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The beautiful Mila Kunis, born in the Ukraine, got her biggest breaks by watching The Price is Right and lying about her age -- as a new arrival to the United States, she used Bob Barker's game show to improve her English, and at her audition for That '70s Show, she didn't tell producers that she was three years younger than their age requirement.

Now her voice, good looks and acting talent have been put to good use with voice work on Family Guy, music videos for Aerosmith and modeling for both Maxim and Stuff. In 2008, she appeared in two notable films -- Forgetting Sarah Marshall and Max Payne. She might like World of Warcraft, but there's not very much that’s geeky about Mila Kunis. Besides being a regular in magazines, she's also been featured in FHM's 100 Sexiest Women in the World 2008 list and Maxim's Hot 100 list the same year. Her different-colored eyes give her desirability a quirky and unique twist.

After eight seasons on That '70s Show, in 2008 Mila Kunis jumped to the world of film, with roles in the Mark Wahlberg actioner Max Payne and the breakout hit Forgetting Sarah Marshall. She hopes to continue to catch our eye in 2009's Extract, the new Jason Bateman-Ben Affleck comedy from director Mike Judge (Office Space).

By 3 years old, Keira Knightley had decided to become an actress and she demanded an agent. It took another three years to get one, but 20 years later, her one-track mind has netted her an Oscar nomination and a spot as one of filmdom's highest-paid women.

Keira Knightley's big-budget debut came in 1999's Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace as Natalie Portman's decoy, but her role in Bend It Like Beckham won her much respect. Since then, blockbusters like the Pirates of the Caribbean have been balanced with critical favorites like Pride and Prejudice. Keira Knightley was nominated for an Oscar for her work in Pride and Prejudice, and her two performances in 2008 have won similar praise. First there was The Edge of Love, based on a screenplay by her mom, Sharman Macdonald, and then there was The Duchess, in which she played the Duchess of Devonshire.

Acting aside, Keira Knightley is also a total knockout. She topped the list of 2007 beauty icons by UK chain Superdrug, and she’ll continue her hallucinatory effects on the male libido in the 2009 film Last Night, with Sam Worthington and Eva Mendes.

There are few jobs in Hollywood more enviable than that of a casting director for a James Bond film.

We can think of worse ways to spend a day than auditioning beautiful actress after beautiful actress for the part of the latest Bond girl.

The most recent of these legendary screen sirens is Olga Kurylenko.

Some suggest this Ukrainian-born actress might be the sexiest to ever share the screen with 007. She started as a model, working in Paris and supporting her family back home.

However, the big screen beckoned, and Olga Kurylenko left the runway behind to seek her fortunes in Hollywood. Since she landed one of the biggest roles a young actress can hope for, that turned out to be a good decision.

You usually don’t associate the name Olga with beauty, but that’s about to change.

Olga Kurylenko was absolutely sizzling as Camille in Quantum of Solace. She brings an exotic, dangerous edge to the classic Bond girl that has never been seen before.

She has big, dark eyes and a body that would make Olympic gymnasts jealous, plus she can speak French as well as Ukrainian -- in fact, the only thing she seems to be missing is the love of a good man.

Actress Isla Fisher penned a pair of best-selling novels in her native Australia before joining the TV soap opera Home and Away. She broke into American movies by playing Shaggy's girlfriend in Scooby-Doo, and got even more attention in the 2005 comedy Wedding Crashers.

In recent years, she's played mind and relationship games with Jessica Biel and Chris Evans in London and seduced slow-minded bank employee Joseph Gordon-Levitt in The Lookout.

This red-haired beauty impressed us through 2008, both in Definitely, Maybe with Ryan Reynolds and by providing the voice of Dr. Mary Lou Larue in Horton Hears a Who! In addition, she was named to the Maxim Hot 100 list for the second year in a row -- not bad for a woman who just had her first child in 2007.

Isla Fisher's most intriguing venture for 2009 is the lead role in Confessions of a Shopaholic, the story of a shopping addict who ends up giving financial advice -- expect to see more of the lovely Isla Fisher at her comedic best.

There’s little doubt that Summer Glau has managed to accomplish a heck of a lot in a relatively short amount of time, as she only kicked off her professional acting career in 2002 with a guest spot on the series Angel. That same year, however, she set geek hearts the world over aflutter with her role as the enigmatic River Tam on the short-lived yet beloved TV show Firefly, which was eventually spun off into the 2005 cult film Serenity.

