# Celebrities that most people don't even notice but you find the incredibly SEXY? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 12, 2013, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-that-most-people-dont-even-notice-but-you-find-the-incredibly-sexy/668659 "2013-09-12T14:07:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Licentious\_Ectomorph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/5e9695/32.png) [@Licentious\_Ectomorph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Licentious_Ectomorph)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2013, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-that-most-people-dont-even-notice-but-you-find-the-incredibly-sexy/668659/41 "2013-09-16T13:51:25Z")
[Crispin](http://www.google.com/imgres?hl=en&biw=1680&bih=821&tbm=isch&tbnid=JFSN2aCatLG8pM:&imgrefurl=http://glasgowonfilm.com/2013/01/11/glasgows-global-visitors-crispin-glover/&docid=8wbRBIfczlBqjM&imgurl=http://glasgowonfilmdotcom.files.wordpress.com/2013/01/crispin-glover.jpg&w=761&h=693&ei=ows3Us7PJLai4AOS4oGQCA&zoom=1&ved=1t:3588,r:23,s:0,i:168&iact=rc&page=1&tbnh=189&tbnw=212&start=0&ndsp=29&tx=100&ty=77) [Glover](http://www.google.com/imgres?hl=en&biw=1680&bih=821&tbm=isch&tbnid=BhDsebLcjvPXRM:&imgrefurl=http://www.greatertalent.com/CrispinHellionGlover/&docid=HeGmmAW9PaaCYM&imgurl=http://www.greatertalent.com/wp-content/uploads/speakers/CrispinHellionGlover/Glover,%252520Crispin.jpg&w=240&h=313&ei=ows3Us7PJLai4AOS4oGQCA&zoom=1&ved=1t:3588,r:26,s:0,i:177&iact=rc&page=1&tbnh=189&tbnw=147&start=0&ndsp=29&tx=73&ty=98) ---
**Author:** ![Mattie\_Blue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71c47a/32.png) [@Mattie\_Blue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mattie_Blue)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2013, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-that-most-people-dont-even-notice-but-you-find-the-incredibly-sexy/668659/42 "2013-09-17T14:25:28Z")
[Tom Hollander](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Hollander) ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2013, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-that-most-people-dont-even-notice-but-you-find-the-incredibly-sexy/668659/43 "2013-09-17T16:16:57Z")
[John Hannah](http://markobrien.blog.com/files/2011/04/John_Hannah_0004.jpg). [William H. Macy](http://babyboomertalkonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/William-H.Macy-actor-baby-boomer.jpg) (maybe a little less these days, but I’d still do 'im). I definitely see the appeal of Rob Corddry, but the short-lived _Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip_ turned me into a bigger admirer of his brother, Nate. Though admitting so makes me feel like a dirty old lady. I know there are others, I just can’t think of them at the moment… > [@Bob Ducca](#): > > My wife is quite into **Ray Romano**. Thinks he’s super hot, specifically from his role on Parenthood. At some point during _Men of a Certain Age_ I suddenly found myself thinking, “Woah, is it just me or is Ray Romano looking kind of…hot?!?” (Extra weird since Scott Bakula was the reason I started watching.) It’s not an enduring hotness for me, though; he’s not on a list or anything. ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2013, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-that-most-people-dont-even-notice-but-you-find-the-incredibly-sexy/668659/44 "2013-09-17T19:49:18Z")
There are many but the first one that I thought of is [Carrie Preston](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0696387/?ref_=tt_cl_t8). She plays Arlene on _True Blood_, she’s Sookie’s waitress co-worker. ---
**Author:** ![movingfinger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@movingfinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/movingfinger)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2013, 8:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-that-most-people-dont-even-notice-but-you-find-the-incredibly-sexy/668659/45 "2013-09-18T08:16:53Z")
Not a celebrity, but may I mention a woman whose voice is enough to make me stop what I am doing and listen to the Kaiser-Permanente commercials she does on radio? She has a low voice, very confidential-sounding, what W. C. Fields called a voice you could pour over waffles. Has anyone heard her? ---
**Author:** ![Accidental\_Martyr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce7236/32.png) [@Accidental\_Martyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Accidental_Martyr)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2013, 9:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-that-most-people-dont-even-notice-but-you-find-the-incredibly-sexy/668659/46 "2013-09-18T09:22:07Z")
> [@Evil\_Captor](#): > > Jane Garofalo was really cute by any reasonable standard. Better looking than Uma Thurman IMHO. Janeane Garofalo. She’s on my list, too. 🙂 Merritt Wever > **[Merritt Wever](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merritt_Wever)** > > Merritt Carmen Wever (born August 11, 1980) is an American actress. She had roles in the Showtime television series Nurse Jackie (2009–2015), The Walking Dead (2015-2016), the Netflix miniseries, Godless (2017), Unbelievable (2019), and Severance (2022). > Wever won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for Nurse Jackie and the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie for Godless. She was nominated for the Gold... Rebecca Field > **[Rebecca Field | Actress, Director](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2093400/?mode=desktop)** > > Known for: A Star Is Born, October Road, Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot Alia Shawkat > **[Alia Shawkat | Actress, Producer, Director](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0790057/?ref_=sr_1)** > > Known for: Arrested Development, The To Do List, Whip It Lauren Ambrose > **[Lauren Ambrose | Actress, Producer, Soundtrack](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0024404/?ref_=sr_1)** > > Known for: Six Feet Under, Psycho Beach Party, Can't Hardly Wait ---
