# Top actresses/actors who people act are hot but you think are meh **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 29, 2016, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-actresses-actors-who-people-act-are-hot-but-you-think-are-meh/764427 "2016-08-29T19:39:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![drewder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/57b2e6/32.png) [@drewder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewder)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2016, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-actresses-actors-who-people-act-are-hot-but-you-think-are-meh/764427/1 "2016-08-29T19:39:03Z")
Three actresses who I’ve never found particularly attractive yet are constantly treated as if they are the hottest things ever; Jessica Biel, Julia Stiles, and Drew Barrymore. All of them just have something about their face I just don’t find at all appealing. ---
**Author:** ![cher3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@cher3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cher3)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2016, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-actresses-actors-who-people-act-are-hot-but-you-think-are-meh/764427/2 "2016-08-29T19:44:24Z")
She’s perfectly pleasant-looking, but aside from her admirable Hollywood gym-bod, I’ve never been able to see why Jennifer Aniston is considered such a great beauty. ---
**Author:** ![MeanJoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanjoe/32/5693_2.png) [@MeanJoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanJoe)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2016, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-actresses-actors-who-people-act-are-hot-but-you-think-are-meh/764427/3 "2016-08-29T19:51:30Z")
The only one who always come to mind for me when this is brought up is Angelina Jolie. Objectively she is an attractive woman, yet she does absolutely nothing for me. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2016, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-actresses-actors-who-people-act-are-hot-but-you-think-are-meh/764427/4 "2016-08-29T19:55:17Z")
Marilyn Monroe. I never get why everyone thinks she was the be-all and end-all. Give me Audrey Hepburn any day. Are there people out there that seriously think any of the Khardashians are actually attractive? I keep thinking everyone is just going along with some joke I’m not privy to. In a similar vein, is Betty Boop supposed to be attractive (for a cartoon)? She’s no Jessica Rabbit, that’s for sure. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2016, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-actresses-actors-who-people-act-are-hot-but-you-think-are-meh/764427/5 "2016-08-29T20:19:48Z")
I’ll second Angelina Jolie. I mean, there’s nothing wrong with her, and she’s a fine actress, but there’s usually someone else on screen that I find more interesting. And I’ll emphatically second Kim Kardashian. OK, she has big T&A, but there’s a _lot_ more to beauty than that, and so far as I can tell she’s missing out on all the rest of it. ---
**Author:** ![zwede](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ac91a4/32.png) [@zwede](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zwede)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2016, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-actresses-actors-who-people-act-are-hot-but-you-think-are-meh/764427/6 "2016-08-29T20:24:50Z")
Julia Roberts \ ---
**Author:** ![drewder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/57b2e6/32.png) [@drewder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewder)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2016, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-actresses-actors-who-people-act-are-hot-but-you-think-are-meh/764427/7 "2016-08-29T20:28:37Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > Marilyn Monroe. > > I never get why everyone thinks she was the be-all and end-all. Give me Audrey Hepburn any day. > > Are there people out there that seriously think any of the Khardashians are actually attractive? I keep thinking everyone is just going along with some joke I’m not privy to. > > In a similar vein, is Betty Boop supposed to be attractive (for a cartoon)? She’s no Jessica Rabbit, that’s for sure. Agree with all this. ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2016, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-actresses-actors-who-people-act-are-hot-but-you-think-are-meh/764427/8 "2016-08-29T20:39:51Z")
> [@cher3](#): > > She’s perfectly pleasant-looking, but aside from her admirable Hollywood gym-bod, I’ve never been able to see why Jennifer Aniston is considered such a great beauty. From my perspective, the fact she’s not a “great beauty” in the classic Hollywood tradition is the key to her appeal. She’s not so stunningly attractive that women won’t be able to relate to her and men won’t think think they could have a shot with someone like her. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2016, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-actresses-actors-who-people-act-are-hot-but-you-think-are-meh/764427/9 "2016-08-29T20:40:29Z")
I agree with several of those already mentioned. Eye of the beholder, and all that. Of course there’s a flip side to all this; actors/actresses that press your buttons but don’t seem to attract much attention from anyone else. ---
**Author:** ![HMS\_Irruncible](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hms_irruncible/32/7394_2.png) [@HMS\_Irruncible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMS_Irruncible)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2016, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-actresses-actors-who-people-act-are-hot-but-you-think-are-meh/764427/10 "2016-08-29T20:43:01Z")
Reese Witherspoon. She’s cute, much cuter than me or anyone I ever dated. But she has a very normal-person chin, so I don’t get all the hype. ---
**Author:** ![Duke\_of\_Rat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Duke\_of\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke_of_Rat)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2016, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-actresses-actors-who-people-act-are-hot-but-you-think-are-meh/764427/11 "2016-08-29T20:44:52Z")
> [@drewder](#): > > Three actresses who I’ve never found particularly attractive yet are constantly treated as if they are the hottest things ever; Jessica Biel, Julia Stiles, and Drew Barrymore. All of them just have something about their face I just don’t find at all appealing. Our late, great bard Dio once called Jessica Biel a 10 - her face is a 7 but her bod is an omfg 13 (best I can recollect). Emma Stone Amanda Seyfried Katie Holmes Something about all three faces seems off in some way. Not that they’re not cute girls, and maybe the quirks I find are attributes to others. ---