 And, although she’s taken on starring roles in such series as The Unit and The 4400, Summer Glau’s ongoing stint as a protective cyborg on Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles has proved instrumental in widening her appeal beyond the nerd bSummer Glau’s ability to crawl into the skin of wholly unusual characters has made her a favorite within the sci-fi community, and her unexpectedly layered take on a killing machine in Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles caught the attention of a legion of new fans.

 Cast alongside beauties like Lena Headey and Shirley Manson, Summer Glau has, with seemingly little effort, managed to establish herself as a sex symbol for the sci-fi crowd. Her stellar work on the series recently won her a Saturn Award for Best Supporting Television Actress, and although she had to share the prize with Lost’s Elizabeth Mitchell, this win placed her ahead of such small-screen hotties as Jennifer Carpenter and Hayden Panettiere. rigade.

Stacy Keibler actually made her cinematic debut with an uncredited cameo appearance in John Waters’ 1998 comedy Pecker, though it wasn’t until she retired from the wrestling world that she was finally able to devote herself full-time to acting.

 2008 proved to be Stacy Keibler’s breakthrough year, as she took on a one-episode shot opposite her real-life boyfriend Geoff Stults on the ABC series October Road, and subsequently landed a recurring role on ABC Family’s Samurai Girl alongside Jamie Chung and Brendan Fehr. It’s an impressive turnaround for someone who was once best known as “The Legs of WWE.”

This beautiful brunette had her big break in 2008, but few people got to see just how cute she really was. That’s because her break came in Cloverfield, and its jerky “handheld” filming style rendered her face a barely visible blur. However, make no mistake -- this budding starlet is on her way to big things. Her name comes from the ballet Swan Lake, but this California native ditched the tutu as a kid and focused instead on acting.

Moviegoers first saw her in Kindergarten Cop with Arnold Schwarzenegger way back in 1990, and she’s been slowly working her way up everIf you’re a fan of the girl-next-door type, may we introduce Odette Yustman. She doesn’t overwhelm with flowing blond hair or bee-stung lips, but her beauty is almost breathtaking. She isn’t just a pretty face, either. Anyone who can pull off what she did in Cloverfield (namely, playing a believable role when her main costar is a 350-foot monster) can act. She did so well, in fact, that The Dark Knight screenwriter David S. Goyer tapped her to star in his upcoming horror flick, The Unborn. We’re going to see a lot more of Odette Yustman, and that is a very, very good thing. since.

Hayden Panettiere’s transformation from talented child actress to sex symbol certainly didn’t occur overnight, as she’s spent the majority of her career taking on roles in family-friendly endeavors such as 2000’s Remember the Titans, 2004’s Raising Helen and 2005’s Ice Princess.

It was only as she blossomed into a beautiful young woman that she was afforded the opportunity to play more than just wholesome characters, with her critically lauded and award-winning stint as the invincible Claire Bennet on NBC’s Heroes propelling her to an enHayden Panettiere’s star-making role on Heroes took a dark turn this year after Claire was forced to shed her innocence and become a cold-hearted killer, a twist that allowed the actress to tap into other sides of her personality and effectively prove that she’s got the chops to tackle a variety of different characters.

This versatility has certainly been reflected in her upcoming roles, as Hayden Panettiere has managed to land a series of increasingly high-profile gigs -- including the title character in the upcoming romantic comedy I Love You, Beth Cooper. Additionally, Hayden Panettiere was also named a successor to Fergie and Hilary Duff (among others) as the latest spokeswoman for the Candie’s fashion line.tirely new level of fame.

Though she’s been working steadily since the turn of the century, Zoe Saldana has managed to maintain a relatively low profile in spite of an impressive filmography that boasts appearances alongside, among others, Tom Hanks, Johnny Depp and Dennis Quaid.

 It’s consequently not surprising to note that Zoe Saldana has slowly but surely begun to establish herself as an up-and-comer worth watching, as her bubbly, downright charismatic screen presence has proved instrumental in elevating even the weakest of movies (check out her work in the otherwise forgettable 2005 Ashton Kutcher vehicle Guess Who for proof of this).


