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15 Celebrities Who Lied About Their Age

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Nazarii Verbitskiy Nazarii Verbitskiy
Entertainment - June 12th 2026, 19:00 GMT+2
Agyness Deyn

15. Agyness Deyn

When Agyness Deyn's modeling career took off, she presented herself as 18 when she was actually 23, a five-year gap her agent reportedly felt would serve her better in the industry. The fiction held for years before she eventually set the record straight. Six years into her career, she revealed she was really 29 rather than the 24 her timeline had implied, quietly correcting a number that had been off from the start. | © The Sunday Times Style / YouTube

Nicole Scherzinger

14. Nicole Scherzinger

During her Pussycat Dolls days, Nicole Scherzinger claimed to be 28 when she was actually closing in on 30, and later joked that she probably should have just said 27 while she was at it. The question of her real age followed her for years afterward. It came up again during her stint on X Factor, when Louis Walsh quipped that nobody really knew how old she was, only that she was older than she let on. | © CBS Sunday Morning / YouTube

Jessica Chastain

13. Jessica Chastain

Jessica Chastain has deliberately kept her exact age out of the public record, treating it as a professional decision rather than a vanity one. In a 2013 interview, she said outright that she would never admit her age because, as an actress, she wanted the freedom to play characters across a wide range of ages. It's less a lie than a refusal to confirm, but the result is the same, with her true age remaining a matter of guesswork. | © Netflix

Gabrielle Carteris

12. Gabrielle Carteris

Gabrielle Carteris landed the role of Andrea Zuckerman on the original Beverly Hills, 90210 by shaving eight years off her real age, telling producers she was 21 when she was actually 29. The show wanted someone to play a 16-year-old, and Carteris pulled it off well enough that nobody questioned it. She later explained that her lawyer had advised her she could claim any age she wanted, as long as it was 21 or older, which is a fairly creative reading of the rules. | © Still Here Hollywood Podcast w/ Steve Kmetko / YouTube

Riley Weston

11. Riley Weston

In the late 1990s, Riley Weston passed herself off as a teenager and was hired to both write and act on the series Felicity. The truth surfaced when it came out that she was actually 32, not 19, and the revelation cost her the job. She defended herself by calling it a catch-22, arguing that her youthful looks had kept her from landing roles suited to her real age in the first place. | © Hearts of Stars / YouTube

Sandra Bullock

10. Sandra Bullock

Sandra Bullock lied about her age to land a role in the 1992 film Love Potion No. 9, then came clean not long after during an interview with Barbara Walters. She reflected on the irony of it, noting that the one time she bent her own rule about honesty, it actually worked in her favor. Years later, she's been candid about the way Hollywood treats aging actors, joking that without streaming she'd be put out to pasture in her late 50s. | © Paramount Pictures

Geri Halliwell

9. Geri Halliwell

Geri Halliwell's true age has been a subject of speculation for decades, with persistent rumors that she's older than her documented age suggests. The intrigue deepened when former bandmate Mel B admitted she didn't actually know how old Geri really was. For someone who spent years as one of the most famous women in pop, keeping that detail genuinely murky is an impressive feat in itself. | © Sony Pictures Releasing

Nicki Minaj

8. Nicki Minaj

Nicki Minaj long claimed to have been born in 1986, but it eventually emerged that her real birth year was 1984. The discrepancy came to light in 2011 through a police report that put her true age at 28 rather than the 26 she had been claiming. Two years isn't a huge gap as these things go, but the way it surfaced made it more noticeable than a quiet correction would have been. | © Katie Miller Pod / YouTube

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7. Carla Gugino

To land a part in 1989's Troop Beverly Hills, Carla Gugino claimed to be 14 when she was actually 16. She didn't sit on the secret for long, confessing her real age to director Jeff Kanew during filming. He later admitted he wouldn't have hired her had he known the truth upfront, which makes the small lie look like the only reason the role ever happened. | © Miramax Films

Hilary Duff

6. Hilary Duff

Hilary Duff had been acting since childhood, so her age fib had nothing to do with chasing roles and everything to do with getting into clubs underage. According to her older sister, Hilary picked up the habit from her, sneaking into venues despite being too young. The funny part is that a fake ID would have been useless given how recognizable she already was, so she had to rely on confidence rather than fake documents. | © Hulu

Mila Kunis

5. Mila Kunis

When producers for That '70s Show were looking for an 18-year-old, a 14-year-old Mila Kunis told them she would be turning 18, which was technically true if you ignored how far off that birthday actually was. The clever phrasing implied she was around 17 rather than barely a teenager, and it was enough to land her the role of Jackie. She ended up staying with the show for its entire run, so the creative math clearly worked out in her favor. | © Fox Network

Laurence Fishburne

4. Laurence Fishburne

Laurence Fishburne was just 14 when he landed a role in Apocalypse Now, having claimed to be 16 to get past the age requirements for the part. The shoot was famously grueling, and Fishburne's time on it came with a dramatic footnote, as Martin Sheen has spoken many times about Fishburne saving his son Emilio Estevez from drowning during filming. Lying about his age got him into one of the great films of the era and, as it turned out, into a genuine real-life rescue. | © Warner Bros. Pictures

Eminem

3. Eminem

During a 1999 interview with Howard Stern, Eminem said he was 24 when he was really 27. Nobody has ever pinned down exactly why he trimmed a few years off, though the popular theory is that it had something to do with appealing to a younger audience as his career took off. It remains a minor and slightly puzzling footnote in the story of one of rap's biggest names. | © Eminem / YouTube

Rebel Wilson

2. Rebel Wilson

Rebel Wilson claimed to be 29 when she was actually in her mid-30s, shaving off a handful of years early in her Hollywood run. The story took an unusual turn when it ended up in court, with Wilson suing publisher Bauer Media for defamation over claims about her age and real name. Most celebrity age fibs quietly fade away, but this one came with a full-blown legal battle attached. | ©Jimmy Kimmel Live / YouTube

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1. Whoopi Goldberg

Early in her career, Whoopi Goldberg added five years to her real age, claiming to be 35 when she was actually 30. The goal was to land more mature roles at a point when she was also dealing with housing insecurity and needed the work. It's a reversal of the usual celebrity instinct to shave years off, and in her case, the lie was about access rather than vanity. | © Paramount Pictures

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Hollywood has always had a complicated relationship with age, and plenty of stars have nudged the truth one way or the other to keep up. These 15 celebrities lied about how old they were, some to land roles, some to stay marketable, and at least one just to get into a nightclub.

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Hollywood has always had a complicated relationship with age, and plenty of stars have nudged the truth one way or the other to keep up. These 15 celebrities lied about how old they were, some to land roles, some to stay marketable, and at least one just to get into a nightclub.

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