# People who look better after age 40 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 10, 2011, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-look-better-after-age-40/570932 "2011-02-10T19:22:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Brynda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e79b87/32.png) [@Brynda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brynda)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2011, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-look-better-after-age-40/570932/1 "2011-02-10T19:22:57Z")
My nominee is Candice Olson. I can’t get over how good she looks these days. She was always attractive, but to my eye, she looks better now than she did even a few years ago. I don’t think it is just the haircut. Here she is at age 44: [http://www.hgtv.com/candice-tells-all/show/index.html](http://www.hgtv.com/candice-tells-all/show/index.html) and here she was a few years ago: [http://www.hausbydr.com/candice\_olson.asp](http://www.hausbydr.com/candice_olson.asp) If it is just her hair, I want her stylist. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2011, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-look-better-after-age-40/570932/2 "2011-02-10T19:40:27Z")
[Roger](http://www.morethings.com/music/pink_floyd/roger-waters-100.jpg) [Waters](http://blogs.westword.com/backbeat/roger-waters-older.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2011, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-look-better-after-age-40/570932/3 "2011-02-10T19:42:44Z")
Me. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2011, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-look-better-after-age-40/570932/4 "2011-02-10T19:53:50Z")
Brian Austin Green is _going to_ look a hell of a lot [better after 40](http://www.fancast.com/blogs/2010/tv-news/brian-austin-green-nervous-to-play-housewives-hunk-plus-meet-his-tv-dad/) than he looked when he was in his dweebilicious 20s. He’s only 38 now, though. ---
**Author:** ![soulmurk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b782af/32.png) [@soulmurk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/soulmurk)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2011, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-look-better-after-age-40/570932/5 "2011-02-10T20:12:02Z")
Diane Lane? She was always cute, but around 40 she got hottified. Elizabeth Hurley. Again, always attractive, but with the addition of some years she somehow got hotter. Not quite there yet, but Gwyneth Paltrow (38). ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2011, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-look-better-after-age-40/570932/6 "2011-02-10T20:18:21Z")
I think Candice Bergen, altho she was a model when she was younger, has the sort of face that makes her look older. So she looks “right” at 40+ but looked slightly awkward as a youngster. This could also be cultural bias - like most 30-something I didn’t know who she was until she was playing a middle-aged classy lady on _Murphy Brown_. It might just be odd for me to see Murphy Brown as a young model. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2011, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-look-better-after-age-40/570932/7 "2011-02-10T20:19:33Z")
Jon Bon Jovi? ---
**Author:** ![BigBertha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d78d45/32.png) [@BigBertha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigBertha)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2011, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-look-better-after-age-40/570932/8 "2011-02-10T20:23:41Z")
Sarah Jessica Parker ---
**Author:** ![China\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/779978/32.png) [@China\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/China_Guy)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2011, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-look-better-after-age-40/570932/9 "2011-02-10T20:24:38Z")
Maggie Cheung ---
**Author:** ![cjepson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@cjepson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cjepson)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2011, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-look-better-after-age-40/570932/10 "2011-02-10T20:28:26Z")
[Dave](http://www.starpulse.com/Music/Brubeck,_Dave/gallery/P6198p41388hxdrb/)[Brubeck](http://www.starpulse.com/Music/Brubeck,_Dave/gallery/P6198p00807k1618/) [Willie](http://www.expressnightout.com/content/2009/03/willie_nelson_naked_willie.php) [Nelson](http://www.fanpix.net/picture-gallery/willie-nelson-picture-10268705.htm) ---
**Author:** ![pohjonen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pohjonen/32/423_2.png) [@pohjonen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pohjonen)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2011, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-look-better-after-age-40/570932/11 "2011-02-10T23:28:09Z")
Oprah looks much better now than when she was young. ---
