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Tiffany Dodson DavisFri, May 1, 2026 at 9:57 PM UTC

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There are fewer than 500 people in total who are appointed as Officers of the Order of the British Empire or OBE, and actress Jane Seymour is one of them. Seymour received the title directly from Queen Elizabeth II in 2000 for her significant contributions to drama and entertainment, a distinction that honors her over 57-year film and television career.

From unforgettable roles in hit series like Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman, to feature films like Wedding Crashers and Live and Let Die, the award-winning star’s talent continues to resonate with generations. It’s fair to say Seymour knows a thing or two about consistency, which not only speaks to her work ethic but to her beauty routine as well.

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The actress has served as a brand ambassador for Body Firm for over 10 years, crediting its Crépe Erase Body Repair Treatment and new Body Resurfacing Serum as two of her ongoing holy-grail beauty staples. “I’ve been using this for 15 years now, and I absolutely love it,” she tells Harper’s Bazaar of the hydrator. “In fact, it doesn’t matter where in the world I go now, people come up to me and start touching me, and they go, ‘Oh my God, you actually use it, does it actually work?’ And I say, ‘Yes, look, here, this is what it looks like when you use it every day.’"

Ahead, Seymour shares her thoughts on aging gracefully and on your own terms. From the body care routine that keeps her skin at its smoothest to the everyday habits she maintains for peak radiance inside and out.

If you don’t mind sharing, how old are you?

I’m 75. I’m sharing clothes currently with my 13-year-old. Not mine, I mean, my grandchild, obviously. I’d like her to be mine—she just announced to me the other day that she wants to be me when she grows up, so she wants to act. We share styling tips: She will wear my clothes, and she will tell me what I should buy when she actually really wants it for herself. But she dresses Oma. It’s fun, actually.

What age do you feel you are in your head?

Probably 13! [Laughs] No. In my head? Ah, right now I’m here with my sisters, and they're my closest friends in the world. We’re a year and four months different from one another, and when we’re together, it’s just like we were little toddlers. I mean, we’re right back to square one. So, I feel—I don’t know, I don’t have a specific age. Within, I feel very young, but I feel much wiser and much more comfortable about everything in life, you know? Been there, done that, know what that felt like, and now this is my time. Because there are no rules—as far as I’m concerned, now there are no more rules. None.

Do you have a beloved beauty product that you’ve worn for most of your life?

Crépe Erase is the one I’m using, and what I have been for 15 years. If you actually do the process, it really works. We also have the Body Resurfacing Serum, which has these little rollerballs on it. Basically, you squeeze the tube, roll the serum around, and it distributes all the exfoliating acids onto your skin. And it preps your skin brilliantly for the Crépe Erase. I’ve been using it, I travel with it all the time, and I’m really pumped about it.

What aspects of your physical appearance do you love more now, as you’ve gotten older?

I would say my skin. I mean, really. When I was younger, and I didn’t think about my skin, I would sunbathe. And back in the day, if you were English, you wanted to get as brown as possible. The only way you could prove that you had any success in your family is the fact that you might be able to afford some sort of package holiday to Spain, where you could fry yourself. And you’d come back with major burns, and the hope was that you could prep your skin so you could tan and tan and tan. I cannot believe that we actually bought into that! I even came to Hollywood and met George Hamilton, who gave me a reflector board and frying oil to fry my skin. Ever since, I’ve spent the rest of my life trying to do whatever I can [to protect it]. SPF, exfoliating dead skin cells, taking care of it with serums and creams, wearing hats with SPF—it’s all about skin, it really is.

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JC Olivera - Getty ImagesWhich beauty products would you say have aged well?

I’m always trying different things, but in the professional business, any kind of makeup you put on, it’s all about the pigment. Mascaras are a big one for me. I usually try to do individual lashes, because they work well when I’m on film, but lately I’ve been using some of Charlotte Tilbury’s mascaras. And I’m a huge Gaga fan! I actually got talked into trying some of Gaga’s makeup yesterday. But in real life, less is more. The more it looks like you have nothing on, the better you’re going to look.

