# 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 21, 2005, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actresses-i-must-lust-after-even-if-others-dont/295312/61 "2005-03-21T22:50:42Z")
Helen Mirren…classic. She also tends to Get Naked a fair bit in her earlier films.
Bebe Neuwirth! Those legs. That voice. Those eyes. Those LEGS! That _Frasier_ ep where she’s striding around her hotel room in a burgundy pajama top…_killer._
Jane Krakowski. Is there anyone who _wouldn’t_ lust after Jane Krakowski?
[sub]Let’s not turn this into just another hot-babes thread. Let’s keep the choices somewhat surprising. Like Björk.[/sub]
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### Author:  [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)
#### Post date: [March 22, 2005, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actresses-i-must-lust-after-even-if-others-dont/295312/62 "2005-03-22T00:55:03Z")
> [@GrizzRich](#):
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> I’ve always wanted to be the beefy center to a Tilly-sister-sandwich.
Tilly. Schmilly. There’s just something hot about sister sandwiches. Any sisters.
Well, with the possible exception of Patty and Selma. I’d need a few drinks in me to enjoy that one.
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### Author:  [@stanger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stanger)
#### Post date: [March 22, 2005, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actresses-i-must-lust-after-even-if-others-dont/295312/63 "2005-03-22T01:33:19Z")
Although only mentioned once so far, I must also say yes to Helen Hunt, Cynthia Stevenson and Rebecca Pidgeon.
I must also add:
Daphne Zuniga
Rene Russo
Rosalind Allen
Erin Gray
Paula Marshall
Debrah Farentino
Madchen Amick
Claire Forlani
Milla Jovovich
Sabrina Lloyd
Sela Ward
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### Author:  [@Loopydude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loopydude)
#### Post date: [March 22, 2005, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actresses-i-must-lust-after-even-if-others-dont/295312/64 "2005-03-22T01:51:37Z")
[Sabine Ehrenfeld](http://www.overstock.com/cgi-bin/d2.cgi?SEC_IID=6903&PAGE=staticpage&page_id=2440)
It’s all about the Ohhhhhhh my-my-my-my. Where did they find this woman? In that one spot, when at the end she’s topless (though posed modeslty, obviously), I’m not unhappy to be watching a commercial _at all_.
I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: My #1 inexplicable lust is for [Tilda Swinton](http://www.papermag.com/magazine/mag_04/mag_mar04/cover/). At first glance she is _so_ not my type, but something about her onscreen presence has always grabbed me.
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### Author:  [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)
#### Post date: [March 22, 2005, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actresses-i-must-lust-after-even-if-others-dont/295312/65 "2005-03-22T02:49:21Z")
> [@stanger](#):
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> I must also add:
> … Rene Russo… Madchen Amick… Claire Forlani… Milla Jovovich… Sela Ward
Now this is just getting silly. Milla Jovovoich is an unusual choice for a crush? Rene Russo?
This is like having a thread about “Foodstuffs You Like Nobody Else Likes” and citing chocolate, steaks, and beer.
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### Author:  [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)
#### Post date: [March 22, 2005, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actresses-i-must-lust-after-even-if-others-dont/295312/66 "2005-03-22T03:36:28Z")
> [@Big Bad Voodoo Lou](#):
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> Mary Lynn Rajskub (Chloe from 24)
Dammit, even I want to have hot monkey sex with her.
I, too, had a thing for Cynthia Stevenson.
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### Author:  [@buns3000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buns3000)
#### Post date: [March 22, 2005, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actresses-i-must-lust-after-even-if-others-dont/295312/67 "2005-03-22T04:18:20Z")
Surely I am not the only one lusting after **Mary Louise Parker**?
I’d also love me some **Thora Birch**. Hubba.
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### Author:  [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)
#### Post date: [March 22, 2005, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actresses-i-must-lust-after-even-if-others-dont/295312/68 "2005-03-22T05:11:28Z")
> [@RickJay](#):
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> Now this is just getting silly. Milla Jovovich is an unusual choice for a crush? Rene Russo?
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> This is like having a thread about “Foodstuffs You Like Nobody Else Likes” and citing chocolate, steaks, and beer.
Don’t think anyone’s listening to you, friend. This has turned into just another “Who do you think is hot?” thread.
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### Author:  [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)
#### Post date: [March 22, 2005, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actresses-i-must-lust-after-even-if-others-dont/295312/69 "2005-03-22T15:18:12Z")
> [@Casey1505](#):
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> Well, with the possible exception of Patty and Selma. I’d need a few drinks in me to enjoy that one.
So would Patty.
