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Look Who's Turning 40 and 50

You’ll be surprised to see which stars are joining the club!

By Kathy Heintzelman

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Tina Fey-40 on May 18

To the comedienne who brought us Baby Mama, Liz Lemon and a sidesplitting, Emmy-winning impression of Sarah Palin: We hope 40 rocks!
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Kristin Scott Thomas-50 on May 24

This star of The English Patient spends much of her time in France. "I’m very French in my living habits," she told MORE. "Things like meals on the table and sticking to dates. And I feel slightly protected living in Paris. It’s not as frenetic as London."
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Heather Graham-40 on January 29

Justifiably famous for her blonde bombshell beauty, she’s also turned in smashing performances in films as varied as Drugstore Cowboy, Boogie Nights and Bowfinger. She has said she’d like her character in The Hangover 2 to be pregnant and do a strip dance: "I know it sounds so wrong, but it sounds so right."
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Minnie Driver-40 on January 31

Her turn in Good Will Hunting proved she’s a larger-than-life actress, despite her little-girl name. And her performance in Circle of Friends makes us glad to welcome her to ours.
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Gabrielle Anwar-40 on February 4

The Burn Notice star tells MORE that she relates to her character on that hit show: "I haven’t played with firearms the way she has, but I definitely have very tumultuous relationships with the opposite sex." Click here to see more of this English rose, whose breakthrough role was in Scent of a Woman.
Photo by: Martin Roe/Retna Ltd.

Julie Bowen-40 on March 3

She’s kept us glued to the tube in Ed, Boston Legal and now Modern Family. Offscreen, she has a degree in Italian Renaissance studies from Brown University.
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Queen Latifah-40 on March 18

All hail a woman who can sing, dance, rap, act and model. The Chicago star can now be seen in the romantic comedy Just Wright.
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Lara Flynn Boyle-40 on March 24

Named for Dr. Zhivago’s love in the Pasternak novel, Boyle broke through in Twin Peaks, earned an Emmy nomination for The Practice and memorably romanced Jack Nicholson. "I love being famous," she has said. "I’m not one of those people who feels like, Why won’t they leave me alone?"
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Jennifer Grey-50 on March 26

Nobody puts Baby in the corner, especially in her milestone year.
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Uma Thurman-40 on April 29

"I can’t say my thirties were the easiest time," this actress has admitted. Fear not, Uma: In the coming decade, you’ll kick more butt than your Kill Bill character.
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Tracey Ullman-50 on 12/30/09

This brilliant sketch artist (starting her third season of Tracey Ullman’s State of the Union on Showtime January 25) excels at playing everyone from Renée Zellweger to Laura Bush. A Brit who has lived in the U.S. for 20 years, she became an American citizen in 2006 so she’d be able to vote.
Photo by: Michael Elins/Showtime

Julie Delpy-40 on 12/21/09

An ethereal French beauty best known for Before Sunrise and Before Sunset, Delpy has been acting for 30 years. She made her feature-directing debut with 2 Days in Paris and called directing a "good kind of stress," one that makes her feel "invincible."
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Allison Janney—50 on 11/19/09

Her Emmy-winning role on The West Wing notwithstanding, Janney tells MORE that "I definitely like to play crazy characters. I like to find what I love about them. And what breaks my heart about them."
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Ellen Pompeo—40 on 11/10/09

Pompeo and husband Chris Ivery welcomed their first child, daughter Stella, in September. Last year, she told Allure that she packed in a lot of living first because she knew parenthood would be a huge change."So when I have the baby, I won’t feel like we’ve missed any fun, reckless times together, like staying up all night drinking champagne and having sex until five in the morning and not having to get up until two in the afternoon." That’s planning ahead!
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Gwen Stefani-40 on 10/3/09

As strong and sexy as when she first hit the hip-hop scene, she’s a woman who has no interest in being taken for a girl.
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Sarah Ferguson-50 on 10/15/09

The Duchess of York-a.k.a. the first Fergie-is a champion reinventor, becoming both a weight-loss spokeswoman and a best-selling children’s book author after her royal marriage dissolved.
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Rachel Hunter-40 on 9/9/09

As "Stacy’s Mom," she had it goin’ on. At 40, this New Zealand-born model still does.
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Catherine Zeta-Jones-40 on 9/25/09

Our favorite C Z-J moment? Accepting her Oscar-even performing a song-while very pregnant, with style to spare.
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Chandra Wilson-40 on 8/27/09

The woman who, as Grey’s Anatomy‘s inimitable Dr. Bailey, officially introduced vajayjay to the lexicon is someone we’re thrilled to have on our team.
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Rosanna Arquette-50 on 8/10/09

"I want a big rock concert for my fiftieth birthday," the actress (and inspiration for the Toto song "Rosanna") told MORE last year.
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Marcia Gay Harden-50 on 8/14/09

She’s got an Oscar, a Tony-and now a milestone birthday to celebrate!
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Jennifer Lopez-40 on 7/24/09

J.Lo, Jenny From the Block-whatever the moniker, she’s right up there with Madonna as a mother of reinvention.
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Suzanne Vega-50 on 7/11/09

The singer-songwriter, a longtime member of Amnesty International, has had hits such as "Luka" and "Tom’s Diner" covered and remixed by other influential artists.
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Hugh Laurie-50 on 6/11/09

What would House do to celebrate a milestone birthday like Laurie’s? Probably alienate his patients, fantasize about Cuddy and treat himself to a few extra painkillers. Pretty much like any other day, then. We’re sure Laurie has something much less misanthropic planned.
Photo by: Chris Haston

Steffi Graf-40 on 6/14/09

Since her retirement 10 years ago, this tennis champion-called the greatest female player of all time by Billie Jean King-now focuses on her two kids (with husband Andre Agassi) and the charity she founded, Children for Tomorrow.
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Brian Williams-50 on 5/5/09

Not only is the NBC Nightly News anchor smart and reassuring, but he was one of the best Saturday Night Live hosts in years. Who could ask for more?
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Ice Cube-40 on 6/15/09

The rapper/actor/producer is reportedly working on a big-screen adaptation of Welcome Back, Kotter. From gangstas to Sweathogs in 20 years-who’d have thunk it?
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Cate Blanchett-40 on 5/14/09

She has played Elizabeth I, Katharine Hepburn and Bob Dylan. With all that history under her belt, it’s about time she turned 40.
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Anne Heche-40 on 5/25/09

If her personal life has been a bit of a soap opera, well, she did start out on Another World. But who cares? She’s always riveting. FOR MORE STARS HITTING MILESTONE BIRTHDAYS, CLICK HERE
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