Over the years I’ve come to not really lust after various TV actresses. There was just something about them that was unappealing. Then I would see them out of character, with their own hair and makeup, and wowee, schwing! Last night I saw Debra Jo Rupp with her real hair, and man, she was smokin’.
I’ve noticed the same thing with Lucy Lawless, Marina Sirtis, Katey Sagal, and Jane Kaczmarek.
What other actresses are like this?
Good question; let me think about it for a bit.
The opposite would be Gwyneth Paltrow. She can be a babe in character, but when she dresses herself she looks like something the cat dragged in.
OK, this might be an unpopular position, but for me Pam Anderson falls into this category. I hate the way she looks when she’s made up and coiffed and spilling out of whatever slutty outfit she’s poured into. But I’ve seen pictures of her floating around the internet taken when she’s walking around town, out with her kids, etc and she’s much more appealing to me. I’ll take the average-day-Pam in a heartbeat over the Comedy Central Roast-Pam.
Chiana from Farscape, anyone?
Gillian Anderson fits this list for me, personally.
Wow - I had no idea Chiana looked like that IRL.
I say Jenna Jameson. Same reasoning as **McNew ** for Pamela Anderson. I saw a magazine where they did “make-unders” one time and Jenna was very pretty. Freckles, even.
Amy Acker as “Fred” on Angel. Completely unappealing. When she drops the nasal hick accent, she has the power to cloud my mind… yes, I know I should be watching Alias. Shut up.
Well I wouldn’t classify her as *hot * under any circumstances , but Jennifer Love Hewitt is sorta cute when you see her on talk shows, as opposed to the fake eyelash , ridiculous hair extension wearing ferret face she is on Ghost Whisperer.
I also agree about Pamela Anderson. I’ve always thought she was perty without all the gunk. Nothing can excuse those jugs, though.
It’s hard to believe that the ridiculously campy Elvira cleans up into the elegant Cassandra Peterson.
Amy Sedaris when she isn’t playing Jerri Blank is adorable
Cate Blanchett is always an otherworldly sort of beautiful in real life, but when she disappears into her roles she can be anything from ugly to pretty to bizarre.
I always thought that Rupp was adorable - which is really weird when you consider that she’s…23 years older than me.
-Joe
Hell yeah!
She looks so much better than the character she played.
Julia Louis-Dreyfus is pretty bleh on seinfeld, but I saw her for the reunion show a year or two back and on arrested development and she looks really good without the ugly hair.
I guess I haven’t seen Amy Acker in real life, but I thought she was cute the few times I’ve seen her on Angel (occasionally hot).
And those comparison pictures Zahava424 posted? I thought they were all equally appealling, more or less.
The famous example of this is Audrey Meadows, who Jackie Gleason thought was far too attractive to be married to Ralph Kramden. Meadows hired a photographer to roust her out of bed early one morning and photograph her immediately after she woke up.
And when she wasn’t playing Ma Walton, Michael Learned was gorgeous.
Mary Lynn Rajskub!
Guy, forget about her work for a sec, she is totally hot, check those boobs!
Whoops, that was a surprise, much, much “hotter,” good grief.
Yeah, it’s the voice. Fred had a voice like nails on a chalkboard. Acker is awesome in any other role (mmm… Illyria), but Fred got on my nerves.