Zoe Saldana’s days of relative anonymity are about to end, as 2008 marked her breakthrough year in terms of roles received. Though she only made one on-screen appearance in the past 12 months (a small role in the ensemble thriller Vantage Point), Zoe Saldana successfully landed parts in two of 2009’s most eagerly anticipated films. First up is her take on the iconic character of Uhura in J.J. Abrams' reimagining of the Star Trek franchise, which she’ll follow with a starring role in James Cameron’s groundbreaking science-fiction epic Avatar.

As Kelly Bundy, the sexy, stupid blonde who warmed our hearts on Married with Children, Christina Applegate helped the fledgling FOX network get off the ground in the late 1980s. In addition to film and stage work, she also starred in another sitcom, Jesse. Despite great reviews and even an Emmy nod, Jesse was canceled in 2000 after just two seasons.

In late 2007, Christina Applegate returned to sitcoms as the star of ABC’s Samantha Who? In August 2008, she announced that she had breast cancer. Following treatment that included a successful double mastectomy, her doctors declared her cancer-free. Christina Applegate began 2008 riding high on the success of Samantha Who? only to be humbled by a diagnosis of breast cancer. Shortly after her double mastectomy, she made an inspirational appearance at the Emmys, saying: “It's a great day. I've got a pretty dress on and lipstick, and it's something I haven't done in two months. It really feels good to be here.”

It feels pretty good to us too to have her back on TV and cancer-free, as she's a woman of incredible talent and charisma, not to mention a knockout beauty.

Christina Hendricks was born in 1975, in Knoxville, Tennessee, and raised in Idaho and Virginia. After modeling in New York and London, she made her on-screen debut in the 1999 TV movie Sorority before landing a role on Beggars & Choosers in 2000. A recurring role on ER in 2002 led to appearances on Firefly, which earned her a SyFy Genre Award and a regular role on Kevin Hill. More guest appearances on series such as Cold Case, Without A Trace and Las Vegas followed before she landed the virtually tailor-made role of sultry '60s secretary Joan Holloway on the AMC series Mad Men in 2007. Christina Hendricks has also been featured in the indie films La Cucina and South of Pico.

 One look at this voluptuous redhead should make it clear why Christina Hendricks made our Top 99 list. Physical attributes aside, her perfect portrayal of a seductive secretary in the testosterone, tobacco and booze-fueled world of 1960s-era Madison Avenue in the first season of Mad Men helped her character, Joan Holloway, become more prominent in the second season, which aired in 2008. Christina Hendricks shared a Screen Actors Guild nomination for ensemble performance in 2008 with her costars, and we look forward to catching up with all of them again this year for the highly anticipated third season of Mad Men. She'll also costar with Dermot Mulroney in the film Driving Lessons.

If you don’t routinely watch TV shows made in Spain, you may not think you know who Paz Vega is, but if you don’t know her by name, you likely know her heartbreakingly beautiful Andalucían face from films like Hable con ella or Spanglish. Meanwhile, Spanish viewers know her best as Laurita Arteagabeitia from the most pop

Paz Vega closed out 2008 as Plaster of Paris in Frank Miller’s The Spirit, giving us just a taste of what this gorgeous actress is all about. Fortunately, her profile should skyrocket in 2009 thanks to a number of upcoming releases, including Christopher B. Landon’s Burning Palms, Triage with Colin Farrell and the thriller Not Forgotten. It shouldn’t be too long before Paz Vega’s name is spoken with the same reverential awe as another Spanish-born beauty and international star -- Penelope Cruzular sitcom in Spanish history, 7 Vidas.

Beverly Hills High School alumnus Leighton Meester turned just 22 in 2008, but next year her acting career will enter its 10th year. The adorable brunette certainly has cause to celebrate: Her spin as the wealthy, fashionable and fabulously bitchy Blair Waldorf on the CW’s prime-time teen soap opera GosWe welcomed Leighton Meester’s return to Entourage in 2008 (however brief). Yet, as the second season of Gossip Girl unfolded in all its jealous glory, we were reminded of the scheming, backstabbing queen bee’s rich heritage on American TV: no drama is complete without her, and her snarl can be seen a mile away (Meester's predecessors in this regard include Joan Collins on Dynasty and Michelle Rodriguez on Lost).

