By Wonderwall.com Editors
4:00am PDT, Sep 18, 2023
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Some of our favorite stars have clearly stumbled upon the fountain of youth. How else do you explain the fact that they just don't seem to age? We're taking a look back at some of our favorite ageless celebrities, starting with this actor, who turns 50 on Sept. 18, 2023…
It's hard to believe these photos of "X-Men," "Enchanted" and "Jury Duty" star James Marsden were taken 20 years apart. We're not sure if he's just not aging at all or if he's only getting more handsome as the years go by!
Keep reading for more celebs who just doesn't seem to age…
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Wanna know what impresses us much? The fact that Shania Twain looks half her age well into her 50s. Can you believe there are 24 years between these two pics?! We barely recognized the country music superstar with platinum blonde hair at a party for Republic Records artists in Los Angeles in February 2023. She was 57 at the time.
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Fans were stunned when Lisa Whelchel made a surprise appearance on ABC's "Live in Front of a Studio Audience: The Facts of Life and Diff'rent Strokes" special in December 2021. The blonde beauty, who starred as Blair Warner on "The Facts of Life" from 1979 to 1988, looked significantly younger than her age. With her luscious locks, pert nose and beaming smile, she looked perfectly in place in her old Eastland Academy school uniform.
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Marvel superhero Paul Rudd — whom People magazine named the Sexiest Man Alive in 2021 — played Cher's college-aged stepbrother in the 1995 comedy "Clueless." Yet somehow he still looks like he could fit in on campus today!
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It's hard to believe that these photos of Marlee Matlin were taken 36 years apart. On the left, she's seen the night she won the best actress Oscar for her work in "Children of a Lesser God" in 1987 — when she was 21. On the right, she's seen on the red carpet at the 2023 Oscars — at 57. Has she discovered the fountain of youth?!
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Ralph Macchio's youthful looks are pretty shocking — especially when you do the math and realize that when he made "The Karate Kid," he wasn't a kid at all! The '80s star, who turned 60 in 2021, was already in his 20s when he took on the career-making role — and there are nearly 40 years between these two photos!
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Can you believe these photos were taken nearly 20 years apart? Pharrell Williams hasn't aged a day!
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Angela Bassett nearly transformed into a vampire in 1995's "Vampire in Brooklyn," and it turns out she just might be one in real life… In January 2023, the lauded actress took home a Golden Globe for her work in "Black Panther: Wakanda Forever." While her win wasn't all that surprising considering her well-reviewed performance in the Marvel movie, her ageless appearance was downright shocking. The 64-year-old beauty looked like she hadn't aged in decades! She actually looked younger at the 2023 Golden Globes than at the 2001 Oscars more than two decades earlier.
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The beautiful Kate Beckinsale looks like she's barely aged a day since she first made a name for herself in Hollywood in the late '90s. Though it's hard to believe, these photos were taken almost 20 years apart — the first one shows the star at 30 while the other was snapped just two months before her 50th birthday!
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Now into her sixth decade, Gabrielle Union could still pass for a high school student! She's barely aged a day since breaking into Hollywood back in the late '90s.
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On Dec. 7, 2022, Natalie Imbruglia attended the AACTA Awards in Sydney, Australia, looking flawless and wrinkle-free at 47! The Australian singer-actress has barely aged since the late '90s when she shot into the spotlight with her hit single "Torn."
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Just like a fine wine, she gets better and better with age! We wonder what Lucy Liu's secret is because she looks the same today as she did in the '90s…
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Fran Drescher looked inexplicably flawless (and with minimal makeup!) at the opening night of the "Moulin Rouge" musical in Hollywood in 2022 — the year she turned 65. She looks remarkably similar in the photo on the left, which was taken two decades earlier.
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It's hard to believe this Oscar winner is in his 50s now. Jared Leto barely looks a day older than when he first burst onto the scene in the mid-'90s on "My So-Called Life."
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Jaclyn Smith made headlines in December 2021 when she posted a photo alongside her son, then-39-year-old Gaston Richmond, leaving many fans thinking she looked more like his sister than his mom! The "Charlie's Angels" star, who's in her late 70s, still looks just as beautiful now as she did during her time on the hit television series.
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Jada Pinkett Smith somehow looks like she hasn't aged a day since the photo on the left was taken when she was 30 back in 2001!
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Despite being a busy mother of three in her early 50s, Gwen Stefani still looks like she's "just a girl" starting out with her band No Doubt!
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When she got her start in Hollywood, Reese Witherspoon was a cherub-faced beauty. Decades later, nothing has really changed — and she's now in her mid-40s!
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Have mercy! If this is what a man in his late 50s is supposed to look like, we're all in trouble. Thanks a lot, John Stamos.
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Thanks to her forever-young face, Naomi Campbell has been one of fashion's top models since the mid-'90s. Even today, the beauty — who's in her early 50s — barely looks a day over 30.
