# Actors (either gender) under 40 who can be considered A-List **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 23, 2015, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-either-gender-under-40-who-can-be-considered-a-list/710697 "2015-01-23T18:15:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2015, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-either-gender-under-40-who-can-be-considered-a-list/710697/81 "2015-01-30T00:21:32Z")
> [@Horatio\_Hellpop](#): > > Mila Kunis was in one of those “lad mags” (either **Stuff** or **Maxim** ) once, like 15 years ago, and she seemed poised for greater things even then. She may have hung on the vine too long. They said that because of her slight Ukrainian accent, she’d be great as a Bond girl. I guess if great things were gonna happen with her, they’d have happened by now. 15 years ago Kunis was 16 and starting the second season of That 70s Show. She wasn’t exactly a big deal then. But she’s been in a string of movies since then and is probably somewhere in the B+/A- range. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2015, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-either-gender-under-40-who-can-be-considered-a-list/710697/82 "2015-01-30T04:25:52Z")
Actually, wasn’t Kunis some magazine or another’s official Sexiest Woman Alive a year or two ago? Not that I think those magazine lists are at all accurate, but they are an indication of the current views of the industry. ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2015, 6:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-either-gender-under-40-who-can-be-considered-a-list/710697/83 "2015-01-30T06:49:40Z")
Oh yeah, **Esquire** last year! Sadly, their recommendation doesn’t count for much. Jessica Biel got that nod a few years ago and it didn’t help her career any. A- sounds about right for Mila Kunis. She did headline some movies that did pretty well, like **Friends with Benefits** and **The Great and Powerful Oz** , so great stuff is still coming from her! I think Kate McKinnon will be up there soon with **Ghostbusters**. (Leslie Jones too, but she’s 41.) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-either-gender-under-40-who-can-be-considered-a-list/710697.md?page=4)