However, as Blair Waldorf, Leighton Meester’s sun-kissed cuteness makes for an irresistibly cruel and clever twist on the original (even if she isn’t TV’s first stuck-up, prep-school bitch named Blair), and she' s the No. 1 reason to tune in every week. The role of Blair also garnered Leighton Meester two nods at the 2008 Teen Choice Awards: one for Choice TV Actress and a second for Choice TV Breakout Star Female. sip Girl has made her a star.

View cohost, mother of two and wife of ESPN analyst Tim Hasselbeck, Elisabeth Hasselbeck hasn’t always been the iconic champion of the oppressed right-wing elite minority that she is today. She got her start on TV as Elisabeth Filarski, the token girl-next-door on Survivor: The Australian Outback, then parlayed that fame into a show on the Style Network before beating out an initially large pool of hopefuls to permanently replace Lisa Ling on The View.

Emily Blunt is an English actress who has appeared in films such as Charlie Wilson’s War, Dan in Real Life and The Devil Wears Prada. She began her acting career at the age of 16, after attending an arts school. She started landing roles soon after that, eventually getting her big break in 2003, when she garnered critical acclaim for her role in Henry VIII. In 2007, she earned a Golden Globe for her role in the British film Gideon’s Daughter.

Emily Blunt has three films slated for release over the next year, including a starring role in the flick The Wolf Man, costarring Anthony Hopkins and Benicio Del Toro. She is also now on the market, after recently ending a three-year relationship with Canadian singer Michael Buble.

Born into show business, Blake Lively preferred cheerleading over acting until she played Bridget in 2005's The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants. The offers poured in, including one for the high school comedy Accepted, for which Blake Lively eventually received a Hollywood Life Breakthrough Award.

It's been onwards and upwards ever since for Blake Lively. She's Serena on TV's Gossip Girl, for which she won a pair of 2008 Teen Choice Awards, and she played Bridget again in a Sisterhood sequel. She also hammed it up as a transsexual partyer alongside James Franco in a memorable skit on Saturday Night Live. Blake Lively is hitting her stride as an actress and a babe. Besides her movie and television pursuits, she appeared on the cover of various magazines, including NYLON, Cosmopolitan and Lucky. Her projects aren't the most male-accessible entertainment, but it was hard not to notice this blond beauty, especially in her pro-Obama pitch during election season.

In addition to her continued television work, 2009 will see Blake Lively in more guy-friendly projects like the short-film compilation New York, I Love You (featuring Kevin Bacon) and the Keanu Reeves-Robin Wright Penn drama The Private Lives of Pippa Lee. We can't wait.

Vanessa Hudgens starred in High School Musical 3 in 2008, and went on tour in support of her Identified album. In 2009, Hudgens will star in the comedy Bandslam, a movie about teenagers drawn together by their love of music.

She became the spokesperson for Neutrogena in ’08, and also presented at the MTV VMAs, which makes us think we’ll be seeing even more of this fresh-faced beauty throughout ’09.

Before rising to fame as Gabrielle Montez in the High School Musical series, Vanessa Hudgens made appearances in films like Thirteen and Thunderbirds, as well as on TV shows like The Suite Life of Zack and Cody. After becoming a star, she pursued a music career, and has released two albums -- V and Identified -- on Hollywood Records, though neither album sold particularly well. However, her undeniable cuteness and sweet demeanor continue to make her a hot commodity.

Olivia Munn is a model, actress and television personality, as well as one of the faces of American cable channel G4. She cohosts Attack of the Show! with Kevin Pereira, answering viewer questions about sex and dating. She has also worked as a model for Nike, Pepsi and Neutrogena. In 2007, she appeared in Playboy magazine in a non-nude pictorial spread, as well as in the Rob Schneider movie Big Stan.

Following her role in the 2008 flick Insanitarium, in which she played a nurse in an insane asylum, along with the comedy The Slammin' Salmon, Olivia Munn kept her name on the minds of men everywhere by appearing in an article for Men’s Health Living on creating the ultimate guy’s bedroom. It didn’t take long for Olivia Munn to gain legions of fans across the globe, and something tells us she’ll continue to be desired by many men well into 2009.

Dania Ramirez was born in the Dominican Republic, where she caught the acting bug at a young age. Working in a convenience store in New York City, at the age of 15, Dania Ramirez was discovered by a modeling agency, and was offered a part in a small local commercial. From there, she started to pursue acting more seriously, and headed to the West Coast. After relocating to Los Angeles, she earned minor roles in She Hate Me and X-Men: The Last Stand. She went on to land a part in the TV show Heroes.