Please give us a quick breakdown of your current beauty routine.

Okay, so first thing, I have to have a cup of coffee before I get in the shower. Just black coffee, because I might be doing an intermittent fast. Then I take a shower, warm my body up, put on my exfoliant, and wash and condition my hair. Afterward, I use my Crepe Erase since doing my skincare is most important, and then do a little exercise—some stretches and Pilates, depending on how much of a rush I’m in. I’ll also exfoliate my face, and use frozen teaspoons carefully around my eyes and face—it literally lifts and wakes it up.

Depending on whether I'm going to go for, like, I have no makeup on at all look, or I'm going to be on television, I might put a lash on, which I did today, but mostly very, very light makeup, mostly just remedial. So, if there’s a dark circle—I won’t put it everywhere, just where I need. But mostly, my skincare is the beauty secret. Then, for workouts, I grab them as I go. I’ll walk up and down the stairs and the backside of my property. I say hello to the chickens who are making my organic eggs. I say hello to my blueberries and kale that I will eat later in the day.

I mostly eat a Mediterranean diet. I have almost no red meat. I stick to fish and a lot of vegetables. I never diet. But I love dark chocolate, that’s my treat of choice.

Jane Seymour as ’Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman’CBS Photo Archive - Getty ImagesWhat keeps you feeling vibrant and youthful?

I think trying to keep up with my 13-year-old granddaughter, Willa, who has just announced to me on holiday that she wants to become a professional actress. Then I was about to say, “No, you can’t, you shouldn’t!” but then I realized that’s when I started becoming a professional actress, I had to actually stop. And I can’t exactly tell her that it isn’t a wonderful thing to have been able to do. But mercifully, she is academically extraordinary. But I have so much fun with her generation, and also my daughter’s generation. I spend a lot of time around the 40 to 50-year-olds.

And because I’m included in their worlds and we spend a lot of time together, I don’t find myself stuck in the 70-plus category. I have plenty of friends who are going through the same time period as me, and trust me, it’s really important. Because you don’t want to bore the 50-year-olds with what happens when you’re 70. It's really enjoyable at this time in my life to be exposed in real time to what they’re into, what they’re thinking about, what their dilemmas are, and what music, art, and social things they enjoy. Then, I kind of look at where I'm at and everything I've been through, especially since I've just been writing an autobiography, and then realizing a lot of things really haven't changed; they just recycle.

Has your granddaughter taught you any TikTok beauty trends?

I just joined TikTok, by the way, which of course is ridiculous. But I think I have 30,000 followers. But what I love about social media is that I can do it myself. I just pick up my phone, and never think about what I’m going to say or do. There was one video I had to put my foot down on a long time ago, where I was asked to mime “Baby Shark” with my granddaughter. I could’ve done without “Baby Shark,” but that was my initiation into that world. And also, I know if I do anything with my co-star from Dr. Quinn, Sully, Joe Lando, I stick that up and get two or three million likes. And the good news is he's actually going to be in the new season of my Harry Wilde series coming out in June.

Many people fear growing older. In your opinion, what is the best part about it?

I think the extraordinary wealth of experience that you have that you can't buy, and you wouldn't necessarily have chosen. But you have discovered that every bump in the road became an opportunity to learn, and something new and wonderful came in its place. So instead of fearing the past or fearing you know something bad that happened and hanging on to it for dear life, I really see the merit of finding a way to accept it, process it, and leave it behind and move forward. Especially when you’re in your 70s, you’re losing a lot of friends—there are funerals every week.

I remember my mother saying how devastating that was. When you’re in your 30s, everyone’s having a wedding or a baby shower. But, by the same token, you’re around people who are just suddenly saying, Wait, it's our time. We raised the kids, we’ve done our careers, we have our marriages, and now we want to spend time with people we actually have something in common with, and we actually want to have fun. And I think fun is highly underrated.

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