**Author:** ![Brynda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e79b87/32.png) [@Brynda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brynda)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2011, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-look-better-after-age-40/570932/12 "2011-02-11T00:01:17Z")
Huge agreement from me on Roger Waters and Oprah. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2011, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-look-better-after-age-40/570932/13 "2011-02-11T00:13:28Z")
[Anthony](http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Film/Pix/pictures/2010/9/1/1283350359847/Anthony-Hopkins-in-Magic-006.jpg) [Hopkins](http://snarkerati.com/movie-news/files/2009/10/anthony-hopkins.jpg) [Patrick Dempsey](http://www.bestweekever.tv/bwe/images/2007/08/PATRICK%20DEMPSEY%20%20rev%20sav.JPG) ---
**Author:** ![Jennmonkye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/278dde/32.png) [@Jennmonkye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennmonkye)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2011, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-look-better-after-age-40/570932/14 "2011-02-11T00:25:36Z")
Never been a fan, but [Cindy Crawford.](http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1355242/Cindy-Crawford-proves-aged-sizzling-FutureClaw-photoshoot.html) ---
**Author:** ![Amber\_in\_Treasury](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bc79bd/32.png) [@Amber\_in\_Treasury](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amber_in_Treasury)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2011, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-look-better-after-age-40/570932/15 "2011-02-11T00:33:56Z")
> [@BigBertha](#): > > Sarah Jessica Parker Yes, I’m sure a lot of people would love to ride her, or even be in a stable relationship with her. She’s outstanding in her field, not like some one-trick pony. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2011, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-look-better-after-age-40/570932/16 "2011-02-11T03:21:42Z")
Richard Gere did nothing for me till his hair went silver. Clint Eastwood. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2011, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-look-better-after-age-40/570932/17 "2011-02-11T04:12:37Z")
Hugh Laurie was looking pretty good for awhile, but I think he may be sliding downhill now. ---
**Author:** ![JoelUpchurch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f05b48/32.png) [@JoelUpchurch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoelUpchurch)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2011, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-look-better-after-age-40/570932/18 "2011-02-11T05:05:48Z")
Ming Na Wen. 47, but as Charlie says, “She has the ears of a 20 year old.”. ---
**Author:** ![Alice\_The\_Goon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2011, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-look-better-after-age-40/570932/19 "2011-02-11T05:14:09Z")
[Juliette Lewis](http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://images.askmen.com/galleries/actress/juliette-lewis/pictures/juliette-lewis-picture-1.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.askmen.com/celebs/women/actress_200/226_juliette_lewis.html&usg=__ZveSlX6mxDF7QuQnNnq5B-IHQmo=&h=490&w=376&sz=49&hl=en&start=0&zoom=1&tbnid=v7wsDTclEQS0kM:&tbnh=131&tbnw=107&ei=N8VUTZW6NZHAsAOs0pTHBQ&prev=/images%3Fq%3Djuliette%2Blewis%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%26biw%3D1280%26bih%3D745%26tbs%3Disch:1&um=1&itbs=1&iact=hc&vpx=123&vpy=85&dur=2953&hovh=256&hovw=197&tx=119&ty=115&oei=6MRUTd20AYv0tgOV6f2yBQ&page=1&ndsp=33&ved=1t:429,r:0,s:0). I always thought she was kind of funny looking, but it looks like now her face has kind of filled out or something- she even looks somewhat attractive now. Oops, I guess she’s only 38- but, close enough. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2011, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-look-better-after-age-40/570932/20 "2011-02-11T06:09:29Z")
Anthony Michael Hall [As a young pup](http://http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.israellycool.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/anthony-michael-hall.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.israellycool.com/2010/05/03/the-day-in-israel-monday-may-3rd-2010/&h=343&w=600&sz=92&tbnid=AcK_qdXt3By2mM:&tbnh=77&tbnw=135&prev=/images%3Fq%3Danthony%2Bmichael%2Bhall&zoom=1&q=anthony+michael+hall&hl=en&usg=__umMpdLw7PVAiUKtX_P1HnOzfvJI=&sa=X&ei=ANJUTb6lD4W8sQOP8dHIBQ&sqi=2&ved=0CC0Q9QEwAQ) [As a full grown man](http://http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.sliceofscifi.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/07/anthonyhall1.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.sliceofscifi.com/2006/07/19/slice-of-scifi-66/&h=375&w=250&sz=27&tbnid=Gaj14metf0v1rM:&tbnh=275&tbnw=183&prev=/images%3Fq%3Danthony%2Bmichael%2Bhall&zoom=1&q=anthony+michael+hall&hl=en&usg=__EAL5UwETSbl0cLLSSHkxEkkrQfw=&sa=X&ei=ddJUTY_JJYSasAPtxq3xBQ&sqi=2&ved=0CCkQ9QEwBQ) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-look-better-after-age-40/570932.md?page=2)