**Author:** ![epbrown01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7ba0ec/32.png) [@epbrown01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/epbrown01)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2013, 9:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-that-most-people-dont-even-notice-but-you-find-the-incredibly-sexy/668659/47 "2013-09-18T09:23:13Z")
> [@Evil\_Captor](#): > > I can’t think of a lot of odd-looking, unattractive women for me to like who are actresses or otherwise celebrities. I think lookism works a lot harder on women in media then men. Even TV ugly is pretty attractive … Jane Garofalo was really cute by any reasonable standard. Better looking than Uma Thurman IMHO. Yeah, with women what you’ll mostly get is obscure, like Dichen Lachman (Dollhouse). ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2013, 9:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-that-most-people-dont-even-notice-but-you-find-the-incredibly-sexy/668659/48 "2013-09-18T09:47:50Z")
I go through phases. I had a bit of a sleb-crush on Catherine Keener for a while, and still find Victoria Coren lovely (although she’s recently married which takes some of the bloom off). And of course Christina Hendricks bypasses all rational brain functions and goes straight to my brainstem leaving me glassy-eyed and muttering _homina homina homina_ but I suspect she does that to most men. ---
**Author:** ![Maastricht](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e57/32.png) [@Maastricht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maastricht)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2013, 10:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-that-most-people-dont-even-notice-but-you-find-the-incredibly-sexy/668659/49 "2013-09-18T10:18:05Z")
I was always partial to [Johnny Galecki](https://www.google.nl/search?q=JOHNNY+GALECKI&safe=off&es_sm=93&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=UH05UrmcIeSk0QXr0IH4AQ&ved=0CAkQ_AUoAQ&biw=1920&bih=979&dpr=1), ever since he played David, Darlas’s boyfriend, on the show Roseanne. I don’t know if you could call him then, or now, a hottie. But I sure sit up straight whenever he plays a guest role in anything I’m watching. ---
**Author:** ![Future\_Londonite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9dc877/32.png) [@Future\_Londonite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Future_Londonite)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2013, 10:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-that-most-people-dont-even-notice-but-you-find-the-incredibly-sexy/668659/50 "2013-09-18T10:25:08Z")
It’s Russell Tovey for me (Being Human and Him & Her)…it’s the geeky guy next door plus his dog is the most adorable thing ever (and I normally don’t like smallish dogs) ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2013, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-that-most-people-dont-even-notice-but-you-find-the-incredibly-sexy/668659/51 "2013-09-18T16:08:49Z")
> [@River\_Hippie](#): > > There are many but the first one that I thought of is [Carrie Preston](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0696387/?ref_=tt_cl_t8). She plays Arlene on _True Blood_, she’s Sookie’s waitress co-worker. I always thought she was pretty on _True Blood_, but she had a recurring cameo on _The Good Wife_ (which she just won an Emmy for) and there were moments when that character was definitely kinda hot. 🙂 > [@movingfinger](#): > > Not a celebrity, but may I mention a woman whose voice is enough to make me stop what I am doing and listen to the Kaiser-Permanente commercials she does on radio? She has a low voice, very confidential-sounding, what W. C. Fields called a voice you could pour over waffles. Has anyone heard her? She _is_ a celebrity: those commercials are voiced by Allison Janney, most notably of _West Wing_ fame (she played CJ). A few years ago she co-starred in the very-short-lived \*Mr. Sunshine \*(with Matthew Perry), and she’ll be playing Anna Faris’s mother in the upcoming new show _Mom_. > [@Maastricht](#): > > I was always partial to [Johnny Galecki](https://www.google.nl/search?q=JOHNNY+GALECKI&safe=off&es_sm=93&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=UH05UrmcIeSk0QXr0IH4AQ&ved=0CAkQ_AUoAQ&biw=1920&bih=979&dpr=1), ever since he played David, Darlas’s boyfriend, on the show Roseanne. I don’t know if you could call him then, or now, a hottie. But I sure sit up straight whenever he plays a guest role in anything I’m watching. Does your back hurt after watching episodes of _The Big Bang Theory_? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![lost\_in\_cyberspace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/6a8cbe/32.png) [@lost\_in\_cyberspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lost_in_cyberspace)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2013, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-that-most-people-dont-even-notice-but-you-find-the-incredibly-sexy/668659/52 "2013-09-18T18:30:49Z")
