Kirsten Dunst | 40 Years Old
Kirsten Dunst began her career as a fashion model in television commercials at the age of three, working with Elite Model Management and Ford Models. Many years later, she made her acting debut in the Woody Allen-directed anthology film New York Stories. Later, the actress was recognized for her role in the horror film Interview with the Vampire, for which she received a Golden Globe nomination.
Dunst starred opposite Tobey Maguire in the superhero film Spider-Man and its sequel in 2002, solidifying her international stardom even further. The film was her most financially successful to date. The actress, to her credit, went on to appear in comedies such as Wimbledon, Elizabethtown, and others. Aside from acting, Dunst has recorded several songs for films such as After You’ve Gone and Spider-Man 3. Her most recent project was the Netflix film The Power of the Dog, which was released in 2021.
Lindsay Lohan | 35 Years Old
Lindsay Lohan debuted as a regular cast member on the television soap opera Another World at the age of ten. Her breakthrough came with Walt Disney Pictures’ The Parent Trap. Following the success of the latter, Lohan appeared in the TV films Life-Size and Get a Clue, as well as the big-screen films Freaky Friday and Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen. The actress rose to further prominence at a young age with the teen comedy Mean Girls, solidifying her status as a teen idol in the mid-2000s.
As the years passed, Lohan’s career began to fall apart due to a series of personal issues, including legal issues, court appearances, and stints in rehabilitation facilities. She was thankfully able to overcome all of these with the help of her lawyer. The actress then began filming Lindsay, a docu-series about her life after rehab, with the help of Oprah Winfrey. With years of sobriety under her belt, Lohan signed a multi-film deal with Netflix. Falling for Christmas will be her first Netflix film in the deal to be released, at the end of 2022.
Liv Tyler | 44 Years Old
Liv Tyler received her first modeling job at the age of 14 with the help of Paulina Porizkova. Photographs of her taken by Porizkova were published in Interview magazine. This was followed by commercial appearances on television. Tyler decided to pursue acting after a year of modeling, despite having never taken acting lessons. She first came to the attention of television viewers when she appeared in the music video for her father’s band, Aerosmith. The song was entitled Crazy, and she appeared in the video alongside actress Alicia Silverstone.
Tyler made her film debut in 1994 with Silent Fall. She went on to receive critical acclaim for her roles in the films Heavy and Empire Records. Tyler appeared in the film Armageddon in the late 1990s, playing the daughter of Bruce Willis’ character as well as the love interest of Ben Affleck’s character. In 2021, she was in the film Awaken. Today, Tyler is the spokesperson for Givenchy’s cosmetics and perfumes.
Mariah Carey | 53 Years Old
Because of her five-octave vocal range, melismatic singing style, and signature whistle register, Mariah Carey has been dubbed the Songbird Supreme as well as the Queen of Christmas. The singer rose to prominence in the 1990s with her self-titled debut album and went on to become the first music artist to have five singles chart at number one on the Billboard Hot 100. Carey went on to have international success with her albums Music Box, Merry Christmas, and Daydream.
Following a hiatus after signing with Virgin Records, Carey made a comeback in 2005 with the release of The Emancipation of Mimi, which became the world’s second best-selling album that year as well as the best-selling album in the United States. The singer announced a new picture book titled The Christmas Princess in 2022. It’s not surprising that Carey has achieved tremendous success after making significant investments in her career. In 2020, she was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame.
Marisa Tomei | 53 Years Old
Marissa Tomei rose to fame as a cast member on the The Cosby Show spinoff, A Different World, following her work on the television series As the World Turns in the 1980s. After that, she landed some minor roles in a number of films and eventually attained international attention in the comedy My Cousin Vinny in 1992 – a show for which received an Academy Award. She also got additional nominations for the films In the Bedroom and The Wrestler.
Over the years, Tomei continued to achieve commercial success in films such as What Women Want, Anger Management, Wild Hogs, and others. In recent years, she has starred in Avengers: Endgame, Spider-Man: Far From Home. Tomei, to her credit, was previously involved with the Naked Angels Theater Company, appearing in plays such as Daughters, Wait Until Dark, and Top Girls. Today, she’s still active in the industry, and we fully expect her to come out in more movies soon.
