# Gabrielle Anwar -Opinons **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 29, 2010, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gabrielle-anwar-opinons/526888 "2010-01-29T14:36:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2010, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gabrielle-anwar-opinons/526888/1 "2010-01-29T14:36:20Z")
Gabrielle Anwar appears on Burn Notice. Most of the time she appears in sunglasses and a short dress. Her dialogue is limited to clever repartee with love interest Michael and burned out spy Sam. I love Burn Notice. It’s hard not to notice how little Gabrielle Anwar does. Usually they’ll say Fiona is working on something. But, you never see her do much except sticking a bomb on a car or house. Honestly, I see zero chemistry between Fiona and Michael Is Gabrielle Anwar primarily a model that does some acting? Do you think she’s attractive? I’m biased because I’m not into stick thin women. Gabrielle Anwar looks even more emaciated this season then ever. The skin on her face is very, very tight and skull light. She wasn’t that bad in season 1. What do you think? ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2010, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gabrielle-anwar-opinons/526888/2 "2010-01-29T14:46:13Z")
_correction_ very, very tight and skull light. make that skull like. Blasted time outs, added in the time I used making the poll. I couldn’t make any changes. ---
**Author:** ![zweisamkeit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zweisamkeit/32/4360_2.png) [@zweisamkeit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zweisamkeit)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2010, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gabrielle-anwar-opinons/526888/3 "2010-01-29T14:48:15Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > Gabrielle Anwar appears on Burn Notice. Most of the time she appears in sunglasses and a short dress. Her dialogue is limited to clever repartee with love interest Michael and burned out spy Sam. > > I love Burn Notice. It’s hard not to notice how little Gabrielle Anwar does. Usually they’ll say Fiona is working on something. But, you never see her do much except sticking a bomb on a car or house. Honestly, I see zero chemistry between Fiona and Michael > > Is Gabrielle Anwar primarily a model that does some acting? > > Do you think she’s attractive? I’m biased because I’m not into stick thin women. Gabrielle Anwar looks even more emaciated this season then ever. The skin on her face is very, very tight and skull light. She wasn’t that bad in season 1. > > What do you think? I’m really not impressed with her acting. Like you said, there’s no chemistry between the two and she doesn’t really seem to do much. It seems like the writers want you to believe she’s awesome, but she’s not showing it. Also, she is way too thin in an unnatural way. There are most definitely women who are extremely thin and look healthy. She does not. Even though I’m more on the fattie side of the scale 🙂 I am one of the last people to ever say something like, “she needs to eat a sandwich”. But for GA, she really looks unhealthy. ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2010, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gabrielle-anwar-opinons/526888/4 "2010-01-29T14:48:34Z")
I’ve not seen “Burn Notice” but the last thing I saw her in was “The Tudors” and I was very surprised at how not well she is aging. Granted, she still looks better than your average bear and my last memory of her was the dance scene in “Scent of a Woman” so of course she going to have changed after 18 years, but I thought she looked haggard. I also thought she was the only actor that seemed out of place; too contemporary or something. Not that I didn’t \*enjoy \*her performance. Her character was spunky and fun but it wasn’t convincing in the least, for me. ---
**Author:** ![melodyharmonius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/melodyharmonius/32/21310_2.png) [@melodyharmonius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/melodyharmonius)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2010, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gabrielle-anwar-opinons/526888/5 "2010-01-29T15:00:11Z")
I have thought that she was looking very, very thin. An article I saw says she weighs less than 100 lbs. ---
**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2010, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gabrielle-anwar-opinons/526888/6 "2010-01-29T15:50:29Z")
Neither good nor bad as an actress, but so thin she’s not shaggable. I’d be afraid of getting impaled on a bone. She’s a frickin’ skeleton with skin covering. There’s no chemistry probably because Jeffrey Donovan really doesn’t want to touch her (especially after having Moon Bloodgood show up last season to show what a real woman looks like). ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2010, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gabrielle-anwar-opinons/526888/7 "2010-01-29T18:01:04Z")
I watched last nights Burn Notice and they had a bunch of bikini babes at a pool. Fiona was in a white dress. I don’t recall ever seeing her in a bikini on this show. Probably because she’s too thin. I got a hunch she’s scary thin under that dress with all the ribs showing. \ ---
**Author:** ![vandal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/858c86/32.png) [@vandal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vandal)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2010, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gabrielle-anwar-opinons/526888/8 "2010-01-29T18:16:34Z")
She’s way too thin now to be attractive. I liked her in **If Looks Could Kill** and **Scent of a Woman** though. ---
**Author:** ![Poysyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Poysyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poysyn)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2010, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gabrielle-anwar-opinons/526888/9 "2010-01-29T23:38:14Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > I watched last nights Burn Notice and they had a bunch of bikini babes at a pool. Fiona was in a white dress. I don’t recall ever seeing her in a bikini on this show. Probably because she’s too thin. I got a hunch she’s scary thin under that dress with all the ribs showing. \ I just saw an episode when she was in a red bikini. She has nice abs - but is skeletal everywhere else… I also just don’t find her really believable as this tough-guy gun runner. Neither was Robin Givens when she guested… ---
**Author:** ![Gala\_Matrix\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/4da419/32.png) [@Gala\_Matrix\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gala_Matrix_Fire)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2010, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gabrielle-anwar-opinons/526888/10 "2010-01-30T03:57:51Z")
Her skin looks very leathery. She has a weird old-young look to her. ---