Tall and voluptuous with girl-down-the-block beauty, Katharine McPhee can raise our blood pressure without uttering a single note. Yet when she does sing, she soars, leading us to wonder whether she has normal vocal chords like the rest of us or if she has a booming pipe organ inside.

Before the year was out, Katharine McPhee was signed to David Foster’s 143 Records label, meaning that her sophomore album may reach stores in the spring of 2009.Brown-eyed songbird and American Idol runner-up Katharine McPhee began 2008 by parting ways with her label (RCA). She then married her (much older) boyfriend, Nick Cokas, in February '08, became a spokesperson for Neutrogena and costarred in The House Bunny with Anna Faris -- not a bad turnaround.

Not only did the impossibly beautiful Holly Weber once have physical imperfections (crooked teeth -- the horror!), but she was also in school to become a dentist. When her braces came off, the beauty lights came on and, more than 25 calendars and multiple magazines later, her viewing audience agrees that she's not too shabby.

Acting is Holly Weber's latest venture, and 2008 saw her guest star on three TV series, including Dirt and Criminal Minds (as the aptly-named Holly Hottie). She also had cameos in the Adam Sandler comedy You Don't Mess with the Zohan and the Oscar contender Frost/Nixon.

If you weren't already convinced by Holly Weber's two-time selection as FHM's Hometown Honey, let's just state the obvious: Holly Weber is hot. Her recent leap to acting in roles as models, playmates and girlfriends emphasizes how important her beauty is to her work. The camera loves her.

We'll be seeing a lot more of her in 2009, as she'll appear in a pair of high-flying action sequels -- Crank 2: High Voltage and Fast & Furious. She's also playing a sexy chef in the Katherine Heigl-Gerard Butler comedy The Ugly Truth. We can't wait to see what she'll cook up.

Camille Belle is one of Hollywood’s emerging starlets. Her credits date back through much of her life, and she has been rumored to be romantically attached to one of the Jonas brothers and Twilight star Robert Pattinson (though not at the same time).

Camilla Bella’s career highlights include The Quiet, the horror remake When A Stranger Calls, and starring as Daniel Day-Lewis’ daughter in The Ballad of Jack and Rose. The exotic looks of this half-Brazilian actress, who stands at 5’8”, understandably reminds us of the Brazilian model invasion that followed Gisele Bundchen’s successful storming of the fashion world. While Camilla Belle does do some modeling, the bilingual actress largely sticks to acting, like her 2008 stint in 10,000 BC.

With no fewer than four projects scheduled for 2009, get ready for Camilla Bella to explode. Among others, she’ll appear in the Heroes-like Push with Dakota Fanning, as well as Three Stories About Joan, Bruce Willis’ directorial debut.

Rumors swirled that 2008's season of The Hills would be its last, but producers decided to keep the show going for yet another season, which will begin airing this spring.

Audrina Patridge, in our estimation, is much hotter than Lauren. Yes, we said it. This new source of eye candy is getting tons of attention these days, and with a big-screen flick coming up in ’09 (Sorority Row) and at least one more in 2010 (Into the Blue 2), we’ll still have many more months of indulging in shots of AuLegend has it that Audrina Patridge was ”discovered” by producers of The Hills, plucked from the poolside of anonymity and thrust to fame and fortune -- a modern-day Lana Turner.

Fine, fine, we believe it, and we even believe that The Hills is real, that it isn’t fully orchestrated from start to finish. Where are these Audrina Patridge naked shots we keep hearing so much about?drina… in a bikini... by the pool… again.

Without a note of acting experience, or even any real interest in it, Anna Paquin became the second youngest person in the history of the Academy Awards to win an Oscar for 1993’s The Piano. She celebrated the win like any preteen would -- she went on a school camping trip in New Zealand, where she grew up.

Over 15 years later, Anna Paquin is fresh off a critically acclaimed made-for-TV movie and is starring in her first TV series, HBO’s vampire delight, True Blood. She currently has roles in three movies lined up: Miss Irena's Children, Flying Into Love and Metamorphosis.

The Observer once described Anna Paquin as “oddball sexy,” a term that introduces what it is about her that we find so desirable: She’s cute, yes, but she’s a misfit too, and she’s been one at least since she won that Oscar.

