9 Best-Dressed Women Over 50 at the 2025 Golden Globes

Hollywood’s first big night of the year — the 82nd Golden Globe Awards — kicked off in high style. AARP’s Alison Maxwell and Nancy Kerr highlight the 50-plus women who brought shimmer and plenty of shine to the annual show that celebrates achievement in TV and film.

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Nicole Kidman, 57

The Babygirl actress and nominee sparkled in a one-shouldered silver Balenciaga backless gown, accessorized with a vintage watch and earrings. Kidman reminisced to Variety about her first Golden Globe nomination for Billy Bathgate, a whopping 33 years ago. “I could not believe all the stars that were there,” she said. “I felt like … I am this girl from Australia — what am I doing here? I felt like a fish out of water, honestly!”

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Allison Janney, 65​

The Diplomat actress and nominee looked chic in a deep blue, backless Christian Siriano gown. “Let’s go Janney!!! So chic…Love you,” the designer wrote on Instagram. In a 2022 interview, the star told AARP that she can’t ever see herself retiring. “I love so much what I do and I love the community, the immediate family you have with all these people that you’re working with on movies. I hate when they end and I leave people. And it’s been my life,” she said.​

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Cate Blanchett, 55

Sustainable fashion was the name of the game for the Disclaimer star and nominee. The actress hit the red carpet in a glam gold custom Louis Vuitton gown with a cape-style bodice bedazzled with metallic details on the shoulders and column skirt — the same stunner she wore to the Cannes Film Festival in May 2024.

Michelle Yeoh, 61

Yeoh looked Wicked good in a sleeveless black Balenciaga gown with a dramatic train and high ruffled collar. The actress, who told AARP as a non-singer she was wary to sign on to the Broadway adaptation, credits co-star Cynthia Erivo for encouraging her to belt it out in the musical. “She gave me the confidence,” she told Variety. “She held my hand and looked into my eyes.”

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Pamela Anderson, 57

The Last Showgirl star and nominee went for an understated, elegant look in a black Oscar de la Renta gown with a ruched bodice. She completed the ensemble with opera gloves and lab-grown diamonds from Pandora. Anderson, who is famously eschewing makeup for a more natural look says it makes her get-ready process super quick. “I’m on my own,” she told Variety. “No stylist, no glam team — just me.”