# Who is your age-aproptiate celebrtity crush?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [July 11, 2017, 8:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-your-age-aproptiate-celebrtity-crush/790987 "2017-07-11T08:06:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![Lamar\_Mundane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2017, 8:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-your-age-aproptiate-celebrtity-crush/790987/1 "2017-07-11T08:06:27Z")

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Gotta be around five years of your age.

Mine is Connie Britton. I don’t even like country music, but I would watch _ **Nashville** _ just to see her. Holy Cow, she’s beautiful.

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**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2017, 8:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-your-age-aproptiate-celebrtity-crush/790987/2 "2017-07-11T08:37:02Z")

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[Rashida Jones](https://www.google.com/search?q=rashida+jones&rlz=1C1CHBF_enUS749US749&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjMnIau6YDVAhVnxoMKHW9nA24Q_AUICigB&biw=1600&bih=770), who is 3 years younger. I could watch her read the phone book.

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**Post date:** [July 11, 2017, 8:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-your-age-aproptiate-celebrtity-crush/790987/3 "2017-07-11T08:54:00Z")

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She’s way out of my class, but Meryl Streep.

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**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2017, 10:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-your-age-aproptiate-celebrtity-crush/790987/4 "2017-07-11T10:38:20Z")

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I thought the “rule” was half your age plus seven?

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**Post date:** [July 11, 2017, 10:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-your-age-aproptiate-celebrtity-crush/790987/5 "2017-07-11T10:59:06Z")

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> [@Princhester](#):
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> I thought the “rule” was half your age plus seven?

I’ll go with this one, since it lets me include mine. Which is Tatiana Maslany in character as Sarah Manning/Beth Childs.

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**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2017, 11:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-your-age-aproptiate-celebrtity-crush/790987/6 "2017-07-11T11:19:48Z")

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Tomoko Kawase. Exactly 49 weeks older than me, so certainly age appropriate. And hot, talented, and nerdy, so definitely attractive.

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**Author:** ![chrisk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@chrisk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chrisk)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2017, 11:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-your-age-aproptiate-celebrtity-crush/790987/7 "2017-07-11T11:42:30Z")

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Amy Acker. Just about a year younger than I am.

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**Post date:** [July 11, 2017, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-your-age-aproptiate-celebrtity-crush/790987/8 "2017-07-11T11:45:53Z")

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Leah Remini. We’re both 47. woot!!

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**Post date:** [July 11, 2017, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-your-age-aproptiate-celebrtity-crush/790987/9 "2017-07-11T12:13:51Z")

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Alicia Witt

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**Post date:** [July 11, 2017, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-your-age-aproptiate-celebrtity-crush/790987/10 "2017-07-11T12:25:00Z")

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Diane Lane is 4 yrs younger than my 56.

Alas, Susan Tedeschi is too young (46), and Emmylou Harris too old (70)!

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**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2017, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-your-age-aproptiate-celebrtity-crush/790987/11 "2017-07-11T12:26:54Z")

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The gorgeous and hilarious Elizabeth Banks is five months older than me. She could have been in my high school class… not that she would have noticed me [sob].

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**Post date:** [July 11, 2017, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-your-age-aproptiate-celebrtity-crush/790987/12 "2017-07-11T12:27:18Z")

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Sarah Rafferty from _Suits_. She’s 3 years younger than me.

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**Post date:** [July 11, 2017, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-your-age-aproptiate-celebrtity-crush/790987/13 "2017-07-11T12:50:54Z")

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Marisa Tomei is a cliche answer…I was surprised to learn that she’s out of my range! (she’s a year too old).

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**Author:** ![Trion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ccd318/32.png) [@Trion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trion)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2017, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-your-age-aproptiate-celebrtity-crush/790987/14 "2017-07-11T13:08:27Z")

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I was born on the exact same day as Halle Berry. That’s good enough for me!

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**Post date:** [July 11, 2017, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-your-age-aproptiate-celebrtity-crush/790987/15 "2017-07-11T13:32:53Z")

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I’ll take Valerie Bertinelli.

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**Post date:** [July 11, 2017, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-your-age-aproptiate-celebrtity-crush/790987/16 "2017-07-11T13:43:38Z")

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Scott Pelley, who until recently was the anchor on the CBS evening news.

And he’s younger than me, by 7 weeks.

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**Post date:** [July 11, 2017, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-your-age-aproptiate-celebrtity-crush/790987/17 "2017-07-11T13:51:03Z")

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Gillian Jacobs  
Parker Posey

My non-gay male crush is Joseph Gordon-Levitt

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**Post date:** [July 11, 2017, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-your-age-aproptiate-celebrtity-crush/790987/18 "2017-07-11T13:51:40Z")

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> [@Lamar\_Mundane](#):
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> Gotta be around five years of your age.

No question– **Maggie Cheung**. She’s 4 years older than me, so fits the parameters.

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**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2017, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-your-age-aproptiate-celebrtity-crush/790987/19 "2017-07-11T13:53:32Z")

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Also:

Amy Sedaris  
Kate McKinnon (I know it would never work out but a man can dream)

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**Post date:** [July 11, 2017, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-your-age-aproptiate-celebrtity-crush/790987/20 "2017-07-11T14:05:28Z")

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I’d love to go on a date or six with Judi Dench.

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