In fact, even today, at 26, Anna Paquin still looks a bit like the emotionally troubled teen with a questionable reputation who finds refuge at the school theater. Can’t speak for others, but at our high school, this girl was smokin’ hot.

The "Queen of Remakes" nickname that Naomi Watts carries doesn't do justice to her acting talent. Trained in acting since childhood, including a stint at North Sydney Girls High School with Nicole Kidman as a classmate, Naomi Watts started her career in Australian television before earning major kudos in David Lynch's bizarre Hollywood odyssey Mulholland Drive.

While some of her biggest hits (King Kong, The Ring) have indeed been remakes, and there are rumors of another one on the horizon (2011's The Birds, with George Clooney), the Oscar-nominated Naomi Watts has also shown her diverse talents in highly praised films like 21 Grams and Eastern Promises. 2008 featured Naomi Watts in yet another remake, the perpetually creepy Funny Games.

Naomi Watts is a natural beauty with looks that the camera loves and that audiences desire. To date, she's been singled out by People (50 Most Beautiful People, 2002), FHM France (100 Sexiest Women in the World, 2006), FHM UK (Most Eligible Women, 2006), and us (AskMen.com's Most Desirable Women, 2006).

There was nothing sexy about Naomi Watts' performance in 2008's Funny Games. As the strongest voice in a family being held hostage, she was decidedly unglamorous -- and unquestionably talented. In 2009, she teams up with Clive Owen for the thriller The International and her pal Nicole Kidman for the twisted drama Need. She also has roles in We Are All the Same and Kicked, Bitten and Scratched.

The Emmy award-winning Katherine Heigl started modeling at age 9, and made early appearances on-screen with roles in Steven Seagal's Under Siege 2 and the slasher doll saga Bride of Chucky. It was her breakout role on TV's Roswell in 1998 that made her a familiar face.

In 2007, Katherine Heigl scored a double whammy with an Emmy win for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for Grey's Anatomy and a role as Seth Rogen's pregnant companion in the smash hit Knocked Up. She continued her streak by headlining the 2008 comedy 27 Dresses. This summer, she'll appear opposite Gerard Butler in The Ugly Truth.

While Katherine Heigl has been busy winning our affections on-screen, she's also found time to flaunt her perfect bod in photo shoots for magazines like Maxim and FHM -- the latter featured her in two installments of its 100 Sexiest Women in the World feature. In 2008, reader and staff votes put her at the top of AskMen.com's list of the Top 99 Most Desirable Women.

Katherine Heigl has done little to send our eyes elsewhere. 27 Dresses was an outright chick flick, but its success means we'll be seeing a lot more of her in 2009, both on Grey's Anatomy and in the battle-of-the-sexes comedy The Ugly Truth, costarring Gerard Butler.

The Iranian-Spanish beauty Sarah Shahi is a descendant of a 19th-century king, which surely explains her inclinations toward fame. A former beauty pageant winner in Texas, she studied opera and English at Southern Methodist University before becoming a cheerleader for the Dallas Cowboys and gracing the cover of their 2000 calendar.

A meeting with the late director Robert Altman sent her to Hollywood, and roles on Alias and Dawson's Creek soon followed. She went on to play DJ Carmen de la Pica Morales on The L Word for three seasons, then Sarah Shahi left the show for her current television home on NBC's Life.


Many actors are lucky to create one TV character who can stick with audiences. Sarah Shahi is working on her second one. As ex-drug-addict-turned-cop Dani Reese on Life, she blends Dani's faults with her own to create an unflinchingly realistic character. This girl's got talent.

Sarah Shahi isn't difficult to look at, either. Maxim featured her in its 2005 and 2006 Hot 100 lists, and she made the top 5 of AfterEllen.com's 2007 hot list. Sarah Shahi will attract attention on the small screen on Life in 2009, and will heat up the big screen as a stripper in an as-yet-untitled murder mystery.

There’s little doubt that maids the world over owe Nadine Velazquez a debt of gratitude, as the actress has single-handedly infused the profession with a jolt of unexpected sensuality with her irresistibly sultry work as Catalina on My Name is Earl. The NBC series has proved instrumental in cementing Nadine Velazquez’s reputation as one of the small screen’s sexiest icons, and her role in 2008’s made-for-television movie Husband for Hire effectively perpetuates that image. It’s certainly an impressive turnabout for an actress previously best known for appearances in entirely forgettable efforts, including 2004’s Eddie Griffin action flick Blast and the needless 2005 House of the Dead sequel.