**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2010, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gabrielle-anwar-opinons/526888/11 "2010-01-30T04:13:44Z")
Too damn skinny. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2010, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gabrielle-anwar-opinons/526888/12 "2010-01-30T04:23:48Z")
> [@vandal](#): > > …I liked her in… **Scent of a Woman** though. Yes. Haven’t seen her on _Burn Notice_, but she was quite tasty then: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBHhSVJ\_S6A](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBHhSVJ_S6A) ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2010, 7:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gabrielle-anwar-opinons/526888/13 "2010-01-30T07:29:54Z")
She plays the \*Burn Notice \*character well, but is far too skinny to be alluring. She was much more fetching in _Things To Do In Denver When You’re Dead_. ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2010, 8:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gabrielle-anwar-opinons/526888/14 "2010-01-30T08:03:08Z")
> [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](#): > > She plays the \*Burn Notice \*character well, but is far too skinny to be alluring. She was much more fetching in _Things To Do In Denver When You’re Dead_. Yes, exactly. I’ve never seen Burn Notice but in commercials and print ads I’ve noticed she hasn’t aged well at all. I still have a soft spot for her from _Things To Do In Denver When You’re Dead_. I remember thinking that _The Three Musketeers_ was awesome solely because it had both Gabrielle Anwar and Julie Delpi. Double yum. ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Cymbeline](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_cymbeline/32/9244_2.png) [@Green\_Cymbeline](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Cymbeline)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2010, 8:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gabrielle-anwar-opinons/526888/15 "2010-01-30T08:07:18Z")
Too skinny. Her skin is too overly tan and leathery, and she has obviously had some work done on her face. The show would be a bit better with a more real-looking actress. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2010, 9:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gabrielle-anwar-opinons/526888/16 "2010-01-30T09:24:13Z")
Call me weird, but I like the skinny and fit look. [When she was a kid](http://www.yoyo.org/pressgang/images/slides/sam.gif) she was in a UK show called [Press Gang](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Press_Gang). ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2010, 10:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gabrielle-anwar-opinons/526888/17 "2010-01-30T10:05:46Z")
> [@Gala\_Matrix\_Fire](#): > > Her skin looks very leathery. She has a weird old-young look to her. This. She isn’t too too thin, but she is certainly on the edge there. Her main problem is that it seems like once she got to Florida, she really got into the tanning thing and it’s not been good for her skin. She’s also got a fairly wide mouth and sort of other odd facial features. She’s a better actor than Jeffrey Donovan, though neither of them is awesome. ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2010, 10:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gabrielle-anwar-opinons/526888/18 "2010-01-30T10:06:51Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Yes. Haven’t seen her on _Burn Notice_, but she was quite tasty then: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBHhSVJ\_S6A](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBHhSVJ_S6A) O.O I would never have guesses that to be the same person. ---
**Author:** ![SciFiSam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/47e85d/32.png) [@SciFiSam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SciFiSam)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2010, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gabrielle-anwar-opinons/526888/19 "2010-01-30T13:40:40Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > Call me weird, but I like the skinny and fit look. > > [When she was a kid](http://www.yoyo.org/pressgang/images/slides/sam.gif) she was in a UK show called [Press Gang](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Press_Gang). I think she’s just skinny, not fit. I find it genuinely hard to look at her on screen because I keep thinking about the way women are so pressured to be thin that even a beautiful woman like her ruins her looks and her health in order to be thin. She’s also terrible at being Irish - seriously, I only kept watching because I was promised that she gave up the Oirish accent. I don’t know if her American accent’s any better, but it’s less annoying to my ears. However, I think she’s a decent actress. When she gets the chance to actually act, she’s believable. Problem is, I have such a problem with having an _unreformed IRA terrorist_ as a ‘good guy’ that I am never, ever going to like her. It must be difficult to act a character that has so few redeeming features. ---
**Author:** ![Poysyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Poysyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poysyn)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2010, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gabrielle-anwar-opinons/526888/20 "2010-01-30T17:22:34Z")
> [@Sage\_Rat](#): > > She’s a better actor than Jeffrey Donovan, though neither of them is awesome. I do have t hand it to Jeffrey Donovan on one part - he played two cahracter on screen that I _loathed_ - one in \*\* The Changeling\*\* and the other in \*\* Hitch\*\* and I like him in Burn Notice - so he can’t be all bad! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gabrielle-anwar-opinons/526888.md?page=2)