# Sexiest people in their 40s **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 24, 2021, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexiest-people-in-their-40s/938551 "2021-03-24T05:54:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**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:** [March 24, 2021, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexiest-people-in-their-40s/938551/21 "2021-03-24T20:22:02Z")
For that matter, there are plenty of female celebrities that I find visually sexy, but whom I still wouldn’t want to have sex with, because my standards for whom I want to have sex with involve a lot more than appearance and gender. Plus, yeah, the explicitness is creepy. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2021, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexiest-people-in-their-40s/938551/22 "2021-03-24T20:23:58Z")
Just to add a few more actresses: I recently found out **Zoe Saldana** is over 40. She is really sexy. **Winona Ryder** is still in her 40s. Age is beginning to catch up with her, but slowly. **Penelope Cruz** is still sexy/cute **Kate Beckingsale** is gorgeous. **Amy Adams** is in her 40s. ---
**Author:** ![Guy\_Incognito](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guy_incognito/32/3920_2.png) [@Guy\_Incognito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guy_Incognito)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2021, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexiest-people-in-their-40s/938551/23 "2021-03-24T21:05:44Z")
How about: **Eva Green** **Kristin Bell** **Jenna Fischer** **Nora O’Donnell** ---
**Author:** ![RitterSport](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rittersport/32/6326_2.png) [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2021, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexiest-people-in-their-40s/938551/24 "2021-03-24T21:11:39Z")
Of the various Chrises, only Pine and Pratt qualify, and boy do they qualify. The other two (Hemsworth, Evans) will be ready when this thread inevitably gets resurrected in a year or two. ---
**Author:** ![Dark\_Sponge](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dark_sponge/32/121_2.png) [@Dark\_Sponge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dark_Sponge)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2021, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexiest-people-in-their-40s/938551/25 "2021-03-24T21:20:12Z")
I’ve always had a bit of a celebrity crush on Miranda Kerr. She’s not quite there (37) but is still absolutely stunning. ---
**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2021, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexiest-people-in-their-40s/938551/26 "2021-03-24T21:26:37Z")
I hit 44 in January, and after a year of “COVID cleanup” of my diet and some routine gym time, I humbly say that I am sexier now, at 44, than I was at 39, or even 29 or 19 for that matter. You might balk at my entering myself, in that I am not a “celebrity,” nor “famous.” To which I would reply, “_I **am** , in certain circles_.” Tripler Going from zero to eleven unbroken “strict” pullups on demand? That’s sexy. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2021, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexiest-people-in-their-40s/938551/27 "2021-03-24T21:50:23Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > **Penelope Cruz** is still sexy/cute > **Kate Beckingsale** is gorgeous. > **Amy Adams** is in her 40s. Kinda damning with faint praise, there. **Olivia Munn** remains magnificent. ---
**Author:** ![XOldiesJock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/ec9cab/32.png) [@XOldiesJock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XOldiesJock)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2021, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexiest-people-in-their-40s/938551/28 "2021-03-24T21:57:41Z")
She’s been mentioned, but let me add another vote for the lovely and talented Amy Adams. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2021, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexiest-people-in-their-40s/938551/29 "2021-03-24T22:28:59Z")
Sorry, I listed her as she looks really good for her age. She is very pretty. ---
**Author:** ![TheCuse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thecuse/32/2854_2.png) [@TheCuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheCuse)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2021, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexiest-people-in-their-40s/938551/30 "2021-03-24T22:40:35Z")
Angie Harmon (age 48). Still smokin’ ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2021, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexiest-people-in-their-40s/938551/31 "2021-03-24T23:51:03Z")
Adam Scott & Chris Hardwick. Yeah, I have a type. Scrawny and geeky. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2021, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexiest-people-in-their-40s/938551/32 "2021-03-24T23:52:41Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > Sarah Michelle Gellar is still pretty hot into her forties Never did much for me - I think Adam Silver’s cuter. Mena Suvari still has it. A year from now I’ll go with Beyonce, and then I missed by a year the other way - Neko Case, 50. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2021, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexiest-people-in-their-40s/938551/33 "2021-03-25T00:50:05Z")
Caroline Catz is now 51, but she was in her 40s for most of _ **Doc Martin** _’s run. And she is gorgeous! [![](https://biographytribune.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/DOC_MARTIN_SERIES8_09.jpg) ](https://biographytribune.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/DOC_MARTIN_SERIES8_09.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![FlikTheBlue](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fliktheblue/32/10972_2.png) [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2021, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexiest-people-in-their-40s/938551/34 "2021-03-25T01:14:39Z")
Debbie Gibson is just barely 50, and she is still sexy. She’s one of those women who seems to get sexier with age. ---
**Author:** ![lobotomyboy63](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobotomyboy63/32/2900_2.png) [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2021, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexiest-people-in-their-40s/938551/35 "2021-03-25T01:25:23Z")
[Penelope Cruz will be 47 in April.](https://www.google.com/search?q=penelope+cruz+2021&safe=active&rlz=1C1CHBF_enUS798US798&sxsrf=ALeKk025tN4ybOZ4xCnmmSPPtLEArepjNA:1616635321518&tbm=isch&source=iu&ictx=1&fir=24_Wxa_xVxz0pM%252CVuPUpW1ArvdA8M%252C_&vet=1&usg=AI4_-kTkR1ymQq4QcbbaOo2xTXt9SVLc6g&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwihwMfwo8rvAhWTbs0KHdvaDicQ9QF6BAgWEAE&biw=1366&bih=657#imgrc=24_Wxa_xVxz0pM) ---
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2021, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexiest-people-in-their-40s/938551/36 "2021-03-25T03:14:45Z")
I think I’m sexier (or maybe just more confident and at ease) now at 47 than I was in my 20s or 30s. I’m a straight dude, but Ryan Reynolds is my go-to example of 40-something sex symbols. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2021, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexiest-people-in-their-40s/938551/37 "2021-03-25T04:51:13Z")
IMHO, people in their 40s are way too young to be sexy. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2021, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexiest-people-in-their-40s/938551/38 "2021-03-25T05:15:30Z")
Does Ewan McGregor count, or does the fact that he turns fifty next week make him ineligible? ---
**Author:** ![Enjoy\_Slurm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/enjoy_slurm/32/3937_2.png) [@Enjoy\_Slurm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enjoy_Slurm)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2021, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexiest-people-in-their-40s/938551/39 "2021-03-25T05:57:26Z")
Tons of other people are listing people in their 50s so, sure, why not. ---
**Author:** ![mordecaiB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mordecaib/32/7725_2.png) [@mordecaiB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mordecaiB)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2021, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexiest-people-in-their-40s/938551/40 "2021-03-25T06:15:15Z")
> [@Guest-starring\_Id](#): > > Adam Silver Jesus! You could have put a “not safe for anyone to look at warning” on that post! I always find these threads interesting. The range of what people think is attractive is vast, except for the high preference for white people. Since I know very few actors by name and none by age, I will cast my vote as a straight male and say I have always found both @Tripler and @Defensive_Indifference very sexy. 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexiest-people-in-their-40s/938551.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexiest-people-in-their-40s/938551.md?page=3)