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Rachel Bilson shot to fame in 2003 when she landed the role of lovable Summer Roberts on "The O.C." She's been in Hollywood now for nearly two decades, yet the mother of one looks like she's hardly aged a day.
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Will Smith may be a movie king as far as Hollywood is concerned. But as far as we're concerned, the actor will always be the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air — because he looks like he's barely aged since the show went off the air in '96.
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If you really want to be our "Hero," Enrique Iglesias, you'll explain to us how you haven't aged in almost two decades.
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Elle Macpherson might be known as The Body, but you've also got to give her credit for her face. It hasn't aged a bit.
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Tobey Maguire looks nearly identical today and in the '90s, more like a Spider-Boy than Spider-Man — even though he's now in his late 40s!
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Alicia Silverstone is clearly anything but "Clueless" when it comes to making herself look as fresh-faced now as she did back in 1997.
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Supermodel Christie Brinkley might not have stayed Billy Joel's "Uptown Girl" forever, but she sure has retained her girlish looks since the '80s. This gorgeous lady is nearly 70!
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Two things haven't changed for Vanna White since 1988: her ability to turn letters like a pro on "Wheel of Fortune" and her youthful appearance. She turned 65 in 2022.
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LL Cool J hasn't given up on over-the-top fashion since the early '90s… and the rapper-actor also hasn't given up on looking like he's in his 20s.
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Decades after her pageant days, Halle Berry's award-winning beauty is still perfectly intact. Isn't she flawless more than 30 years later?
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Michelle Williams might have starred on "Dawson's Creek" back in the late '90s, but to us, she'll always be Jen Lindley — mostly because she looks exactly the same now as she did when the show ended.
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Paparazzi camera flashes must have preservation powers because Tom Cruise looks just as good today as he did decades ago. Talk about good genes!
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These photos were taken exactly 20 years apart, yet Kate Hudson's face looks just as youthful as ever.
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He's been around since the '80s — and survived some hard living — but Rob Lowe has maintained his youthful glow. How does he do it?!
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Believe it or not, there are almost 15 years between these photos… yet all that's changed is Rihanna's hair color!
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Former Miss America Vanessa Williams could easily take on the pageant circuit again more than 35 years later.
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These two photos of Mila Kunis were taken more than a decade apart, but you'd never guess that… the former "That '70s Show" star looks practically the same!
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Stacey Dash was almost 30 when she starred as Dionne in "Clueless." More than 20 years later, she looks just as youthful!
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The only thing that's changed about Julia Roberts in nearly three decades is her hair.
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Scott Wolf hasn't starred on "Party of Five" in more than two decades, but he's still got his boyish Bailey Salinger good looks!
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Michelle Pfeiffer has played everything from a high school student to a high school teacher — and she's kept her youthful looks all the while. Could you have guessed she's in her 60s?
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Eva Mendes just keeps getting better with age! The beauty looks even better now than she did back in 2004.
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Much like the elf she played in the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy, Liv Tyler is immortal and impervious to aging. We can't believe she's now in her mid-40s!
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How do we explain Edward Norton's ageless appearance? Well, the first rule of being a vampire is you do not talk about being a vampire. The second rule of being a vampire is…
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Patrick Dempsey thankfully ditched the unruly 'do he favored in the mid-'90s. Other than that, he looks practically the same — if not better! — in his 50s than he did in his 20s.
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Did a glitch in the matrix give Keanu Reeves the ability to look young forever? The actor is now in his late 50s.
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You'd think that years of hard rockin' would have aged Jon Bon Jovi. Not so! The rockstar, who turned 60 in 2022, hardly looks his age.
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Cindy Crawford is just as stunning today as she was in the 1980s. It's hard to believe the supermodel is in her mid-50s!
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Technically, we watched Elijah Wood grow up in the spotlight — but we're using the term "grow up" lightly. The actor, who's now in his 40s, has had the same baby face for years!
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Jennifer Aniston has worked steadily since the late '80s, but there's not much of a difference in her appearance from 1997 to today. If only all of us could look as great as the "Friends" alum in our 50s.
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Jennifer Lopez has been in the biz for nearly three decades, but you'd never know it based on her looks! The stunner looks like she's barely aged a day since stepping out in her famous Versace Grammys ensemble in 2000. Give us all your secrets, J.Lo!
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Maybe we can chalk it up to her Goop lifestyle, but Gwyneth Paltrow looks like she's hardly aged since 1997. The star is certainly genetically blessed!
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Mario Lopez still has the same baby face he had during "Saved By the Bell." And the "Access Hollywood" host is in his late 40s!
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Salma Hayek has not aged a day! The star, who's in her mid-50s, looks like she's discovered the fountain of youth!
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Bianca Lawson has been playing a teenager for around three decades! Believe it or not, the "Queen Sugar" star is in her 40s.
