Women And Their Age

[FredPuli43]

Junie Hoang, a forty-one year-old actress, is suing imdb.com, a site used by casting agents, because they printed her age correctly. She had opened an account with them, using the age of 34. They discovered the truth by looking at credit card details for her account. She claims that revealing her true age means that she will not be considered for parts and thus reduces her prospective income.

Do you think she is justified? Her union thinks that age should be irrelevant because actors may and do successfully play an age far younger or older than their real age.

And would you lie about your age in applying for a job? Or in any other situation ? If so, why?

[nannybooby]

god no. worrying about your age and lying about is is so unimportant

[RATTER15]

I suppose there are times when lying about your age could be beneficial but generally I think lying about your age is a bit sad really.

[snags]

34 or 41 she looks good:

http://blog.zap2it.com/pop2it/Junie%20Hoang.jpg

[Frank97]

Some have been doing it for years.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-22091125

[bednobs]

how did they get her age from her CC????

[joggerjayne]

It's getting a bit silly when you can sue someone for telling the truth, when you are a public figure.

I'm not coy about my age, and I'm sure I won't be, even when I reach forty.

[snags]

You don't look a day over 50... 55 on a good day.

[grasscarp]

I have never lied about my age Fred. I quite like the "oh you dont look it" comments.
(JoggerJayne, I will be down in Brighton on Sunday to cheer on my daughter running her first marathon.)

[gness]

Only once when I was a very hard up divorced Mum. I took on many jobs to keep the wolf from the door and one was for a cosmetic company...not Avon. I added fifteen years to my age to demonstrate the miracle powers of the product....oh the shame....:-(

[cazzz1975]

I think its a sign of the ageism in the media industry, I can understand her need to lie, its a shame she feels she has to though

[McMouse]

Once, when in Hong Kong, a woman lied to me about her gender. Surprisingly I wasn't thinking about age.

[FredPuli43]

bednobs, she alleges that imdb found her true age from her CC details, an example of data mining. Presumably an in-depth security check on her supplying her card number etc to open her own account with them revealed that. When we get security questions, a common one asks what our date of birth is.

[Kiki-frog]

I haven't deliberately lied about my age since I was a 17 year old trying to get served in pubs. And that was many years ago.

[society]

That's a stupid and poor excuse to sue. People are so vain for silly things.

I never lie about my age, but, I don't broadcast it either.

[coccinelle]

I understand her not being happy. Unfortunately, in the acting world, being over 40 just means your 'CV' gets put on the side no matter what you look like, for more mature roles. There are plenty younger actresses about to fill those younger roles. Age shouldn't be shown on these 'cv's or any cv as it should be irrelevant.

[Sharingan]

In her situation I would be furious, you usually state age playing ranges not give your real age becaue it's known that a lot of actresses over 35 have problems getting sidelined.

[Canary42]

Imbd have an obligation to ALL their users, not just one liar. They could well be sued for displaying her wrong age.

It's the industry at fault, not Imbd

[Canary42]

Thinking about it, it's not just the industry, it's Society.