Carrie Coon's Botox refusal means she has to 'play older' as an actress
Carrie Coon tends to "play older" characters because of her lack of Botox.
The 44-year-old star admits that her rejection of cosmetic procedures means that she is often tasked with playing more complex parts on screen.
Carrie told Glamour: "We all have a way we present in the world. The perception of me is that I am verbal, intellectual. My voice is lower and I don't have Botox, so I tend to play older than I am. And so I've always had a gravitas or some authority."
The star has reprised her role as Bertha Russell in the third season of the HBO period drama The Gilded Age but claims that she is far "goofier" than the serious character she plays.
Carrie - who has a seven-year-old son and four-year-old daughter with her husband Tracy Letts - explained: "It sounds like I protest too much, but I'm easygoing. I'm very lighthearted. I'm very silly. I'm a very silly mom."
The White Lotus actress is renowned for her powerful and distinctive voice and explained that it is something she developed through her work in theatre productions.
Carrie said: "The work I've done being on stage and in big houses and working with voice teachers subsequently has helped me root my voice in my body, and it gives you a lot of authority.
"I started to understand just how vital it is as a woman to be fully voiced... I tell women, and actresses in particular, 'If you're talking like this in your little baby voice, that is not threatening. You have no power. You're giving up all your power in every room.'"
Whilst Carrie chooses not to go under the knife herself, she will pass "no judgement" on stars who opt to do so.
She said: "You've got to do what makes you feel good, what makes you feel like the authentic version of yourself.
"Authenticity is more evocative than any kind of engineering you might consider doing to your face or your body. Now, this is not the message coming from culture. As a woman who is 44, watching myself in HD is not easy, and it's not comfortable."
The Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire actress added: "It's a choice I'm making for myself. Yes, it's hard, but I hope that I will continue to work as a character actor - they kicked me out of leading lady status - and I'm very inspired by other women in the business I see who I can tell are also not augmenting their appearance."
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