# Most attractive actresses on TV Shows? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 13, 2017, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-attractive-actresses-on-tv-shows/788881 "2017-06-13T18:24:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2017, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-attractive-actresses-on-tv-shows/788881/101 "2017-06-18T12:18:36Z")
> [@Moriarty](#): > > Susan Dey on the Partridge Family > [@yezlles](#): > > Elisabeth Röhm I’ll agree with either of these too, and I also agree that Diana Rigg on _The Avengers_ is the gold standard, but I still think Pauline Collins from the _Upstairs, Downstairs_/\*No, Honestly \*period had something really special. Also, just to toss something from right field, Julia Louis-Dreyfus from the _Seinfeld_ years. ETA: an unlikely one, but someone I always looked forward to seeing: Leslie Hendrix, the red-aired ME on _L&O: TOS_. ---
**Author:** ![Santelia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Santelia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Santelia)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2017, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-attractive-actresses-on-tv-shows/788881/102 "2017-06-18T15:18:22Z")
Recently it’s been Melanie Liburd playing Nyx on Dark Matter ---
**Author:** ![Hocus\_Pocus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/41988e/32.png) [@Hocus\_Pocus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hocus_Pocus)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2017, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-attractive-actresses-on-tv-shows/788881/103 "2017-06-18T15:54:32Z")
> [@Daddypants](#): > > Pretty much the entire cast of _Supergirl_. While I never saw much in Calista Flockhart previously, I am warming up to her in this series. And I had the hugest crush on Helen Slater when the _Supergirl_ movie came out. For actresses in current series I will nominate Lindsey Morgan from _The 100_, Laura Prepon from _OTNB_, & Cassidy Freeman from _Longmire_. For actresses in older series I nominate Kristin Kreuk from _Smallville_, Kate Jackson in _The Rookies_, and Lindsey Wagner in _The Bionic Woman_. ---
**Author:** ![LH75](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lh75/32/4438_2.png) [@LH75](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LH75)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2017, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-attractive-actresses-on-tv-shows/788881/104 "2017-06-18T16:10:13Z")
Attraction is much more subjective than many people think. I admit I am and old guy, and my top two picks are: Katey Sagal as Gemma Teller Morrow on Sons of Anarchy is smoking hot Dana Delany in anything she has ever done ---
**Author:** ![Hocus\_Pocus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/41988e/32.png) [@Hocus\_Pocus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hocus_Pocus)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2017, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-attractive-actresses-on-tv-shows/788881/105 "2017-06-18T16:27:07Z")
> [@LH75](#): > > Dana Delany in anything she has ever done Agreed, although part of my feeling is based on her r/l personality. I also forgot to add Milana Vayntrub from This Is Us. I’ve never seen the show, but I do know her from portraying Lilly in the AT&T commercials. ---
**Author:** ![ch51](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ch51/32/3111_2.png) [@ch51](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ch51)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2017, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-attractive-actresses-on-tv-shows/788881/106 "2017-06-18T17:45:13Z")
[Sarah Shahi](https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/a5/71/0d/a5710d46edd03e62193525b226df1405.jpg) of _Life_ and _Person of Interest_. Yes. Very much so, yes. Not necessarily the best photo but if you google her name it would appear that there are NO bad photos of her. I’m surprised that no one has mentioned Sela Ward. Emerald Point, Sisters, Once & Again, House, CSI-NY … [![](https://i.pinimg.com/236x/85/e6/0d/85e60daa0558833d8df85e7376086f71.jpg) ](https://i.pinimg.com/236x/85/e6/0d/85e60daa0558833d8df85e7376086f71.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2017, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-attractive-actresses-on-tv-shows/788881/107 "2017-06-19T04:17:31Z")
> [@jtur88](#): > > Nailed it. Others need not apply. I never got the love for Diana Rigg. While definitely an attractive woman, she always looked like a not-quite-so-pretty version of Mary Tyler Moore to me. ---
**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:** [June 19, 2017, 8:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-attractive-actresses-on-tv-shows/788881/108 "2017-06-19T08:31:01Z")
> [@bump](#): > > I never got the love for Diana Rigg. While definitely an attractive woman, she always looked like a not-quite-so-pretty version of Mary Tyler Moore to me. That’s interesting, as I never got the love for Mary Tyler Moore, whose mouth is too big and voice is very annoying. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2017, 9:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-attractive-actresses-on-tv-shows/788881/109 "2017-06-19T09:15:33Z")
I must admit, I find very few TV actresses from before the 80s attractive at all. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2017, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-attractive-actresses-on-tv-shows/788881/110 "2017-06-19T15:30:11Z")
