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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Teri Hatcher



Having played both a Bond girl and Lois Lane before turning 40, Teri Hatcher, 46, is best known today as Desperate Housewives star Susan Mayer -- a role for which she became one of the highest paid actresses on TV. "In a way, you enjoy success more when you understand that it's fragile and will go away," the single mom to 11-year-old daughter Emerson, 13 (with ex-husband Jon Tenney), told People magazine about her comeback on the show in 2004.

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