They say age is just a number, and that's certainly true when it comes to these celebrities over 60. Looking back at photos from their younger years is a reminder of how much they've accomplished since then-and how much they continue to accomplish. Here's what these celebrities looked like at the beginning of their careers, plus what they're up to these days.
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Jane Fonda at 81
Jane Fonda may have planned to retire from acting in 1991, but she returned to the big screen in 2005 with Monster-In-Law. Today, you can binge watch her hilarious Netflix hit Grace & Frankie - it also stars her Nine to Five costar Lily Tomlin.
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Jane Fonda at 31
Following a six-month stint studying art in Paris, Jane found her calling in acting after being encouraged by Lee Strasberg at The Actors Studio. Soon after, her big break came in the early 1960s with movies such as Sunday in New York and Cat Ballou. Aside from her storied acting career, she's also been known for her political activism and signature workout videos.
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Olivia Newton-John at 70
Even though Olivia Newton-John is best known for her role as Sandy in the 1978 production of Grease, she started out in music - which is still her passion. In 2015, Olivia released "You Have to Believe" with her daughter, Chloe. She's taken a step back from her career as of late, after announcing in May 2017 that her breast cancer had returned.
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Olivia Newton-John at 29
Olivia got her start as a singer and songwriter when she was just 14 in the all-girl group Sol Four, but they were short-lived. As a solo artist, her first single was "Till You Say You'll Be Mine" in 1966 when she was 18. Throughout her career, she's won four Grammy awards.
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Helen Mirren at 73
Helen Mirren - or Dame Helen Mirren, rather - is one of only 24 people who have achieved the Triple Crown of Acting. She won an Academy Award for The Queen in 2006, a Tony Award for The Audience in 2015, and Emmy Awards for Prime Suspect 4: The Scent of Darkness (1996), The Passion of Ayn Rand (1999), Elizabeth I (2006), and Prime Suspect: The Final Act (2007).
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Helen Mirren at 23
Pictured here during a promotional event for Age of Consent in 1969, Helen was just beginning her acting career in the late 1960s. Before her move to film, it all started with Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford-upon-Avon, an icon in the theatre world.
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Meryl Streep at 69
Meryl Streep has been nominated for 22 Academy Awards over the years - that's more nominations in the acting category than any other actor or actress. And with roles ranging from Julia Child in Julie & Julia to Margaret Thatcher in The Iron Lady, it's no wonder why.
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Meryl Streep at 30
Here she is winning her first Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in Kramer vs. Kramer in 1980. She also won Best Actress for Sophie's Choice in 1983, and The Iron Lady in 2012.
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Jamie Lee Curtis at 60
Jamie Lee Curtis reprised her iconic role as Laurie Strode in Halloween in 2018. The original came out back in 1978 - Jamie's first film, and her unquestionable big break.
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Jamie Lee Curtis at 20
Jamie's career goes far beyond Halloween, though. Soon after, she cemented her stardom with films such as Trading Places and A Fish Called Wanda.
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Diane Keaton at 73
Diane Keaton's film breakthrough came with Play It Again, Sam in 1972, following her Tony nomination for the stage version. Fast forward to 2019, Diane's most recent film was 2018's Book Club. She's also an avid photographer and a real estate developer.
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Diane Keaton at 30
Here's Diane at the 48th annual Academy Awards in 1976. Two years later, she went on to win Best Actress for her title role in Annie Hall. (Ironically, she was born Diane Hall.)
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Sally Field at 72
After starring in silver-screen hits like Smokey and the Bandit and Mrs. Doubtfire, Sally Field has turned her attention to the stage. She played Amanda Wingfield in The Glass Menagerie on Broadway in 2013, and she's currently starring in All My Sons on the West End in London. She also released a memoir in 2018, called In Pieces.
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Sally Field at 19
Before moving to films, Sally got her start in sitcoms in the 1960s. She played the title character in TV shows Gidget and The Flying Nun, then starred in the miniseries Sybil, which earned Sally her first Emmy.
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Cher at 72
While Cher herself isn't starring in Broadway's musical tribute to the icon, The Cher Show, the multi-talented star isn't slowing down. She recently embarked on a sold-out tour across North America, "Here We Go Again." (Next stop? Europe.)
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Cher at 29
Cher got her start as one half of the husband-and-wife duo Sonny & Cher, rocketing to musical stardom in the 1960s and 1970s. (They also found television stardom with The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour.) Even as part of the duo, though, Cher was launching her solo career as well: Her first hit single was "Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)" in 1966.
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Oprah Winfrey at 65
There's no question that this media mogul is still one of the busiest people in the business. In addition to her TV network, magazine, endless partnerships, podcast, books, and more, she inked a multi-year content deal with Apple in 2018-and she's hinted that it may lead to another talk show.
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Oprah Winfrey at 35
Before she became a household name with The Oprah Winfrey Show in 1986, Oprah got her start with a job in radio in high school, and went on to broadcast journalism as the first black female news anchor at WLAC in Nashville. (Fun fact: We could have ended up knowing her as Orpah-that's her birth name, but people began mispronouncing it early in her life.)
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Michelle Pfeiffer at 60
After stepping out of the spotlight following her major success in the '80s and '90s, Michelle is back and better than ever. She just signed onto the comedy French Exit with Lucas Hedges, and she also launched a fragrance collection, Henry Rose.
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Michelle Pfeiffer at 21
Michelle started her career on television in 1978-here she is pictured during her time on Delta House (the TV adaption of National Lampoon's Animal House). She's taken on a wide variety of comedic, lighthearted characters as well as darker ones, such as her breakout role in Scarface.
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Christie Brinkley at 65
After more than 40 years in the business, Christie Brinkley is still modeling. In 2017, she appeared in the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition alongside daughters Alexa Ray Joel and Sailor Brinkley Cook (also a model), adding to her prolific modeling credits (Christie's appeared on more than 500 magazine covers). Currently, she's finishing up a run playing Roxie Hart in the Broadway production of Chicago, pictured here.
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Christie Brinkley at 30
Before all of those magazine covers, Christie was discovered in 1973 in a post office in Paris, and her career quickly skyrocketed, going from "surfer girl from California" (in her words) to bona fide international supermodel. She's also been known as a beauty and health icon: In 1983, she wrote Christie Brinkley's Outdoor Beauty and Fitness Book.
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Sigourney Weaver at 69
Dubbed the "Sci-Fi Queen," Sigourney Weaver is known for many iconic roles, include Ellen Ripley in the Alien franchise. She also has four (yes, four) sequels to Avatar currently in the post-production phase - so expect to hear a lot more from her in the next few years.
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Sigourney Weaver at 34
Her first acting role ever was a non-speaking part in Woody Allen's comedy Annie Hall (1977). But by her mid-30s, Sigourney had already had her big break in Alien, appeared in Ghostbusters, and received two Academy Award nominations.
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Sissy Spacek at 69
Even though Sissy Spacek rose to fame as the star of classic movies like Carrie, in recent years she's been part of some of the most acclaimed dramas on TV, including Bloodline and most recently Homecoming.
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Sissy Spacek at 27
Surprisingly, Sissy worked as a model and singer while trying to pursue an acting career. She became a household name as an actress after her Oscar-nominated performance in Carrie in 1976 and just four years later, she nabbed the coveted Best Actress Academy Award for her role of Loretta Lynn in Coal Miner's Daughter.
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