She had her chance to play the parts of young vivacious sexy women. Now that she is older she should look for parts for older somewhat attractive women, but those parts require great acting skills.
That “older” babe in American Pie shouldve won the Acadamy award. That was some fine acting.
Also, she did enough nude acting to make her somewhat less attractive to studios looking for the older woman parts.
There are a lot of very good actresses for those parts, so why go with Demi, who while a passable actress has shown little range in all the roles she has played.
It’s not like she hasn’t had a chance. She’s been in dozens of movies, and played a lot of different roles. I just don’t remember her being very good in most of the dramatic ones that would demonstrate her “older woman” abilities.
And I don’t care how much surgery she has, there are just too many actresses that are actually that age who play it better than she will.
However, there is hope — look at Sharon Stone, who found a way to stay in the business.