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Demi Moore, Pamela Anderson and More Strong Women Who Are Back on Top
Strong, older women like Demi Moore and Pamela Anderson are having a major moment in Hollywood: Is it pure nostalgia, or something deeper?
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The red carpet this awards season feels more like a high school reunion â so many big actresses who dominated Hollywood in the â90s and 2000s are back in the spotlight, and we are so here for it.At 62, Demi Moore is finally being acknowledged for her work, picking up her first-ever Golden Globe for her incredible role in brilliantly gory âfeminist horrorâ The Substance. (She was first nominated in 1991 â more than half her lifetime ago â for Ghost). Even more impressive, sheâs the frontrunner to take home Best Actress at this yearâs Oscars on March 2.
Pamela Anderson, 57, who, like Moore, graced many menâs magazine covers in her youth as the face â and, of course, body â of Baywatch, has also spent this awards season being widely celebrated for her role in The Last Showgirl.
Pamela Anderson and Demi Moore Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for W MagazineMeanwhile, Cameron Diazâs first movie in a decade, the appropriately titled Back in Action, has also seen her make her red carpet comeback at 52, winning the world over once more with her trademark sparkle and charisma after taking a time out to focus on her family.
And then thereâs Lindsay Lohan, who was virtually written off in her 20s after becoming more famous for partying than acting. The 38-year-old star, now a decidedly more chill wife and mom, has seen her career soar in the past year or so, thanks to some endearing roles in festive rom-coms and a classy makeover.
On the one hand, itâs great news. These actresses are enduringly popular for a reason: theyâre iconic, starring in some of the shows and movies that defined many of our childhoods, teens, and 20s: Baywatch, Charlieâs Angels, My Best Friendâs Wedding, Freaky Friday, Mean Girls⌠after reading that list, does anyone else just want to hunker down in a cabin with their girlfriends and watch them all back to back?
And perhaps thatâs what this is all about: comfort and nostalgia. While many talented young actresses are working hard in Hollywood right now, like Sydney Sweeney, Zendaya, and Margaret Qualley (who plays Mooreâs younger, seemingly superior self in The Substance), the changing face of fame means that none of them are (yet) as big or beloved as the generation before them.
Your boomer relatives would probably struggle to pick them out of a lineup, but would recognize Moore or Anderson in an instant, just as much now as 30 years ago.
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Last week, Jennifer Lopez made headlines with her response to an interviewer who brought up her age. âListen, I canât believe itâs been 30 years since Selena. I canât believe that 30 years we do the retrospective of this and you will be 60 by then,â Varietyâs Senior Awards Editor, Clayton Davis, said on Sunday, [âŚ]
In 2025, reality stars and influencers are often the ones landing magazine covers and endorsement deals or dominating the red carpet in internet-breaking outfits, making it tough for genuine talent to cut through all the noise and drama.
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But these ladies â true Hollywood royalty â show that, ultimately, skill, resilience, and grit can win out. Youâre never washed-up, you just need the right role, and itâs often one with a concept that riffs off the very sense that you could be past it.
Thatâs the thing: there is ageism at play here too. Now that actresses like Moore and Anderson are regarded as âtoo oldâ to be typical sex symbols â literally the plot of The Substance â the world is finally waking up to how talented they are. But did it really take Anderson eschewing makeup and Moore morphing into a monster for everyone to clock that these women had never just gotten by on their looks after all?
Ultimately, everyone loves a reinvention, not least when we know that some of these stars have been through personal tragedies, heartbreaks, and numerous other setbacks in the years since they were last on top. Letâs just hope that being celebrated as a strong, older woman isnât simply a 2025 trend but a whole new attitude.
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