That’s because their styles look dated. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2017, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-attractive-actresses-on-tv-shows/788881/111 "2017-06-19T16:17:02Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > That’s because their styles look dated. No, I mean I didn’t find them attractive at the time. Movie actresses, singers and models, yeah, but not TV women. Exceptions - Joanna Lumley as [Purdey](https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/da/1b/52/da1b52c6f57c7568ee1f2a997e1baf55.jpg), and various Star Trek guests (but none of the main cast women) ---
**Author:** ![No\_Way\_Jose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/58956e/32.png) [@No\_Way\_Jose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/No_Way_Jose)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2017, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-attractive-actresses-on-tv-shows/788881/112 "2017-06-20T15:22:30Z")
In the 80’s I had teen crushes on: [Ari Meyers](http://www.sitcomsonline.com/photopost/showphoto.php/photo/262220/si/Meyer) and [Nicole Eggert](http://ch-i-ch.narod.ru/pictures/full/jamie/ne461c.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2017, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-attractive-actresses-on-tv-shows/788881/113 "2017-06-23T14:38:43Z")
That Escapist Fantasy thread reminded me that I forgot someone from my first post: [Phoebe Tonkin](http://cdn.pcwallart.com/images/phoebe-tonkin-modeling-2014-wallpaper-4.jpg) from _The Originals_ ---
**Author:** ![tim-n-va](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim-n-va/32/3001_2.png) [@tim-n-va](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tim-n-va)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2017, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-attractive-actresses-on-tv-shows/788881/114 "2017-06-23T15:03:52Z")
> [@zamboniracer](#): > > correction: the ONLY reason to watch _According to Jim._ 😉 Two reasons to watch. [http://intimatecelebs.com/celebs/kimberly\_williams/kimberly\_williams\_kimberly\_and\_courtney\_TuJ6IC1.jpg](http://intimatecelebs.com/celebs/kimberly_williams/kimberly_williams_kimberly_and_courtney_TuJ6IC1.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![MacCat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maccat/32/216_2.png) [@MacCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacCat)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2017, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-attractive-actresses-on-tv-shows/788881/115 "2017-06-24T01:46:31Z")
> [@Starving\_Artist](#): > > Mary Tyler Moore as [Laura Petrie](https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/67/be/85/67be851bc4299dcf595c9ea086ca8cc8.jpg) > [@terentii](#): > > Felicity Kendall as Barbara Goode in _ **The Good Life** _, aka _ **Good Neighbors** _: > > [http://www.leninimports.com/felicity\_kendal\_b\_gallery\_5.jpg](http://www.leninimports.com/felicity_kendal_b_gallery_5.jpg) > [@RivkahChaya](#): > > Also, just to toss something from right field, Julia Louis-Dreyfus from the _Seinfeld_ years. I like these! ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2017, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-attractive-actresses-on-tv-shows/788881/116 "2017-06-24T02:04:26Z")
> [@bump](#): > > I never got the love for Diana Rigg. While definitely an attractive woman, she always looked like a not-quite-so-pretty version of Mary Tyler Moore to me. She beat up men as Mrs. Peel, back when no other women were doing that. Speaking of which, Paget Brewster, the first few years she was on _Criminal Minds_ was pretty neat. Also, an actress named Lisa Darr, who most people probably won’t remember, played Ellen’s girlfriend after the coming out episode on _Ellen_. I thought she was pretty hot, and even though she’s straight, she and Ellen had great chemistry. ---
**Author:** ![epbrown01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7ba0ec/32.png) [@epbrown01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/epbrown01)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2017, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-attractive-actresses-on-tv-shows/788881/117 "2017-06-24T13:38:42Z")
Wow, no Melissa Rauch or Kayley Cuoco posts yet? ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2017, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-attractive-actresses-on-tv-shows/788881/118 "2017-06-24T17:46:08Z")
> [@RivkahChaya](#): > > Speaking of which, Paget Brewster, the first few years she was on _Criminal Minds_ was pretty neat. She was in an episode of _ **Two and a Half Men** _ the other night, and the only episodes of \*\*\*Friends \*\*\*I ever watched. I start drooling whenever she’s on screen. :o ---
**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:** [June 26, 2017, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-attractive-actresses-on-tv-shows/788881/119 "2017-06-26T23:55:20Z")
[Stefanie Martini](http://hollywoodnewssource.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Stefanie-Martini-website-769x1024.jpg) as Jane Tennison in the British TV series **Prime Suspect**. Tough to beat in my opinion. I’ve never seen the series but the promos on PBS sent me Google image searching! 😃 ---
**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:** [June 27, 2017, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-attractive-actresses-on-tv-shows/788881/120 "2017-06-27T00:03:25Z")
> [@ch51](#): > > [Sarah Shahi](https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/a5/71/0d/a5710d46edd03e62193525b226df1405.jpg) of _Life_ and _Person of Interest_. > > Yes. Very much so, yes. > > Not necessarily the best photo but if you google her name it would appear that there are NO bad photos of her. > … I first noticed her in one of the last episodes of The Sopranos. Tony goes to Las Vegas looks her up (I think she was one of Christopher’s girls), they do mushrooms and go to a casino. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-attractive-actresses-on-tv-shows/788881.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-attractive-actresses-on-tv-shows/788881.md?page=7)