80s Stars Ditch Glam for Rare Hiking Adventure

Two of the most luminous stars of 80s film and TV were seen on a rare joint outing this week.

The actresses, known for parts in action films and some of the most iconic TV series of all time respectively, looked in great spirits as they chatted together on their walk in LA.

One of the screen sirens starred alongside Jean Claude Van Damme in 1988 blockbuster, Bloodsport, first shooting to fame in 80s serial, The Edge of Night.

In the late 1990s, the star left Hollywood behind and retrained as a yoga teacher and Family Constellations facilitator. 

Her friend is known to fans worldwide with key roles in shows including Desperate Housewives, Twin Peaks, Party of Five and Seinfeld.

So can you guess who this dynamic duo is?

It's Leah Ayres, 68, and Brenda Strong, 66!

Ayres famously played journalist Janice Kent, the love interest of Van Damme's hunky US soldier in Bloodsport.

She portrayed Valerie Bryson on crime drama The Edge of Night from 1981-1983, before taking on a lead role in Aaron Spelling movie Velvet in 1984.

Further television appearances include 9 to 5, The Bradys, Married... with Children, and Who's the Boss?

Her final TV appearance was in a 1998 episode of sci-fi series, Sliders.

Ayres wed Bruce Kalish in 1990 and the pair share one son Mackenzie, 23.

After earning an MA in human development from Pacific Oaks College in Pasadena, California in 1996, Ayres and her husband founded a family constellations and inherited family trauma facilitation practice in LA.

Family constellations is an alternative therapeutic method designed to uncover unconscious dynamics and intergenerational traumas within a family system.

Strong's emerging star quality saw her land the prestigious Miss Arizona title in 1980 aged 20 before her stellar acting career took off.

She first starred in Billy Crystal's 1984 music video You Look Marvelous, before landing small roles in Cheers, St. Elsewhere, Matlock and Blossom.

Strong portrayed Jones in Twin Peaks in 1990 and appeared in films Weekend Warriors in 1986 and Spaceballs in 1987.

From 1996 to 1998, she appeared as Elaine's nemesis Sue Ellen Mischke on NBC sitcom Seinfeld, and played Captain Deladier in the 1997 science fiction action film Starship Troopers. 

Strong memorably played the late Mary Alice Young on Desperate Housewives from 2004-2012 .

Along with the cast, she received two Screen Actors Guild Awards for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series in 2005 and 2006.

Most recently, Strong appeared in one episode of Yellowstone spin-off, Marshalls.

Strong married Tom Henri in 1989 and they share son, Zakery Henri. She filed for divorce on January 14, 2011.

In 2015, she married director-actor John Farmanesh-Bocca.