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Age can be a delicate subject, especially in the entertainment industry. Some people do not likerecognize their age After hitting the Big 3-0, and for others, age is only one number - you are only as old as you feel, right? But for the stars, it's not so simple, especially for women. Your age can be the difference between marking this role and miss playing lead.A lot of celebrities, of all the genders, lied about their age (and admitted it!) What to be looking younger than they are actually or less old to be taken into account for a job. So, read for famous people who have not always said the truth when they are born - and how old are they really.

When now 37 years oldKunis of Mila first auditioned forThat "70s showShe was only 14 years old enough to land the role of Jackie Burkhart, who would launch her career. So she went to the truth.

"I told them that I was a little older ... I told them that I would be 18 years old, which is not technically a lie, cause at some point that I would be 18 years old," she confessed during an appearance of 2012 onThe show tonight with Jay Leno.

It's a good thing she says that, however, not only because she had the brevity, but because she ended up meeting future husband (and father of her children),Ashton Kutcher, on the whole.

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Add 56 yearsSandra Bullock On the list of women actors who lied about their age to keep their career afloat. She told detour (Going throughE! New) That it has never been dishonest but realized that keeping its age as ambiguous as possible could be an asset.

"After a moment, you really have no idea how old are you because you have lied so many times," she said. "I always said that I never lied, but once when I did not do it, it worked against me. So, I guess you can only guess."

In 2019interview withPeople,BEVERLY HILLS 90210 StarGabrielle Carteris Admitted to landing the role of Andrea Zuckerman, who was supposed to be 16 years old, she had to lie to her age. She was 29 when she heard, but told producers she was 21 years old.

"When I had the role, a lawyer told me that I could sign a contract and indicate a different age, as long as he was over 21," said 60-year-old actor. "When [my real age] is out, the show was just starting to take off and my character was quite established that they did not choose me. But a producer told me," You are lucky that we did not know Your age when we hired you. '

Jessica Chastain, 44 years old, did not lie on his age, but she was not about that. For some time, it was a mystery to the public. Andtalk toThe Guardian In 2013, she said she did not deliberately speak of her age, so it will not affect the roles she receives.

"I will never say my age because I am an actress and I want to play at different ages," she said.

Nicki Minaj's The lie over his age has been exposed in the midst of another conflict. Although the rapper (who is now 38 years old) maintained that she was born in 1984, the illusion was broken when she was involved in a fight in 2011. According to Jezebel, a police report that surfaced afterwards. that the incident revealed that it was revealed that it wasactually born in 1982 And was a complete two-year period that she had led the fans to believe.

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Back in 2018, fans believed thatRebel Wilson was 28 years old ... until a former classmate shared a photo of his high school years with AustraliaWomen's day magazine revealing that thePerfect Star was actually 36.

Later,Wilson saidMagazine Why did she choose to lie?

"Being an actress who affects women more than men in terms of ageism and sexism, so the press on something more judicious businessman's minds would have done in my position, c was a little hurtful, "he was a little hurtful", "the actor of the year said. "When you are an actor, you have what is called a range of game; for me, it's not really beneficial to have your written age anyway."

Come back to 2003, rapperNelly madeTeenagerThe hottest stars under 25, only for the world to discover later thanIt was in fact been 28 At the time, and thus ineligible for the list in the first place. Today, Nelly is 46.

Geri Halliwell, a.k.a. Ginger Spice, was known to be the oldest ginger girl, but for a moment, nobody really knew exactly your age. These days, she believes to be about 48 years old but duringan appearance onBulk women In 2018, garnish companion girlMEL B. said she was not even sure it's good.

"The thing is that Geri hid his age for most of being a ginger girl, and when I think about it, I still do not know what age geri is," she said on the show, Adding: "It would be the joke running, and I'm sure that maybe she's adjusted in the past, I'm not sure, but I do not think anyone really knows how old she is."

There is no denying only 51 yearsJennifer Lopez It looks like younger years, but earlier in her life she may have tried to shave an off. Even so far, some points of sale report that Lopez wasBorn July 24, 1970, in the place ofJuly 24, 1969, which seems to be his real birthday.

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Be right, singerJames Blunt only changed his age. Although it was documented in 2007 thatBlunt was 33 years oldIn 2010, he would have claimed to be again 33, which is not quite how aging works. And he was even caughtlying on her age again after that!

In an interview of 1986 withThe Washington Post,WHOOPI GOLDBERG admitted thatShe had lied about her age To get roles - at the time, we thought we were 35 years old, even if it was only 30 years old.

"I had to lie to my age for jobs," she said at the time.

When he heeds forApocalypse now,Laurence Fishburne was only 14 years old, trying to play an 18 year old character. He lied and said he was 16 years old and it worked, because he ended up landing the game.

During an appearance onGeorge Stroumboulopoulos tonightFishburne said he was sure the directorFrancis Ford Coppola knew all along the age of the young actorreallywas.

Back in 1999,Eminem Appeared onHoward SternMy show and told the host and his audience that he was 24. At that time,he had actually 27 years oldAnd today, the rapper is 48 years old.

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