Top 10 Sexiest Actresses Over Thirty-Five Part One

These days, if you're over thirty, you're considered obsolete, but I, I have a real taste for the older women. Since there's ageism
running rampant in Hollywood, I thought instead of just a list of hotties, I'd list the top ten hottest women in Hollywood over
thirty-five. Not to single them out as over the hill, but to show that older women are indeed hottest. And, these gorgeous
women prove you can have looks and talent at the same time.

Funny thing is, which further proves my point, while I had a lot of fun making it, this list was hard to
compile. It's tough finding great actresses whom also look really good that aren't in their early
twenties and thin as a beanpole. Not that these gorgeous women are fat.

The criteria for my choosing of these women are their talent overall, their class, and
their utter sex appeal which is basically the purpose of this list. And on to the list:

Age: 37

Okay, so I thought I'd include at least a few mainstream actresses so as not to completely alienate the readers, so I started the list off with a bang presenting a well known really sexy actress who has some indie credit to her filmography, but is still very talented. If you're stuck in the mainstream, then you've seen her in films like "The Ring" franchise, and the upcoming "King Kong" remake.

But she's been in great movies, and some little known gems like "Le Divorce" as the troubled Roseanne, the bright-eyed Betty in Lynch's compelling "Mulholland Drive" where she really broke out from, in the excellent "We Don't Live here Anymore", and in the awfully depressing "21 Grams". She's a blonde goddess with real acting skill.

Age: 45 Ms. Keener is an actress who is mostly akin to playing more distinguished studious plain Jane's who mostly aren't looked upon as conspicuous in appearance but really manage to command the screen, but when Keener turns it on, she really knows how to be sexy and alluring in her ways. Keener has built up a respectable career as a great actress, has that big sister quality, but knows how to be sexy and is never really afraid to be plain in her roles, which also help her skill as a respected actress in films like the charming "Lovely & Amazing", the horrible "Simone" and "Death to Smoochy", and can do quirky in the pretentious "Full Frontal" and the upcoming comedy "The 40 Year Old Virgin". Keener steals scenes with her acting, is intelligent, and really oozes sex appeal.

Age: 45

I was first introduced to Clarkson as the tortured wife in "Tales from the Crypt" who witnessed a murder and suffered the shock from it not being able to speak and confess, and for thirty agonizing minutes went under the murderer's (Richard Thomas) relentless torture which all ended in a brutal finale. I wasn't aware of what kind of actress she was at the time.

Whether it's playing the wry, wisecracking cancer suffering Elvira Fine in her show stealing performance in the hilarious indie "Pieces of April", the conniving villager Vera in "Dogville", or the troubled but sexy Olivia in "The Station Agent", Clarkson not only has sex appeal, and looks, but she has an illustrious career as an excellent actress under her belt to boot. She's slim, gorgeous has a really alluring linty voice, and really knows how to draw attention with her beauty. Plus, I have a thing for redheads.

Age: 40

Danish beauty Nielsen is a woman who is only getting more and more beautiful as she ages, and has also managed to gain herself a great career in Hollywood starring alongside heavyweights like Robin Williams, Joaquin Phoenix, and Al Pacino and in some really fine movies that garnered much critical acclaim and talk.

Chameleon-like as many of the actresses in this list, you may have seen her somewhere. If you can't really recall where you've seen her, give it a try because it's hard to forget someone like her. She was the seductive Christabella in "The Devil's Advocate", the empress Lucilla in "Gladiator", the wife in denial Nina in "One Hour Photo", and the tough gritted Private Osborn in the ridiculous "Basic", plus she's gorgeous with features you'd expect from a runway model without the skeletal thin frame.

Age: 36

In spite of her sheer elegance, stunning beauty, and all around class, the Australian Ms. Blanchett is also a very seasoned, distinguished, respected, and talented actress, one of the rare kind that have that distinct beauty that sets her apart from the rest, but is not afraid to change form and look completely unattractive for a role. She's not only very sexy and beautiful, but she has immense talent nominated for her breakout role in "Elizabeth", and winning a much deserved Oscar portraying Katharine Hepburn in "The Aviator".

She was pure slutty sexiness in "The Shipping News" and utterly stunning in her brief walk-ons as the Elvin goddess Galadriel in the "Lord of the Rings" films, but her raw talent is hard to ignore with films like "The Gift", "Veronica Guerin", "The Man Who Cried", and, one of her most talked about roles in the aforementioned "The Aviator". I see many more Oscars in Ms. Blanchett's future.