By Ali Wentworth is an actor, producer, and author known for her roles in Jerry Maguire, It's Complicated, and Nightcap. She most recently served as producer of the Hulu documentary .
Here, she opens up about aging in Hollywood, society's relentless pursuit of youth, and why mature women should be celebrated by society—not cast aside.
Maybe I never really focused on my exterior because my mother never emphasized it. Or wore makeup for that matter, even as the social secretary of the supremely glamorous Reagan White House.
Growing up in Washington DC, I was a rather plump teenager—the kind of girth that strengthens comedic chops—who was content with Chapstick and Head and Shoulders shampoo as my beauty routine.
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