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In Celebration Of Helen Mirren: 20 Other “Older” Babes Who’ve Still Got It

By Agent Bedhead | Posted Under Seriously Random Lists | Comments (64)



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The Debt hits theaters this weekend and stars the still sexy, 66-year-old Dame Helen Mirren. In honor of Mirren, who can still admirably rock a bikini, I thought it fitting to produce a list of twenty other hot actress babes who just happen to be “old” by Hollywood standards. Qualifications for inclusion include the following: (1) No obvious plastic surgeries and no Botox monsters allowed, which entirely rules out someone like Nicole Kidman or even Ellen Barkin; (2) Must possess a modicum of talent because, here at Pajiba, we like our eye candy to have other redeemable values other than, you know, being entirely shaggable; (3) Must be at least 40-years-old. Let’s get on with this show, shall we?

Julianne Moore (51): Because, basically, I’d have been shot for leaving her off this list

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Heather Graham (41): She’s just as hot as when she was Rollergirl, and those wayward nipples don’t hurt either.

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Mary-Louise Parker (47): She’s quite the definition of ageless beauty and could easily pass for being in her late twenties.

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Salma Hayek (45): It’s that saucy Latina rack and come hither look that landed her a billionaire, not that she needed to do so.

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Jeri Ryan (43): Admit it — she’s the only reason that you started tuning into “Star Trek: Voyager.”

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Elizabeth Shue (47): She’ll babysit you anytime and kick your ass too in Piranha 3D.

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Lucy Liu (42): She made last week’s list of Action Jolie candidates & she’ll cut your head off without a second thought if you insult her heritage.

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Marisa Tomei (46): A few years ago, she played a stripper alongside Mickey Rourke’s rourked face in The Wrestler. Lifetime respect for this one.

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Halle Berry (45): While she’s got a reputation for drama in her personal life, Berry’s still got one hell of a bod and an amazing smile.

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Diane Lane (46): Seriously, how did Josh Brolin get so lucky as to land her?

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Monica Bellucci (46): She’s the quintessential Italian beauty. And knockers.

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Heather Locklear (49): While she’s nobody’s idea of a classically talented actress, Locklear has singlehandedly saved multiple nighttime dramas and comedies. Could you do that?

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Famke Janssen (46): Those thighs could still make James Bond weep for his life.

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Michelle Pfeiffer (53): While her beauty has inevitably faded ever so slightly, she’s resisted going the way of the knife.

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Robin Wright (45): Okay, she looks a little bit rougher than she did as Princess Buttercup, but you would too after putting up with Sean Penn for nearly two decades.

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Naomi Watts (42): She’s gorgeous, has great acting range, and hasn’t done the botox thing like her BFF, Kidman.

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Juliette Binoche (47): She’s endured alongside the likes of Ralph Fiennes and Johnny Depp, and those cheekbones know no rival.

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Sophie Marceau (44): Another former bond girl stands out from the crowd. Great pits too.

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Lauren Graham (44): Two words: Bad Santa

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Sandra Bullock (47): She’s truly America’s sweetheart and only gets better with age, and that’s not a cliché when it comes to Sandy.

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Comments

I call shenanigans!

1. I am not on this list.

2. Heather Graham has no talent. And WTF is going on with her nipples?

3. Heather Locklear is botoxed out the wazoo, as is Jeri Ryan.

4. Robin Wright is the only one here with a natural face.

Posted by: BWeaves at August 31, 2011 2:11 PM

Didn't we just do this like 2-3 weeks ago?

Posted by: logan at August 31, 2011 2:11 PM

FANTASTIC LIST! I AM SO EXCITED THAT I MIGHT TALK A LIL' LOUD... *calms down* Personally I think that women in Hollywood tend to age more gracefully than the men, they start sagging and gain weight like crazy. However, that doesn't seem to matter because men still get roles after 40, women don't unless they look 20 yrs younger than they are.

Posted by: lauwer at August 31, 2011 2:14 PM

I read this list and thought, "it feels just yesterday that a lot of these ladies were doing ingenue type stuff."

Then I did some math and realized that by 'yesterday' I meant 'before I could vote/drive/understand fractions,' which means that I'm aging too, damn it ta hell.

