,'" said a Garth pal. "And now she's more open-minded about having fun with her clothes. She's feeling good in her skin."

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Connie Britton

Y'all, this Friday Night Lights star seems to be aging backwards! The actress looks better than ever. "Just drawing on my own experience, I never — I never — personally reference myself as old. I don’t think of myself as old, but I certainly would not say that to a man. ... It would just be demystifying and disempowering," she told New York Times Magazine in February 2013.

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Heather Graham

You can count on the Hangover star to remain naturally beautiful as she ages. "I have not ever opted to do surgery because it's scary," she told Vegas magazine. "Maybe some people get it done and you can't tell and that's great, but I feel like it makes your face look weird. I think if you're happy, then that's the glow."

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Judy Sheindlin

"Florence Henderson told me 70 is the new 50," Sheindlin — best known as TV's Judge Judy — told Katie Couric of the late Brady Bunch actress.

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Jenny McCarthy

At age 40, the cohost of The View posed for the seventh time in the nude for Playboy — and there are no signs that the fit blonde won't do it again. "I am Team Botox," she has quipped about her desire to remain youthful.

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Courteney Cox

“Getting older has not been … I don’t think it’s the easiest thing,” the Friends alum confessed during a 2016 episode of Running Wild With Bear Grylls. “I think I was trying to keep up with getting older, trying to chase that … it’s something you can’t keep up with. … I have done things that I regret, and luckily they’re things that dissolve and go away. So, that’s good because it’s not always been my best look.”

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Julia Roberts

The Pretty Woman star is not afraid to let her face show signs of aging. The naturally gorgeous actress sounded off to Elle in 2010 on the popularity of plastic surgery. "We live in such a panicked, dysmorphic society where women don't even give themselves a chance to see what they'll look like as older persons," she lamented.

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Heather Locklear

Asked by TMZ reporters during an on-air interview about the secret to her ageless appearance, Locklear replied, hopefully jokingly, "You just put semen on your face."

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Salma Hayek

She's a real grown-up, but she's unreal when it comes to her age-defying looks. The actress talked about society's heavy emphasis on looks in Glamour magazine's Glam Belleza Latina, saying, "We've got to fight for our confidence every day in modern life because we live in a society that is very harsh to women."

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Sharon Stone

Leave it to the Basic Instinct bombshell to find something sexy about aging. "I think in the art of aging well, there's this sexuality to having those imperfections. It's sensual," she said in New You magazine in 2013.

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Heidi Klum

"[Before having children,] I had more time to go to the gym," the supermodel and mom of four told Us in January 2014. "Now having kids, I am trying to integrate their activity into my life." That means bouncing on their giant trampoline, swimming in the pool or taking their dogs for walks.

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Jane Seymour

"I've been doing the same thing forever. I just eat normally, I drink some juices from the garden — a green juice of some sort. I eat eggs from the garden, produce from the garden," the Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman star told Us in January 2014. "I drink very much in moderation and I exercise in moderation. I do about three times a week for about an hour. A combination of Pilates, gyrotonics and light weights."

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Diane Lane

"I feel like you're apologizing if you have plastic surgery, apologizing for nature and history and experience," Lane told More magazine in 2006. "I take comfort that aging happens to everybody. It's part of life."

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Kate Beckinsale

The actress told Women's Health magazine in 2012 that she mainly stays fit by doing yoga and "hates" cardio. "I'd gotten particularly sick of being photographed outside a gym doing a squat with a medicine ball," she joked of training for Total Recall.

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Jada Pinkett Smith

"I was raised to believe you eat because your body needs fuel for energy," Pinkett Smith told Shape magazine in 2009. "So I eat superfoods."

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Cindy Crawford

"I work out to stay the same. But I love having a fit body — I can do stuff, I can help move furniture around," the supermodel told Shape magazine in 2011. "As you get older, you come to appreciate your body for all the things it can do, besides the way it looks."

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Tyra Banks

"Secret to fitness — eggs, bacon and French toast, pancakes and syrup, turkey sausage," the America's Next Top Model host joked to Us in January 2014. "For lunch, some red velvet cake and fried chicken. For dinner, you repeat what you just ate for breakfast and lunch. Then you get in bed and have Cheetos, Fritos and Doritos."

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Helena Christensen

The supermodel's advice for getting bikini-ready? "Get a bathing suit you feel comfortable in," she told The Telegraph in 2011. "Try to eat a little less of the stuff you know will make you look less firm and don't start two days before you go."

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Bethenny Frankel

This Skinnygirl's tips? "Balance big meals with small meals, sugary meals with protein and vegetables, rich choices with lean choices," she shared with Good Morning America in August 2013.

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Naomi Campbell

The model admits to being blessed with a high metabolism, but also watches her diet. "For me, carbs are a treat now," she told Harper's Bazaar in 2012.

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Carmen Electra

"I get really bored on the treadmill and just doing the typical gym thing," the former Playboy model told E! News in 2012. "Lately, I've just been doing my own ballet bar at home."

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Padma Lakshmi

"I love food way too much to starve myself just to look good," the Top Chef host told Fitness magazine in October 2013. "I will put in the work at the gym so I can enjoy what I eat."

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Alyssa Milano

"I do three dance classes a week. Going to the gym is such . . . I just don't have time for it," the actress told Us in 2013. "The gym feels like work and it's not like you're with your girlfriends. Dance is fun — it's like a girls' night out."

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Molly Sims

Nineteen months after welcoming son Brooks, the new mom decided to switch up her diet and fitness plan. "I'm actually exercising a little bit less, and watching what I eat a little bit more," she told Us in January 2014. "I find that sometimes I can over exercise where it actually makes me hungrier, to the point where I'm starving. So I'm cutting back."

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Kate Moss

The secret to Moss' ageless face? "If I wake up looking tired and puffy, I fill a sink with ice and cucumber and submerge my face," she told Stylist magazine in May 2013. "It tightens everything, making you look and feel instantly awake. It is a bit Joan Crawford — but it works!"

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Christie Brinkley

"I like to do things and have fun," the model told Us in January 2014 about keeping in shape. In addition to riding her bike, skiing and dancing, Brinkley also logs more traditional workouts. "I really go use the Total Fitness gym," she said. "That's not just advertising."

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Kathy Ireland

"I love being outdoors," Ireland, who appeared on 13 consecutive Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue covers, told Us of her workout routine in January 2014. "My sense of adventure outweighs my grace."

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Uma Thurman

"I don't always have a lot of time, because I've been working a lot lately. But when I do have a spare hour or so, I walk in Manhattan's Riverside Park," the Kill Bill actress told The Daily Mail in 2006. "Whenever I'm in the Hamptons, I like to horse-ride, which keeps me pretty fit. In the winter months, I ski or go snowboarding. When I'm on set, I have a lady who comes into my trailer to do Pilates with me."

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Brandi Glanville

"After I drop my kids off at school, I head right to my Pilates trainer. I've had the same one for nine years!" the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star told Shape magazine in 2012. "I started with her when I was pregnant with [my son] Mason. Before that, I had never even really worked out before! Once I got pregnant, everything kind of changed. Now I do three times a week and besides that, I stay active by going on bike rides with my kids, walking the dogs or going for a hike near my home. I can’t even think about stepping foot on a treadmill!"