The Most Beautiful Women Over 40 - Part 6, with Janet Jackson, Brooke Shields, Sophie Marceau and more.
Another bevy of beauties that are on the other side of forty.
Don't call them cougars though, because at least a couple of these mature ladies can knock your lights out.
We have singers, actresses, models, authors, writers and directors.
This time with Janet Jackson, Brooke Shields, Sophie Marceau and more.
Don't call them cougars though, because at least a couple of these mature ladies can knock your lights out.
We have singers, actresses, models, authors, writers and directors.
This time with Janet Jackson, Brooke Shields, Sophie Marceau and more.
Janet Jackson
Sat April 7th 2012 10,000 capacity | 5pm - 5am
Janet Jackson was born on May 16, 1966 in Gary, Indiana.
Janet has gone from lean and ripped to slightly voluptuous and back, and still remained a sex symbol.
Of course her musical talents go without saying.
Ranked as one of the best-selling artists in the history of contemporary music, Janet has sold over 100 million records worldwide.
In Billboard magazine's list of the Hot 100 All-Time Top Artists released in 2008, Janet was number seven.
As an actress, Janet has appeared on several TV shows starting with The Jacksons variety show back in 1976.
She has also appeared in several films, Poetic Justice (1993), Nutty Professor II: The Klumps (2000), Why Did I Get Married? (2007), Why Did I Get Married Too? (2010) and For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf (2011).
Janet has gone from lean and ripped to slightly voluptuous and back, and still remained a sex symbol.
Of course her musical talents go without saying.
Ranked as one of the best-selling artists in the history of contemporary music, Janet has sold over 100 million records worldwide.
In Billboard magazine's list of the Hot 100 All-Time Top Artists released in 2008, Janet was number seven.
As an actress, Janet has appeared on several TV shows starting with The Jacksons variety show back in 1976.
She has also appeared in several films, Poetic Justice (1993), Nutty Professor II: The Klumps (2000), Why Did I Get Married? (2007), Why Did I Get Married Too? (2010) and For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf (2011).
Brooke Shields
Brooke Shields
Actress, author and model Brooke Shields was born on May 31, 1965 in New York City, New York.
Brooke began modeling at the age of 11 months (for Ivory Soap) and went on to be a successful child model.
In 1981, she was earning 10,000 dollars a day as a model.
She made her acting debut in the 1977 slasher film Alice, Sweet Alice and followed it up with the controversial Pretty Baby in 1978.
Controversy seemed to follow Brooke with The Blue Lagoon (1980) and Endless Love (1981).
During her career so far, she has appeared in almost seventy TV shows and films.
Brooke began modeling at the age of 11 months (for Ivory Soap) and went on to be a successful child model.
In 1981, she was earning 10,000 dollars a day as a model.
She made her acting debut in the 1977 slasher film Alice, Sweet Alice and followed it up with the controversial Pretty Baby in 1978.
Controversy seemed to follow Brooke with The Blue Lagoon (1980) and Endless Love (1981).
During her career so far, she has appeared in almost seventy TV shows and films.
Sophie Marceau
Sophie Marceau
Sophie Marceau was born on November 17th, 1966 in Paris, France.
Although so far during her career, Sophie has appeared in close to forty films, American audiences probably know her best as Princess Isabelle in Braveheart (1995), as Hippolyta in A Midsummer Night's Dream (1999) and as Elektra King in The World Is Not Enough (1999).
Besides acting, she has written a semi-autobiographical novel, Menteuse, and written and directed three films, L'Aube à l'envers (1995), Speak to Me of Love (2002) and La Disparue de Deauville (2007).
Although so far during her career, Sophie has appeared in close to forty films, American audiences probably know her best as Princess Isabelle in Braveheart (1995), as Hippolyta in A Midsummer Night's Dream (1999) and as Elektra King in The World Is Not Enough (1999).
Besides acting, she has written a semi-autobiographical novel, Menteuse, and written and directed three films, L'Aube à l'envers (1995), Speak to Me of Love (2002) and La Disparue de Deauville (2007).
Lucy Lawless
Lucy Lawless
Yep...Xena.
Actress and singer Lucy Lawless was born on March 29th, 1968 in Mount Albert, Auckland, New Zealand.
Although she has appeared on TV shows like Battlestar Galactica and Spartacus: Blood and Sand everybody remembers her best from Xena: Warrior Princess (1995 to 2001).