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### Author:  [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)
#### Post date: [March 22, 2005, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actresses-i-must-lust-after-even-if-others-dont/295312/70 "2005-03-22T15:35:42Z")
> [@stanger](#):
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> I must also add:
> Daphne Zuniga
> Rene Russo
> Rosalind Allen
> Erin Gray
> Paula Marshall
> Debrah Farentino
> Madchen Amick
> Claire Forlani
> Milla Jovovich
> Sabrina Lloyd
> Sela Ward
Nothing surprising about most of those. Heck, Erin Gray was the fantasy of a great many young lad, back in the 70s.
(Incidentally, I must commend you on your choice of Rosalind Allen.)
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### Author:  [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)
#### Post date: [March 22, 2005, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actresses-i-must-lust-after-even-if-others-dont/295312/71 "2005-03-22T15:47:08Z")
While we’re talking time-machine sex:
I’m gonna second Lauren Bacall (from her _To Have and Have Not / Big Sleep_ period), and Genevieve Bujold, whether we’re talking about the girl from _Roi de Coeur_, or the more mature woman from, say, _Choose Me_.
Let me add Katharine Hepburn at almost any age from _Philadelphia Story_ (I bet I can get a second from **C K Dexter Haven** on this) to _On Golden Pond_.
And Susan Sarandon, at any age from _RHPS_ to the present, but especially at the _Bull Durham / White Palace_ age. _Rowr!_
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### Author:  [@av8rmike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/av8rmike)
#### Post date: [March 22, 2005, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actresses-i-must-lust-after-even-if-others-dont/295312/72 "2005-03-22T16:03:42Z")
Yeah, no kidding, **Rick** and **mhendo** , it was bound to turn into a “list all known hot actresses” thread from the start. Such is how it goes here. I mean, Wendie Malick? She was a [model, too!](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005176/bio)
However, I always liked one of her co-stars: [Laura San Giacomo](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000624/)
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### Author:  [@Rufus\_Xavier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rufus_Xavier)
#### Post date: [March 22, 2005, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actresses-i-must-lust-after-even-if-others-dont/295312/73 "2005-03-22T16:04:46Z")
I would take the wayback machine to the 50’s to get it on with Beverly Garland.
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### Author:  [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)
#### Post date: [March 22, 2005, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actresses-i-must-lust-after-even-if-others-dont/295312/74 "2005-03-22T16:16:48Z")
More wayback: Diana Rigg, as she was in _The Avengers_.
According to IMDB, she “was recently voted the sexiest ever TV star by TV Guide in the USA.” Works for me.
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### Author:  [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)
#### Post date: [March 22, 2005, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actresses-i-must-lust-after-even-if-others-dont/295312/75 "2005-03-22T17:15:20Z")
> [@Nunavut Boy](#):
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> I think **Bjork** is amazingly hot. 'Course, I also have a thing for weird art girls in general.
She’s a cutie, all right, but give me **Lene Lovich**.
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### Author:  [@gytalf2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gytalf2000)
#### Post date: [March 22, 2005, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actresses-i-must-lust-after-even-if-others-dont/295312/76 "2005-03-22T22:38:16Z")
How about Kate Jackson? It always seemed to me that the media gave more attention to the other “Angels” (although I seriously doubt that anyone thought she was unattractive!) – I always thought she was really hot as Sabrina Duncan! Any one else think so?
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### Author:  [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)
#### Post date: [March 25, 2005, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actresses-i-must-lust-after-even-if-others-dont/295312/77 "2005-03-25T03:25:33Z")
After seeing her on _Larry King Live_ last week, I’m tempted to conclude Kate Jackson is if anything prettier than she was 25 years ago. Lucky gal to survive that heart attack.
What the hell happened to Linda Fiorentino? Talk about hot!
Many years ago I fell madly in lust with Helen Shaver after seeing her girl/girl bedroom scene in _Desert Hearts_. I thought, “This woman is either the greatest actress ever or else she’s having an honest-to-Og orgasm here.” The whole thing was pretty much expressed in one short, soft, agonizing moan. I don’t think I’ll ever forget that moan. It was _real._
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### Author:  [@Bernard\_Marx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bernard_Marx)
#### Post date: [March 25, 2005, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actresses-i-must-lust-after-even-if-others-dont/295312/78 "2005-03-25T07:02:44Z")
I’m sure others would lust after [Saskia Burmeister](http://www.thecouriermail.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5936,12563231%255E17789,00.html) if they knew who she was. She doesn’t even have a picture in IMDb!
(This is a really crappy picture, by the way. Try to imagine her with better hair)
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### Author:  [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)
#### Post date: [March 25, 2005, 7:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actresses-i-must-lust-after-even-if-others-dont/295312/79 "2005-03-25T07:26:52Z")
I must apologise for my stupidity in the OP.
How did I forget **Mary Steenburgen**.
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### Author:  [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)
#### Post date: [March 25, 2005, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actresses-i-must-lust-after-even-if-others-dont/295312/80 "2005-03-25T16:01:10Z")
Felicity Huffman
Diane Neal
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