Beautiful at Every Age

From Blake Lively and Katharine McPhee to Elle Macpherson and Mary Steenburgen, these stunners prove true beauty is timeless

RACHEL MCADAMS, 33

The Canadian actress was never really aware of her good looks growing up. “My mom never put a lot of emphasis on it, so I didn’t either,” she told InStyle. But Hollywood has taken notice. “That brain is substantial, and if you have that along with a face you can’t take your eyes off, it’s so compelling,” her Morning Glory costar Diane Keaton gushed to Vogue. “It’s rare.”

ANGELINA JOLIE, 36

The newly engaged mom of six is quick to praise longtime love Brad Pitt for maintaining her sex appeal. “I’m with a man who’s evolved enough to look at my body and see it as more beautiful, because of the journey it has taken and what it has created,” she told W magazine after the births of daughter Shiloh, 5, and twins Knox and Vivienne, 3. “He genuinely sees it that way. So I genuinely feel even sexier.”

EVA LONGORIA, 37

The newly single star (and former beauty queen) says it takes more than good looks to look your best. “People think health only has to do with your physical being, but for me, it’s so much more,” the Desperate Housewives star told Health magazine. “I have a great diet and exercise routine. And I try to have a healthy outlook.”

JENNIFER LOPEZ, 42

Crowned PEOPLE’s Most Beautiful Woman in 2011, the American Idol judge says she values inner over outer beauty any day. “I feel lucky to be an attractive person,” she told PEOPLE. “But I’ve always felt that real beauty always comes from your heart.”

SANDRA BULLOCK, 47

She survived the 2010 breakup of her marriage and celebrated another year of motherhood with son Louis, and through it all, kept her humor intact. “She amazes me and everyone else with how she is able to keep her sunny – and funny – ways about her,” a source told PEOPLE.

JESSICA ALBA, 31

Turning 31 on April 28, the sexy mom of two says she has finally reached a point where she’s finally comfortable in her own skin. “I’d been so afraid of criticism ever since I was young,” she told Elle. “Now I have no problem with it.”

FREIDA PINTO, 27

Pinto has followed up her Slumdog Millionaire debut with box office hits Immortals and Rise of the Planet of the Apes, but the Indian stunner is taking her newfound fame in stride. “I still consider myself to be a regular Mumbai girl,” she told Blackbook. “I’m just one that has been extremely blessed.”

AMANDA SEYFRIED, 26

The flaxen-haired actress has been on a roll, from her starring turn in the romantic drama Dear John to stepping into the woods as Red Riding Hood, but Seyfried hasn’t let her It girl status get to her head. “I don’t dye my hair and I can go without makeup,” she told InStyle. “Waxing my legs is pretty much the only thing I have to maintain.”

MEGAN FOX, 24

Her sexy turn in 2007′s Transformers solidified Fox as one of Hollywood’s hottest leading ladies. And while the Tennessee native snagged the coveted title of FHM’s 2008 Sexiest Woman in the World, the outspoken actress remains modest. “I’m not a ‘sexy’ ‘beautiful’ woman,” she claims. “It takes a lot of work to make me look like a girl.”

BLAKE LIVELY, 24

Her onscreen alter-ego Serena van der Woodsen thrives on the glitz and glamour that New York City offers, but the Gossip Girl star likes to keep things a little more low-key when the cameras aren’t rolling. “I don’t really like to go out,” Lively, who’s dating Sexiest Man Alive Ryan Reynolds, told W magazine. “I’ll go listen to live jazz, but the club scene isn’t so fun for me.”

ADELE, 23

The soulful singer, who has countless awards to her name and worldwide fans who relate to her lyrics of love and heartbreak, openly embraces her curves. “I’ve never wanted to look like models on the covers of magazines,” the British beauty told PEOPLE. “I represent the majority of women, and I’m very proud of that.”