# Actresses I must lust after (even if others don't)
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actresses-i-must-lust-after-even-if-others-dont/295312
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [March 19, 2005, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actresses-i-must-lust-after-even-if-others-dont/295312 "2005-03-19T14:23:53Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)
#### Post date: [March 20, 2005, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actresses-i-must-lust-after-even-if-others-dont/295312/41 "2005-03-20T20:56:02Z")
Sweet Og in Heaven, fellas, you’ve got some exquisite taste! Joan Cusack…Teri Garr (I remember wishing Dave Letterman would pair up with either her or Bonnie Hunt)…Elizabeths Perkins and McGovern (anybody remember _Ragtime_?)…Dana Delany and Laura Dern…“Lorelei” Lauren Graham and Virginia (where’s she been all these years) Madsen…sex vampire Sean Young…and that brain-with-legs Allison Janney…
I’ll add Lorraine Bracco, Ellen Barkin, Megan Mullally, Rebecca Pidgeon, Christine Baranski, Jill Clayburgh, Jobeth Williams, Kathleen Quinlan, Marilu Henner…and stepping into the Wayback Machine: Elinor Donahue ([sub]anybody noticing an Irish trend here?[/sub]), Hope Lange, loose-limbed young freakazoid Carol Burnett, Barbara bel Geddes circa _Vertigo_, Valli from _The Third Man_, and what the hell, let’s throw in sassy-talking comedy reliefer Charlotte Greenwood…
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### Author:  [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)
#### Post date: [March 20, 2005, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actresses-i-must-lust-after-even-if-others-dont/295312/42 "2005-03-20T21:20:46Z")
> [@PoorYorick](#):
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> What, no one’s mentioned [Lauren Graham](http://www.thewb.com/Faces/CastBio/0,7930,815,00.html)? Especially after _Bad Santa_.
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> Man.
I saw her on Celebrity Poker and was totally infatuated. I’m not usually attracted tot he giggly give-the-appearance-of-brainless types, but she was just so adorable.
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### Author:  [@Zap\_Rowsdower](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zap_Rowsdower)
#### Post date: [March 20, 2005, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actresses-i-must-lust-after-even-if-others-dont/295312/43 "2005-03-20T21:25:37Z")
If I were stuck on an island, my choice would be Elizabeth Pena. I especially like her in _Lone Star_.
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### Author:  [@zamboniracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zamboniracer)
#### Post date: [March 20, 2005, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actresses-i-must-lust-after-even-if-others-dont/295312/44 "2005-03-20T22:07:44Z")
> [@PoorYorick](#):
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> What, no one’s mentioned [Lauren Graham](http://www.thewb.com/Faces/CastBio/0,7930,815,00.html)? Especially after _Bad Santa_.
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> Man.
Good call! I can’t believe I neglected both her and Bonnie Hunt!
I also can’t believe I forgot to list both [Aisha Tyler](http://www.tvtome.com/tvtome/servlet/PersonDetail/personid-3820/) and [Penny Johnson Jerald](http://www.tvtome.com/tvtome/servlet/PersonDetail/personid-83812/) aka Sherry Palmer from “24.”
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### Author:  [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)
#### Post date: [March 21, 2005, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actresses-i-must-lust-after-even-if-others-dont/295312/45 "2005-03-21T00:03:18Z")
> [@August West](#):
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> Allison Hanigan, rowr!
> Bridget Fonda, double rowr!!
I’ll see your Bridget Fonda and raise you a [Laura Linney](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001473/). I only relate the two to each other because their birthdays are very close, if not the same date.
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> Tina Fey
And you can’t say Tina Fey without including Amy Poehler, IMO.
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### Author:  [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)
#### Post date: [March 21, 2005, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actresses-i-must-lust-after-even-if-others-dont/295312/46 "2005-03-21T00:15:51Z")
> [@Superdude](#):
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> And you can’t say Tina Fey without including Amy Poehler, IMO.
I included both above!
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### Author:  [@Craneop2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Craneop2)
#### Post date: [March 21, 2005, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actresses-i-must-lust-after-even-if-others-dont/295312/47 "2005-03-21T00:53:23Z")
That’s fine. Y’all can have all of the above! I’ll just wait here on the corner until Jaquelyn Bisset comes sauntering by.
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### Author:  [@zoog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoog)
#### Post date: [March 21, 2005, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actresses-i-must-lust-after-even-if-others-dont/295312/48 "2005-03-21T03:57:37Z")
I’ll go along with Tina Fey for sure, and I sure wouldn’t throw some of the others on this list out. Two women I never hear about people lusting after that I’d put on my short list:
Cynthia Nixon
Norah Jones
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### Author:  [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)
#### Post date: [March 21, 2005, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actresses-i-must-lust-after-even-if-others-dont/295312/49 "2005-03-21T04:08:33Z")
> [@FriarTed](#):
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> Anna Paquin. She grew up REAL good!
