Fab and 40s: Our Favorite Leading Ladies!

As Halle Berry turns 45 on Aug. 14, take a look at actresses who keep getting better with age (23 Photos)

Kimberly Potts on Aug 11, 2011 at 4:17PM

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Fab and 40s: Our Favorite Leading Ladies!

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Mary-Louise Parker



Despite winning a Tony, an Emmy and a Golden Globe, Mary-Louise Parker, 47, was once better known for who she dated -- including Billy Crudup, father of her son William Atticus, 7 (she's also mom to her almost-4-year-old adopted daughter Caroline "Ash" Aberash). But her role as Weeds' sexy, sassy widowed mom Nancy Botwin, for which she has been nominated for three leading actress Emmy nominations, has given her career a new spin. "I'm (in my 40's) so I don't get, like, 600 choices of whatever film I want to do, but I think being on a TV show certainly does give me more opportunities than I had before," Parker once told PopEntertainment.com about the Showtime show. "Because people recognize me a little bit more. I just try to do what will give me enough time to spend with my kids." 

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