Though she remains best known for her role on My Name is Earl, Nadine Velazquez has started -- slowly but surely -- to branch out into other endeavors designed to establish her as more than just another pretty face. In addition to her appearance alongside Mario Lopez and Mark Consuelos in Husband for Hire, Nadine Velazquez has busied herself by taking on a small but pivotal role in an upcoming Christina Ricci comedy entitled All’s Faire in Love. The arrival of her risqué 2009 calendar indicates that Nadine Velazquez isn’t quite ready to completely abandon her sultry reputation, and we’re grateful for her willingness to capitalize on her jaw-dropping beauty.

Though she’s only been in the business since 2005, Emma Stone has quickly amassed a small yet potent resume that’s effectively established her as one of the most promising up-and-coming comedic actress to come around in quite some time. She started out her career by taking on one-episode guest spots on shows like Malcolm in the Middle and The Suite Life of Zack and Cody, but it was her scene-stealing work as the object of Jonah Hill’s affections in the 2007 smash Superbad that firmly established her as a new face worth watching.

With her off-kilter looks and sarcastic sensibilities, Emma Stone has effectively cultivated the image of an approachable girl-next-door type -- the kind most guys have known (and probably lusted after) at least once in their lives. She’s certainly perpetuated this notion by taking on roles in a pair of 2008 comedies, The House Bunny and The Rocker, and her upcoming gigs will only strengthen her appeal and confirm her impending superstardom. She’ll first be seen alongside Noureen DeWulf as one of the title characters in the Matthew McConaughey/Jennifer Garner romcom The Ghosts of Girlfriends Past, then she'll segue into her very first starring role in Paper Man. There’s little doubt that Emma Stone’s days as a bit player are coming to a swift end, as she’s primed to join the ranks of such famously funny ladies as Kate Hudson and Meg Ryan.

As a wee one, the lovely Elizabeth Banks competed on Nickelodeon's Finders Keepers and, once Hollywood found her, it had every intention of keeping her. While climbing the ranks, she used her girl-next-door appeal well as office babe Betty Brant in the three Spider-Man films, and then she got naughty as a bookworm with a wild side in The 40 Year Old Virgin.

2008 saw Elizabeth Banks in no less than seven projects, the most noteworthy of which include the silly comedy Role Models, the politically minded W. (in which she played First Lady Laura Bush), and Kevin Smith's hilarious Zack and Miri Make a Porno (in which she played a broke roommate-turned-porn star). She opened 2009 with a role in The Uninvited.
Elizabeth Banks' bathtub romp in The 40 Year Old Virgin scared Steve Carell away, but we remember it fondly. 2008 saw her get wild again as the sweet and sexy Miri, prompting the question: Who wouldn't want to make a porno with her? Through her wholesome looks and on-screen sincerity, she also made Laura Bush likable in W.

In 2009, we'll get to see the more villainous side of Elizabeth Banks when she plays a nurse with suspicious motives in the horror remake The Uninvited. No matter how mean she might act, though, we still find her adorable.

Nicknamed “Miss Thang,” the January-born and South Dakota-raised January Jones got her start as an Abercrombie & Fitch model before hitting the acting world. A role as a bank robber in the Bruce Willis-led Bandits earned her a shot as an angry lesbian porn star in 2003's Anger Management, after which she played Stifler's (Seann William Scott's) romantic interest in American Wedding.

January Jones now splits her time between television and movies thanks to roles in Tommy Lee Jones' award-winning The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada, the football movie We Are Marshall and the critically lauded TV drama Mad Men. Earlier this month she was nominated for a Best Actress Golden Globe for her role in Mad Men.


January Jones has been on our radar since the Maxim Hot 100 of 2002 list. Her model features make her a winner with guys, including Ashton Kutcher, who dated her from 1998 to 2001. As model-turned-housewife Betty Draper on Mad Men, we've watched her grow stronger through the show's second season, with the third due in 2009.

January Jones also put her looks to manipulative use in 2008 as a sleek con artist for a guest spot on Law & Order. We'll see her incite more desire as a pretty young thing seducing British DJs in the 2009 movie The Boat That Rocked.