Lynda Carter is all about aging gracefully.
“People still recognize me as Wonder Woman all the time,” she tells PEOPLE. “I don’t know if I’ve changed too dramatically.”
Noting that’s because she hasn’t undergone a facelift that could make her look like someone else, Carter says, “I don’t cut my face, so it’s probably just me looking older.”
“The reason I’ve never had facial surgery is just because I’m afraid. It’s scary, because we’ve all seen some bad surgeries,” she adds.
Lynda Carter with her late husband Robert Altman.
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Carter, who is also a singer and recently released the single “Letters From Earth,” which is a love letter to her late husband, attorney Robert Altman — who died of blood cancer in 2021 — says she still misses Altman every day.
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“We had such a wonderful relationship that it’s hard,” she says of navigating the world alone. However, Carter adds that she likes to spend time with friends, especially her daughter Jessica (32), with whom she recently attended Paris Fashion Week. “We had a great time,” she says.
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Lynda Carter and Jessica Altman at Paris Fashion Week in January 2024.
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As for looking stunning while in Paris, Carter says she certainly doesn’t wake up like that.
“That outcome is spending time in the chair with some really good people doing your hair and makeup,” she says with a laugh.
“Then having someone dress you has something to do with it,” she continues. “Actors and celebrities always look so great when they’re on the red carpet, but when you see them in real life, they just look like regular people with no makeup on and in their shabby clothes. They all look the same when they’re not dressed up.”
Carter adds, “If everyone got their makeup done three hours before they left the house, everyone would look amazing. What I’m trying to say is that there’s a lot of effort behind those pictures. Don’t think they’re walking in the door looking like that!”
The star, who left Hollywood in the early ’80s after marrying Altman to raise her children in Washington, DC, says she still gets offers for acting roles but isn’t sure if she wants to do it at that point in her life.
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“Now I’m working on my music and figuring out my new life, and it’s like, ‘Do I really want to work that hard again?’ I do not know!” she tells PEOPLE.
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