Posted by: Angeleno Ewok at August 31, 2011 2:18 PM

Yeah its right here: http://www.pajiba.com/seriously_random_lists/will-you-still-be-sending-me-a-valentine-sizzling-ladies-with-lines.php

Same Mirren pic. But it was July so i'm only half right.

Posted by: logan at August 31, 2011 2:18 PM

I agree that all of the women on this list are extraordinarily beautiful and have aged very well, and while some of them have probably had some plastic surgery or what have you, they haven't gone crazy with it like, say, Meg Ryan or Nicole Kidman.

However, some of those pictures are Photoshopped to hell and gone. These ladies are beautiful enough for a much lighter airbrushing. Also, that is a really unflattering picture of Heather Graham, but she does in fact still have it.

Posted by: MM at August 31, 2011 2:19 PM

Did anyone else ever listen to the Doug Loves Movies episode with Elizabeth Shue? She was great and she joined in the debate on which was her best side-boob in a role.

Posted by: John G. at August 31, 2011 2:20 PM

I'm with logan (did I really just write that?). Wasn't there a similar column not that long ago in which we discusses gorgeous ladies of a certain age?

Posted by: MelBivDevoe at August 31, 2011 2:20 PM

*discussed

Posted by: MelBivDevoe at August 31, 2011 2:20 PM

Hey Mel dont act so surprised you could hurt my feelings.

Posted by: logan at August 31, 2011 2:23 PM

I'm sorry but anyone under 60 is not "older" or "of a certain age". Wait, or maybe it's that I am old. Carry on...

Posted by: Az at August 31, 2011 2:25 PM

I realize that it's very telling of my age (late thirties) that most of the women here (Shue, Tomei, Janssen, Pfeiffer, Watts) outrank on the hotness list almost any younger celeb you can throw at me.

Posted by: sars at August 31, 2011 2:27 PM

Yeah, I no longer consider 40s to be old. What's happening to me?!?

Posted by: DarthCorleone at August 31, 2011 2:30 PM

so the two Heathers make the list, but Gina Gershon and Catherine Keener didn't? fuck that shit.


and for the record, Helen Mirren is only hot now. she definitely was not hot 20 years ago. 20 years ago she looked old.

Posted by: causaubon at August 31, 2011 2:33 PM

some of those pictures are Photoshopped to hell and gone.

Or are old pictures. I don't have a problem with the idea of this list, but if you're going to tell me Halle Berry still looks hot at forty-five, find a picture of her at forty-five. Die Another Day came out in 2002.

Posted by: Todd at August 31, 2011 2:36 PM

All I'm saying is, do a Google image search of Stacey Dash knowing she's 45.

Posted by: Matt at August 31, 2011 2:38 PM

I tease, logan, I tease.

Good call on Stacey Dash, Matt.

Posted by: MelBivDevoe at August 31, 2011 2:47 PM

Well that settles it, all the hottest ladies in the movies are over 40. Done.

Althought I guess it's not fair when you have Bellucci who on her own is hotter than anything that is, was, or ever will be.

Posted by: zeke the pig at August 31, 2011 2:49 PM

Fanke Janssen....

fap.

Posted by: PissBoy at August 31, 2011 2:50 PM

How could you forget Michelle Yeoh?

Posted by: Uncle JR at August 31, 2011 2:58 PM

Where is Dana Delaney?

Posted by: PaulB at August 31, 2011 2:58 PM

Sharon Fucking Stone.

Posted by: Andrew at August 31, 2011 3:02 PM

Iman is FIFTY-SIX and still looks like this: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1347738/Iman-shows-perfect-figure-receives-BET-honour.html

Also, do you think we could retire the "saucy" descriptor when applied to latina women? Pretty please?

Posted by: Artemis at August 31, 2011 3:15 PM

Thank you for giving my Dame Helen Mirren fix for the day.

I'll be in my bunk.

Posted by: The Wanderer at August 31, 2011 3:18 PM

Cate Blanchett, Gina Torres, Jennifer Tilly - still smokin at 53

Posted by: FyreHaar at August 31, 2011 3:20 PM

I just made Pajiba very, very sticky.

Posted by: admin at August 31, 2011 3:42 PM

Does it matter if we already discussed this? No.

I support this list.

Posted by: Sara H at August 31, 2011 3:45 PM

I swear to you that Monica Bellucci has had implants. I have a feeling.

