Kristin Davis seems age defying, but she's not age denying.
The Emmy-nominated actress has spent the majority of her life on screen, so her fans have watched her age effortlessly. But, for the "And Just Like That" star, the idea of physically changing gives her a bit of anxiety.
"It can also be extremely stressful to be aging and to be compared to your much, much, much younger self," she said in her NewBeauty cover story. "If I was from a regular life, I would feel fine; I would feel great! I'm healthy, I'm strong, I've got this little three-year-old son, and I carry him around and it's all good – but, no, I'm on television, where every bit of my physical being is analyzed.
"That part was always very stressful and difficult for me, because, as much as I can look back on my life and think, 'Oh, I looked great then,' you never think that at the time. I guess no one does."
Kristin, who turns 57 next month, still continues to appear as youthful as ever, but that's from the outside looking in.
"Personally, I have bad days; I have days where I literally want to put my face in a bowl of ice like Joan Crawford," she said.
In reprising her role as Charlotte York Goldenblatt in the "Sex and the City" sequel, Creator Michael Patrick King was realistic about the 12 years between that last "Sex and the City" movie and now.
"[Michael] is very much, 'Listen, none of us are not trying to look like we used to look,'" she said. "Charlotte still has her style that she had before, but now she's 55, which we dealt with in the first episode and it's an ongoing storyline. But, obviously, there's a lot of other things that come with aging. Some are great, like wisdom, feeling grounded, life experiences, and those wonderful things, but then there's other stuff that's stressful."