From her earlier roles in films like Mulholland Drive and I Heart Huckabees to her more recent, Emmy-nominated turn as socialite Babe Paley in the television series Feud: Capote vs. The Swans, Naomi Watts’ onscreen career has been full of versatile performances. So when the actress found herself experiencing symptoms of perimenopause in her late 30s, she began to think about taking on a role of a different kind. Nearly two decades later, Watts launched Stripes Beauty, a unique take on the celebrity beauty line—one that’s leading the charge in normalizing the conversation and creating community around menopause.
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“I first heard about menopause when I was 36,” Watts tells Observer, noting that she had been experiencing symptoms like night sweats and migraines. “I was trying to have children, and my doctor told me I wasn’t getting pregnant because my blood work was suggesting that I was close to menopause, and that was shocking to me.” Watts immediately checked in with her mother, who confirmed that she had also transitioned into menopause early. “I asked her why she didn’t tell me, and she was like, ‘Well, I didn’t have these conversations with you because my mother never had them with me.’” That didn’t sit right with Watts, who found that menopause appeared to be a taboo........