Posted by: westcott at August 31, 2011 3:53 PM

I have no complaints when it comes to this list...

And that's saying something.

Posted by: DeistBrawler at August 31, 2011 3:56 PM

Angela Bassett.

But I agree with the idea that the ladies on the list should've at least been plus-50s.

Posted by: Sara Tonin at August 31, 2011 4:17 PM

God what a bunch of crones. Dusty vaginas and whatnot...

C'mon, someone was gonna say it.

Posted by: Slash at August 31, 2011 4:24 PM

Posted by: Slash at August 31, 2011 4:28 PM

I would have included Sigourney Weaver.

Posted by: M.Willard at August 31, 2011 4:35 PM


Lauren Graham (44): Two words: Bad Santa

She looked terrible in Bad Santa, but she looks incredible nearly everywhere else, and this pic was tasty.

Now a lot of these are old pics and you need to update them, but THIS is the Helen Mirren pic you want to use:

http://cdn02.cdn.gofugyourself.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/the_debt_outside_arrivals_19_wenn3478972.jpg

This is her at the movie premiere last week.
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Posted by: Meander at August 31, 2011 4:50 PM

Sharon Fucking Stone has had so much work done...

Posted by: Jerry at August 31, 2011 6:06 PM

Connie Britton, 44
Carla Gugino, 40 (2 days ago)
Jennifer Lopez, 42 (hate typing it, butt...)
Shirley Manson, 45 (5 days ago) Qualifies from The Sarah Connor Chronicles.

Posted by: richmac at August 31, 2011 6:21 PM

Julianna Margulies. She's rocking it on The Good Wife.

Posted by: CC at August 31, 2011 7:46 PM

in honour of a 66yr old actress we'll post pics of a bunch of actresses mostly in their early 40's and call them old and then marvel at the incredible notion that people that old could still be attractive

Posted by: idleprimate at August 31, 2011 7:57 PM

Are you redoing lists every three months now?

Also, Heather Locklear is faked from the chest upwards (while Jeri Ryan is not), and Heather Graham has no talent. Also, Tilda Swinton and Cate Blanchett are missing. How could you forget these two?

Posted by: FabMax at August 31, 2011 7:59 PM

This list would have seemed a lot less like pandering if it were actually celebrating older women. As it is, it seems to be stating that these women have beaten the odds by still being bangable after hitting the steep, downhill slope that is age 40.

Heather Graham should not wear a tight blue top. Her boobs look like the Cookie Monster.

Posted by: Craig at August 31, 2011 8:18 PM

Rachel Weisz!
Arggggghhhhhh!!!!

Posted by: haplo at August 31, 2011 8:26 PM

I'd still say Judy Dench is one fo the sexiest women in cinema.

Posted by: Ben at August 31, 2011 8:26 PM

Mary-Louise Parker, oh yeah!!!

When I was watching RED I kept thinking, man Mary-Louise Parker is fucking hot!

Posted by: junierizzle at August 31, 2011 8:43 PM

Sandra Bullock stopped aging at 25. 20 years from now, she still looks like that, only hotter.

Posted by: Adrien at August 31, 2011 9:19 PM

I was sooooo hoping to see some hot old women. Instead, I got some (admittedly hot) middle-aged women. C'mon, Helen Mirren is the only truly old woman on this list. Where's the fabulous Sigourney Weaver (61)? Susan Sarandon (64)? Fanny Ardant (62)? Joanna Lumley (65)?

Posted by: PDamian at August 31, 2011 9:37 PM

Thank you. Someone finally left Julia Roberts off a list. I am truly grateful.

Posted by: Candy at August 31, 2011 9:57 PM

Yeah ... what PDamian said. This list is wrong mostly because these are not beautiful older women, except for the ... er ... titular one.

Still, can't say I agree on Joanna Lumley. She looks more like Bill Nighy everyday. And here I'm talking Bill Nighy the Vampire guy.

And, causaubon, I bet to differ. Dame Mirren was quite yummy as Morgana lo those 30 years ago.

Posted by: Johnnyboy at August 31, 2011 10:08 PM

I thouhgt idleprimate had stormed off in a huff. Welcome back.