**Author:** ![cher3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@cher3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cher3)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2016, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-actresses-actors-who-people-act-are-hot-but-you-think-are-meh/764427/12 "2016-08-29T20:45:04Z")
> [@NDP](#): > > From my perspective, the fact she’s not a “great beauty” in the classic Hollywood tradition is the key to her appeal. She’s not so stunningly attractive that women won’t be able to relate to her and men won’t think think they could have a shot with someone like her. I agree that this explains why she’s popular, what it doesn’t explain is why she’s made so many “sexiest” and “hottest” lists. ---
**Author:** ![SaharaTea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SaharaTea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SaharaTea)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2016, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-actresses-actors-who-people-act-are-hot-but-you-think-are-meh/764427/13 "2016-08-29T21:03:48Z")
Hugh Jackman Channing Tatum Any of the Hemsworth brothers Taylor Lautner Ryan Reynolds I don’t really go for the chiseled beefcake type. Give me a young Gary Oldman any day. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Tooth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c67d28/32.png) [@The\_Tooth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tooth)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2016, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-actresses-actors-who-people-act-are-hot-but-you-think-are-meh/764427/14 "2016-08-29T21:20:13Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > Are there people out there that seriously think any of the Khardashians are actually attractive? Me. I think Kim Kardashian is a knockout. I don’t read or care for Hollywood gossip magazines regardless of who’s on the cover, I don’t follow that stuff at all. But she’s a very attractive woman. ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2016, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-actresses-actors-who-people-act-are-hot-but-you-think-are-meh/764427/15 "2016-08-29T21:20:34Z")
George Clooney. I’ve been watching him since his _Facts of Life_/\*Roseanne \*days, and I would never have imagined that he would someday be considered a great sex symbol. Does nothing for me - then or now. On the other side, I also don’t see the attraction of Jennifer Anniston. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2016, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-actresses-actors-who-people-act-are-hot-but-you-think-are-meh/764427/16 "2016-08-29T21:26:52Z")
> [@](#): > > Quoth **cher3** : > > I agree that this explains why she’s popular, what it doesn’t explain is why she’s made so many “sexiest” and “hottest” lists. If you mean the ones published in magazines, those don’t have anything to do with how attractive someone is, just with how good their agent is. If you mean lists put together by ordinary people on message boards, then I guess it’s what **NDP** said. ---
**Author:** ![robby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robby/32/11048_2.png) [@robby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robby)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2016, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-actresses-actors-who-people-act-are-hot-but-you-think-are-meh/764427/17 "2016-08-29T21:35:56Z")
> [@zwede](#): > > Julia Roberts \ Ditto. That’s the first person that came to my mind when I read the title of the thread. ---
**Author:** ![cher3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@cher3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cher3)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2016, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-actresses-actors-who-people-act-are-hot-but-you-think-are-meh/764427/18 "2016-08-29T21:38:31Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > If you mean the ones published in magazines, those don’t have anything to do with how attractive someone is, just with how good their agent is. Good point. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2016, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-actresses-actors-who-people-act-are-hot-but-you-think-are-meh/764427/19 "2016-08-29T22:08:08Z")
> [@zwede](#): > > Julia Roberts \ Ya know, there is this one picture of Charles Manson that always reminds me of Ms. Roberts. It’s the eyes. > **[charles manson - Bing](https://www.bing.com/images/search?q=charles%2Bmanson&view=detailv2&&id=0&selectedIndex=0&thid=A5fccf1eeab9544bc3bfd186f747d8792&stid=d581af1f-b302-ff97-8862-052950a022fa&cbn=EntityAnswer&ajaxhist=0)** > > Intelligent search from Bing makes it easier to quickly find what you’re looking for and rewards you. ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2016, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-actresses-actors-who-people-act-are-hot-but-you-think-are-meh/764427/20 "2016-08-29T22:08:38Z")
I came into mention Channing Tatum, whose appeal I just don’t understand. No, I get that he’s got a body to die for, but he literally has the same face of thousands of guys, and it just ain’t all that thrilling. Bizarre. Another one already listed is Jessica Biel. When she first started, I thought she was adorable, and as she grew up, incredibly gorgeous. But for some odd reason (and it can’t necessarily be Justin, as this began before they were even dating), she’s taken to only every appearing as a washed out version of her former self. Still a killer bod, certainly, but her makeup is so bland, you can’t tell between where her lips are and the rest of her face. It’s so disconcerting. And then don’t get me going on that dull, straight hair either. It’s like God let her win the lotto, but she gave it all up to be a bag lady instead. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-actresses-actors-who-people-act-are-hot-but-you-think-are-meh/764427.md?page=2)