Bill Maher, I love that guy so much that sometimes I can hardly stand it … ---
**Author:** ![Dragwyr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dragwyr/32/2855_2.png) [@Dragwyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dragwyr)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2013, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-that-most-people-dont-even-notice-but-you-find-the-incredibly-sexy/668659/53 "2013-09-18T19:26:05Z")
Margaret Cho ---
**Author:** ![Sailboat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sailboat/32/461_2.png) [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2013, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-that-most-people-dont-even-notice-but-you-find-the-incredibly-sexy/668659/54 "2013-09-20T04:22:35Z")
Does [Illeana Douglas](https://www.google.com/search?gs_rn=27&gs_ri=psy-ab&tok=40OGgH3dPQrp1B6NpuA-Ig&cp=9&gs_id=1xv&xhr=t&q=illeana+douglas&biw=1920&bih=950&bav=on.2,or.r_cp.r_qf.&bvm=bv.52434380,d.dmg&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hl=en&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&ei=R8w7UtXTGoes4APsuYHwAw#imgdii=_) count as non-mainstream enough? I occasionally hear people complain about her looks, but oh my gosh, so different from run-of-the-mill blondes with surgically proportioned features. Those great moon eyes! That bladelike nose, that quirky smile! She’s mesmerizing. ---
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2013, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-that-most-people-dont-even-notice-but-you-find-the-incredibly-sexy/668659/55 "2013-09-20T05:11:46Z")
For sure. I’ve always though Illeana is foxy—but never confessed that to anyone until now. ---
**Author:** ![Accidental\_Martyr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce7236/32.png) [@Accidental\_Martyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Accidental_Martyr)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2013, 7:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-that-most-people-dont-even-notice-but-you-find-the-incredibly-sexy/668659/56 "2013-09-20T07:13:51Z")
> [@Johanna](#): > > For sure. I’ve always though Illeana is foxy—but never confessed that to anyone until now. I’ve always liked her, too. ---
**Author:** ![Lacunae\_Matata](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8491ac/32.png) [@Lacunae\_Matata](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lacunae_Matata)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2013, 10:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-that-most-people-dont-even-notice-but-you-find-the-incredibly-sexy/668659/57 "2013-09-20T10:08:09Z")
Apparently, I don’t have a “type,” because my odder celebrity crushes have included Clancy Brown (from his role in Buckaroo Banzai,) Roseanne-era John Goodman, and Craig Ferguson. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2013, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-that-most-people-dont-even-notice-but-you-find-the-incredibly-sexy/668659/58 "2013-09-20T12:30:01Z")
Laurie Berkner. Made watching Nick Jr with my little ones almost bearable. ---
**Author:** ![Sailboat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sailboat/32/461_2.png) [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2013, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-that-most-people-dont-even-notice-but-you-find-the-incredibly-sexy/668659/59 "2013-09-28T00:50:28Z")
What about [Regina Spektor](https://www.google.com/search?gs_rn=27&gs_ri=psy-ab&tok=K24oF2x-XCVXoHhcTv6JSw&cp=14&gs_id=3v&xhr=t&q=regina+spektor&bav=on.2,or.r_cp.r_qf.&bvm=bv.53217764,d.dmg&biw=1920&bih=923&dpr=1&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hl=en&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&ei=DSdGUuCgDNT-4AP74ICgAw)? She looks stunning to me, but I seldom see her come up in conversations. Does she count as unconventional for this thread? ---
**Author:** ![Beelzebubba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Beelzebubba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beelzebubba)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2013, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-that-most-people-dont-even-notice-but-you-find-the-incredibly-sexy/668659/60 "2013-10-02T15:30:52Z")
> [@Bridget\_Burke](#): > > Netflix streaming finally made me a _Supernatural_ fan. (Yes, the writers occasionally seem to be on crack.) The show is famous for its ridiculously handsome stars–the two brothers & the angel in the trenchcoat. > > But the cast also includes [Mark Sheppard](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Sheppard). (As does the cast of every other genre show.) Not classically handsome, he does appear that he would, umm, know what to do… I’m a HUGE _Supernatural_ fan and Mark Sheppard (aka Crowley- ‘King of Hell’) is an interesting choice. I can see the attraction. But Dean (the most ridiculously handsome of them all) is the one who makes me weak in the knees… 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-that-most-people-dont-even-notice-but-you-find-the-incredibly-sexy/668659.md?page=2)