As a singer Lucy has released two albums and three concert DVDs.
Actress and singer Lucy Lawless was born on March 29th, 1968 in Mount Albert, Auckland, New Zealand.
Although she has appeared on TV shows like Battlestar Galactica and Spartacus: Blood and Sand everybody remembers her best from Xena: Warrior Princess (1995 to 2001).
As a singer Lucy has released two albums and three concert DVDs.
Heather Locklear
Heather Locklear
Heather Locklear was born on September 25th, 1961 in Westwood, Los Angeles, California.
As Sammy Jo Carrington on Dynasty, Officer Stacy Sheridan on T.J. Hooker and Amanda Woodward on Melrose Place Heather was a 1980s TV show staple.
She made her acting debut in a 1979 episode of Tales of the Unexpected.
Then she went on to TV appearances on 240-Robert, Eight is Enough, The Return of the Beverly Hillbillies and Twirl before finally hitting it big as Sammy Jo Carrington on Dynasty.
While Dynasty was still running, Heather took the part of Officer Stacy Sheridan on T.J. Hooker.
Her run on Dynasty ended in 1989, but in 1993, she reappeared as Amanda Woodward on Melrose Place.
She even reprised her role of Amanda on The CW's updated version of Melrose Place (2009-2010).
As Sammy Jo Carrington on Dynasty, Officer Stacy Sheridan on T.J. Hooker and Amanda Woodward on Melrose Place Heather was a 1980s TV show staple.
She made her acting debut in a 1979 episode of Tales of the Unexpected.
Then she went on to TV appearances on 240-Robert, Eight is Enough, The Return of the Beverly Hillbillies and Twirl before finally hitting it big as Sammy Jo Carrington on Dynasty.
While Dynasty was still running, Heather took the part of Officer Stacy Sheridan on T.J. Hooker.
Her run on Dynasty ended in 1989, but in 1993, she reappeared as Amanda Woodward on Melrose Place.
She even reprised her role of Amanda on The CW's updated version of Melrose Place (2009-2010).
Jennifer Tilly
Jennifer Tilly
Jennifer Tilly was born Jennifer E. Chan (yes she is part Chinese American) on September 16, 1958 in Los Angeles, California.
Jennifer is the older sister of Academy Award nominated actress, Broadway stage dancer and writer, Meg Tilly.
She made her big screen debut in the 1980 American musical film, Fame.
Since then she has gone on to appear in well over 100 TV shows and films.
Jennifer got nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in Woody Allen's Bullets Over Broadway (1994), got a LOT of attention for her roles in 1996's Bound (with Gina Gershon) and in 2000's Dancing at the Blue Iguana.
But she really got a cult following for doing the voice of the killer doll Tiffany in the Child's Play series.
Jennifer is the older sister of Academy Award nominated actress, Broadway stage dancer and writer, Meg Tilly.
She made her big screen debut in the 1980 American musical film, Fame.
Since then she has gone on to appear in well over 100 TV shows and films.
Jennifer got nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in Woody Allen's Bullets Over Broadway (1994), got a LOT of attention for her roles in 1996's Bound (with Gina Gershon) and in 2000's Dancing at the Blue Iguana.
But she really got a cult following for doing the voice of the killer doll Tiffany in the Child's Play series.
Kelly Hu
Kelly Hu
She is an actress, former fashion model, Miss Teen USA 1985 and Miss Hawaii USA 1993.
Kelly is of Chinese, Hawaiian and English descent and is a member of CAUSE USA ( an organization which encourages Asian Americans to participate in the democratic process).
Kelly has actually shown up on one of my previous Hubs, Beautiful But Deadly 3 - TV and Movie Actresses Who Could Hurt You, because her brother used to arrange for her to fight neighborhood boys, and she has a black belt in Kanzen Budo Kai and she trains in karate and kickboxing.
She has appeared in over seventy TV shows and movies, making her debut way back in 1987 on the cult hit, "Max Headroom".
Kelly is also one of the women expanding what it means to be an actress in the 21st Century.
Besides TV and film physical acting work, she's done voice roles (Robot Chicken, Afro Samurai, Batman: Under the Red Hood) and she's done video game roles (Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 and Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3: Uprising, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II The Sith Lords, Terminator Salvation).
