ANDIE MacDowell is known for her role in Groundhog Day. MacDowell has made headlines for embracing her gray hair, despite her managers not agreeing with the decision. How old is Andie MacDowell? MacDowell has been acting since 1984 when she got her start on Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes. Born April […]
ANDIE MacDowell is known for her role in Groundhog Day.
MacDowell has made headlines for embracing her gray hair, despite her managers not agreeing with the decision.
MacDowell has been acting since 1984 when she got her start on Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes.
Born April 21, 1958, MacDowell is currently 63-years-old.
MacDowell started her career as a model after discovered by a rep from Wilhelmina Models while on a trip to Los Angeles.
In 1978, she signed on with Elite Model Management before getting her start in the entertainment industry.
Naturally as people get older they tend to grow gray hair and many celebrities choose to dye it but for MacDowell, she would rather embrace it.
On June 21, 2021, MacDowell opened up to Vogue about her decision to keep her gray hair and why it is the ultimate “power move.”
“At the very beginning of quarantine, my hair started growing and every time my kids would see me, they kept telling me I looked bad*** with my gray hair,” MacDowell said.
“During lockdown, I had a lot of downtime and became obsessed with Jack Martin, who did Jane Fonda’s hair. I shared those pictures with a lot of people going, ‘Hey, I want to do this.’”
From there, she decided that instead of covering it up, she would embrace her natural occurring gray hair, but revealed her managers did not agree with this decision.
“My managers had actually said to me, ‘It’s not time,'” MacDowell recalled.
“I said, ‘I think you’re wrong, and I’m going to be more powerful if I embrace where I am right now. It’s time because in two years I’m going to be 65. If I don’t do it now, I won’t have the chance to be salt and pepper. I always wanted to be salt and pepper!'”
Despite all of her empowerment, MacDowell said there were moments of hesitation “at first,” because she did not want to upset people but ultimately decided that this decision was best for her.
“It was just so clear to me that my instincts were right because I’ve never felt more powerful,” MacDowell said.
“I feel more honest. I feel like I’m not pretending. I feel like I’m embracing right where I am. I feel really comfortable. And in a lot of ways, I think it’s more striking on my face. I just feel like it suits me.”
While MacDowell’s salt and pepper hair is the right choice for her, she did acknowledge to Vogue that her decision might not be the right one for someone else and that’s okay.
MacDowell has been married twice throughout her life. Her first marriage was to Paul Qualley from 1986-1999 and then she wed Rhett Hartzog from 2001-2004.
From her first marriage, MacDowell gave birth to three children, Justin, 35, Rainey, 31, and Sarah Margaret, 26.
Justin was MacDowell’s only child to not follow in his mother’s footsteps.
He currently works as a real estate agent while his sisters both went into the entertainment industry.
Sarah is a trained ballerina along with being an actress while Rainey also works as an actress along with being a singer under the name Rainsford.
