Michelle Pfeiffer's Changing Looks

While bagging groceries in El Toro, California, Michelle had a career revelation: "I couldn't stand stenography school, I couldn't stand junior college, this woman was bitching about her cantaloupes, and I said to myself, 'Acting.'"

Michelle took a passion for her craft-and her hair!- to new heights: "My twenties were all about acting," she has said. "Whenever I was studying acting, singing or dance, I was happy."

She tried out a natural look in hopes of getting cast against type. "I was careful not to wear a lot of makeup," she told In Style. "I'd show up for interviews in men's clothing."

She played an attorney in the award-winning I Am Sam, but had no desire to be back in the spotlight. "Stardom looks right on some people," she has said. "It wouldn't on me."

Pfeiffer reemerged with Hairspray, Stardust and newfound confidence. "Aging happens to every single one of us," she has said. "Once you accept that, it unburdens you."

The Cheri star tells In Style that she has never felt hotter: "Part of feeling sexy is feeling comfortable in your own skin, and less inhibited, and that goes along with getting older."

Pfeiffer showed off her ageless beauty, and sexy waves, at the Academy Awards.

Dimensional color and beachy waves at the Dark Shadows premiere.

For the premiere of her newest film, The Family, in France, Pfeiffer wore loose curls and natural makeup.

Sleek, blown-out locks and minimal makeup for the Television Academy's 23rd Hall of Fame Induction Gala, where her husband was honored.

Pfeiffer showed off a chic mauve lip and glimmering brown shadow at an event in 2016.