Posted by: Mrs. Julien at August 31, 2011 10:12 PM

I'm 53, so all these women are right in my wheelhouse. Other than Julienne Fries, I'd marry any of them.

Sophie Marceau was born to play Wonder Woman.

Posted by: The Mutt at August 31, 2011 10:25 PM

Julianna Margulies!!

Also, 45 or so should really have been the cutoff

Posted by: Spartacus at August 31, 2011 10:50 PM

I'm still waiting for you to include Angela Bassett in this list! She just turned 53 and is THE definition of age defying beauty.

Posted by: SimzBrazil at August 31, 2011 10:58 PM

Maria Motherfuckin Bello? Those two sex scenes from A History of Violence will forever be imprinted in my mind.....

Posted by: JeromeEugeneMorrow at August 31, 2011 11:02 PM

I agree about Angela Bassett. She should be on this list. Others? Helena Bonham Carter, Carole Bouquet, Linda Fiorentino, Kim Basinger, Gillian Anderson.

To me, Helena BC is still one of the most beautiful women in the world. (I know. I'm repeating myself.)

Posted by: Stinky at September 1, 2011 12:05 AM

I'm fairly certain Michelle Pfeiffer has had some work done too.

Posted by: Even Stevens at September 1, 2011 12:18 AM

Hot damn. I can call all those women "girl" (except Dame Helen).

And I'm not that old. Not THAT old.

Posted by: , at September 1, 2011 1:24 AM

"To me, Helena BC is still one of the most beautiful women in the world. (I know. I'm repeating myself.)"

Same - I always thought that. Absolute perfection. God bless her for taking her career and self seriously and not posing for endless cheesecake shots.

Posted by: samantha t at September 1, 2011 10:00 AM

I think it's sort of defeats the purpose to praise the ladies and then include phrases like "While her beauty has inevitably faded ever so slightly" and "Okay, she looks a little bit rougher than she did." And "saucy Latina?" Enough already.

Next time maybe keep it over 50, to really mean something. And where's Meryl Streep, Rene Russo, Tilda Swinton, Geena Davis, Kim Basinger, Etc., etc.

Posted by: xoxoxoe at September 1, 2011 10:13 AM

xoxo: I, too, was put off by the prose. Also, I agree that 50+ has got to be the marker.

I'm a big fan of the category of women-who-look-their-age-but-look-great. Mary Louise Parker looks great, but she doesn't look her age. I don't think she's had a ton of work or anything like that, but everything about her is extremely youthful, down to her hairstyle and clothes. Diane Lane looks great AND looks her age. Ditto Helen Mirren and, say, Phylicia Rashad. They look, dress, and act like grown-ass women.

I know it's kind of a weird carve-out, but it's always one I've found interesting.

Posted by: samantha t at September 1, 2011 12:20 PM

No one has mentioned Phoebe Cates? For shame. Seriously, google it up! I swear she's some kind of sorceress

Posted by: ?Dave at September 1, 2011 7:47 PM

Firstly, I take objection to any woman in her 40s being declared as 'old'. Seriously? And secondly, any list of hot women over 40 that doesn't include Gillian Anderson is automatically null and void in any event.

Posted by: Em at September 2, 2011 2:07 AM

Locklear still natural...I seriously doubt that (and have for years!) I'm starting to question Sandy's "natural" state as well.

Stacey Dash (darn her genes)is similar to Sarah Louise Parker in that she can still pass for being in her 20s and would most likely have been on the list if she had only met criterion #3...But then again, Jerry Ryan made the list.

Angela Bassett should be on the list, as should Angela Lansbury (who looked fantastic at the Tony Awards--not what I expected at all), Michelle Yeoh, Dame Judy Dench, Mariska Hargitay (??), and Meryl Streep.

Posted by: Orleanas at September 2, 2011 4:25 AM

...and Pam Grier and Jamie Lynn Curtis.

Posted by: Orleanas at September 2, 2011 4:28 AM

I agree that all these women are beautiful. But I wish recent pictures had been used. Because these pictures are all old or VERY air brushed, except maybe Helen Mirram's.

Posted by: danielle at September 2, 2011 3:59 PM

Remove Heather Locklear, and add Maria Bello (44) in the list. After all, she reprises Helen Mirren's role in Prime Suspect this year.

Posted by: darkcity at September 7, 2011 3:18 AM