Ah, the ’80s: synth-pop music, crazy fashion trends (with lots of big hair!), Rubik’s Cubes and aviators.
You may have noticed the ’80s nostalgia taking over popular culture nowadays, but what about the big names of the 1980s?
What have they been up to?
Check out these 17 female pop culture powerhouses and sex symbols of the 1980s!

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Then: Kim Basinger was elevated to ‘sex symbol’ status with romantic drama 9 1/2 Weeks in 1986, after kicking off a career in both acting and modeling.