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Life begins at 40: Older actresses wow at Emmys

We take a look at the fashion triumphs and fails of the 2012 Emmy Awards red carpet.
Emmys 2012 red carpet

Fashion is usually dominated by half-starved 20-somethings but at the 2012 Emmy Awards, the more mature women stole the show.

A glamorous group of older actresses, led by Julianne Moore, 51, Julianna Margulies, 46, and Sofia Vergara, 40, left their younger counterparts for dead in the style stakes.

Julianne is our pick for best-dressed, looking lovely in a full-length yellow Christian Dior gown, while sexy Sofia is a close second in her figure-hugging Zuhair Murad dress.

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Lovely ladies on the Emmy Awards red carpet.

Julianne Moore, 51, looked lovely in a Christian Dior dress

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Nicole Kidman, 45, wore an Antonio Berardi gown.

Julianna Margulies, 46, wore a green brocade Giambattista Valli design.

Ellen DeGeneres, 54, and Portia de Rossi, 39.

Glenn Close, 65, chose a black fishtail dress.

*Modern Family* star Sofia Vergara, 40, wore a Zuhair Murad dress.

Modern Family star Sofia Vergara, 40, wore a Zuhair Murad dress.

*30 Rock* star Tina Fey, 42, in Vivienne Westwood.

30 Rock star Tina Fey, 42, in Vivienne Westwood.

Buxom babe Christina Hendricks, 37, chose a Christian Siriano gown.

Pregnant Claire Danes chose a yellow Jeanne Lanvin creation.

Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson.

Ricky Gervais and Jane Fallon.

Supermodel Heidi Klum, 39, wore an Alexandre Vauthier frock.

Melissa McCarthy, 42.

Ashley Judd, 44.

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