Matt LeBlanc | 54 Years Old
Matt LeBlanc first appeared in a Heinz Tomato Ketchup commercial in 1987 and eventually starred in the television drama TV 101 for one season the following year. From there, his career started to grow to some degree, starring in several other television shows. LeBlanc found success as Joey Tribbiani, a dimwitted but lovable guy, on the TV hit sitcom Friends. He portrayed the character for 12 years. The show’s success got him, as well as his co-stars, wide recognition among viewers.
From 2006 to 2011, following the cancellation of his sitcom, Joey (which was a spinoff of Friends), LeBlanc announced that he would be taking a one-year break from acting (it eventually lasted five years). After that, the actor came back and played a fictionalized version of himself in the British-American series Episodes. In 2016, BBC announced that the actor had signed on to become one of the new Top Gear hosts.
Matthew Perry | 52 Years Old
Matthew Perry is best known as Chandler Bing on the hit NBC television sitcom Friends. Because of the show’s enormous popularity, Perry and the rest of the cast were each making $1 million by 2002. Perry moved to Los Angeles from Ottawa, Canada, at the age of 15 to pursue acting. He later portrayed Chazz Russell on the television show Second Chance. In 1988, he made his film debut in A Night in the Life of Jimmy Reardon, followed by a three-episode arc on the television series Growing Pains.
In 2006, he starred in the TNT film The Ron Clark Story, for which he received Emmy and Golden Globe nominations. In 2021, he co-starred in the television specials Friends: The Reunion as well as in the comedy-drama Don’t Look Up. To his credit, Perry’s net worth was estimated to be around $80 million by Business Insider in 2018.
Mayim Bialik | 46 Years Old
UCLA awarded Mayim Bialik a Doctor of Philosophy degree in neuroscience. However, she began her career as a child actress at a young age, in the late 1980s. Pumpkinhead was her first film role, and she had guest appearances in The Facts of Life and Beauty and the Beast. Bialik later appeared as a celebrity contestant on the PBS game show Where In The World Is Carmen Sandiego?
Aside from acting, Bialik founded Grok Nation in August 2015 to facilitate discussions about current issues among people of various ages and backgrounds. Beyond the Sling, Mayim’s Vegan Table, Girling Up, and its sequel, Boying Up are among the books she has written or co-written. In 2022, Bialik wrote and directed her first feature film, As They Made Us. The actress was nominated for four Primetime Emmy Awards for her role as Amy Farrah Fowler on NBC’s The Big Bang Theory.
Meg Ryan | 60 Years Old
Meg Ryan began her career in minor roles in the 1980s before joining the cast ensemble of the CBS soap opera As the World Turns. In the mid-1980s, she began to appear in films with supporting roles, such as When Harry Met Sally, Top Gun, and Promised Land, which garnered her widespread attention and her first Golden Globe Award nomination. Ryan eventually established herself as one of the most successful actresses both nationally and internationally by starring in films such as Sleepless in Seattle, French Kiss, and many others. These films served to increase her credit score.
In the 2000s, she appeared in a number of films, including Hanging Up, Proof of Life, and Kate & Leopold, to name a few. After a three-year hiatus, Ryan returned in 2007 to star in the independent film In the Land of Women. In recent years, she made her directorial debut with the drama film Ithaca in 2015.
Melissa Joan Hart | 46 years old
With her outstanding comedic performances in television shows such as Clarissa Explains It All and Melissa and Joey, Melissa Joan Hart had achieved a high degree of fame in show business. A native of New York, the actress had already been a part of several TV commercials since she was four years old. In the succeeding years, she was cast for minor roles in shows such as Kane & Abel and Another World. However, she broke through in Clarissa Explains It All.
In the latter part of her career, Melissa Joan Hart ventured to directing and producing; she acted in, directed, and produced the critically-acclaimed series Sabrina the Teenage Witch.She currently owns the production company Hartbreak Films and has directed a few episodes of iCarly, Young Sheldon, and The Goldbergs.