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> Throw in Famke Janssen.
Famke Janssen is a professional model. She’s famous for BEING beautiful; it’s preposterous to mention her in a thread about actresses you think are sexy that don’t have a reputation for being beautiful.
There’s a few others like that sneaking in, too; Alyson Hannigan is a widely beloved sex symbol on the Net, as is Tina Fey.
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### Author:  [@GrizzRich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrizzRich)
#### Post date: [March 21, 2005, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actresses-i-must-lust-after-even-if-others-dont/295312/50 "2005-03-21T16:33:41Z")
I’ve always wanted to be the beefy center to a Tilly-sister-sandwich.
Meg and Jennifer, that is.
ZOW!
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### Author:  [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)
#### Post date: [March 21, 2005, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actresses-i-must-lust-after-even-if-others-dont/295312/51 "2005-03-21T17:54:48Z")
Merciful Og in Heaven Above! TWO Tilly girls! My pleasure centers would frickin short out!
Kudos to those mentioning Laura Linney. I’dathought she was a near-universal lust object.
Two that not everyone might agree with: Jane Kaczmarek and Joy Behar.
Did I mention Wendie Malick earlier? No? Well, then. Wendie Malick!
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### Author:  [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)
#### Post date: [March 21, 2005, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actresses-i-must-lust-after-even-if-others-dont/295312/52 "2005-03-21T18:26:39Z")
[Jane Krakowski](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005105/)
I’m developing a serious letch for that lady.
I saw Joan Cusack in Ice Princess this weekend. That woman is just plain butt-ugly. However, Michelle Trachtenberg more than made up for her.
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### Author:  [@Kizarvexius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kizarvexius)
#### Post date: [March 21, 2005, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actresses-i-must-lust-after-even-if-others-dont/295312/53 "2005-03-21T19:03:54Z")
Jennifer Ehle.
I would gladly sever one of my own limbs and eat it raw for the opportunity to watch her read the phone book in a live performance.
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### Author:  [@NicePete](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NicePete)
#### Post date: [March 21, 2005, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actresses-i-must-lust-after-even-if-others-dont/295312/54 "2005-03-21T19:52:54Z")
I’ve always had a thing for [Cynthia Stevenson](http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Highrise/1068/cynthias.html).
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### Author:  [@Duke\_of\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke_of_Rat)
#### Post date: [March 21, 2005, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actresses-i-must-lust-after-even-if-others-dont/295312/55 "2005-03-21T20:11:15Z")
I always liked Bebe Neuwirth. Not what a lot of guys would consider a classic beauty, but there’s something about her…
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### Author:  [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)
#### Post date: [March 21, 2005, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actresses-i-must-lust-after-even-if-others-dont/295312/56 "2005-03-21T20:19:03Z")
**[Amanda Pays](http://www.comicbookhotties.com/models/amanda-pays-pictures.asp)** of _The Flash_ and _Max Headroom_ fame.
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### Author:  [@bclouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bclouse)
#### Post date: [March 21, 2005, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actresses-i-must-lust-after-even-if-others-dont/295312/57 "2005-03-21T21:10:03Z")
I think **Sigourney Weaver** is very attractive.
And I feel weird picking someone so much older but **Helen Mirren** does it for me.
**Carolyn Jones** (Morticia from the original Addam’s family) is a complete hottie. No one ever mentions her.
No one’s picked (I don’t think) **Christina Ricci**. Very nice. Is she officially hot or not?
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### Author:  [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)
#### Post date: [March 21, 2005, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actresses-i-must-lust-after-even-if-others-dont/295312/58 "2005-03-21T21:19:05Z")
> [@bclouse](#):
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> No one’s picked (I don’t think) **Christina Ricci**. Very nice. Is she officially hot or not?
I used to think so. Lately, not so much.
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### Author:  [@Nunavut\_Boy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nunavut_Boy)
#### Post date: [March 21, 2005, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actresses-i-must-lust-after-even-if-others-dont/295312/59 "2005-03-21T21:37:21Z")
I think **Bjork** is amazingly hot. 'Course, I also have a thing for weird art girls in general.
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### Author:  [@Not\_A\_Tame\_Lion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Not_A_Tame_Lion)
#### Post date: [March 21, 2005, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actresses-i-must-lust-after-even-if-others-dont/295312/60 "2005-03-21T22:08:21Z")
> [@bclouse](#):
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> And I feel weird picking someone so much older but **Helen Mirren** does it for me.
You might want to check out a movie called _The Long Good Friday,_ British, circa 1980, in which Mirren plays gangster Bob Hoskins’s girlfriend. Kind of a jaw-drop moment when you see what she looked like back in the day. You’ll feel perfectly justified.
(As for the film, it’s not a really great movie, but Hoskins give a good performance. It holds the attention all the way through.)
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