By Charlotte Pearson Methven
Hollywood star, mother of two young sons, beauty ambassador… At 46, NAOMI WATTS is busier than ever. The Brit-born actress talks to Charlotte Pearson Methven about staying ahead of the game
Naomi Watts seems so comfortable in her own skin that it’s no surprise L’Oréal Paris has chosen her as the proud face of its newest anti-ageing product, Revitalift Filler. At a dinner held in Paris to inaugurate her into the role, it’s clear that the 46-year-old British-born actress and mother doesn’t want to be fawned over as she sips her pink champagne – she blends in seamlessly, blonde hair swept back casually and barely a scrap of make-up, save for a slick of matt red L’Oréal Paris lippy.
Accomplished as Naomi is (two Oscar nominations, for her performances in tsunami-inspired The Impossible and as a grieving mother in 21 Grams), her vibe is not an intimidating one. She falls into that ‘normal’ mould of celebrity – the sort we fancy we could be mates with on account of pictures of them doing the school run in Ugg boots. Her forehead moves freely and she is even, I observe at dinner, doing the unthinkable (in fashion and beauty circles, anyway) and eating bread, which, this being France, is a white baguette..........