# Underrated beauties **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 3, 2012, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underrated-beauties/617735 "2012-04-03T21:15:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Christopher\_Robin\_Davies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8dc957/32.png) [@Christopher\_Robin\_Davies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Christopher_Robin_Davies)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2012, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underrated-beauties/617735/1 "2012-04-03T21:15:48Z")
Independence Day was on AMC the other day so I stopped to watch about half an hour of it. As I watched I was reminded of how beautiful Margaret Colin was back then. She played Jeff Goldblum’s ex-wife (also presidential aide). Here are some pictures: [https://www.google.com/search?um=1&hl=en&newwindow=1&safe=off&tbm=isch&q=margaret+colin+independence+day&revid=1313065330&sa=X&ei=HGh7T5LhFoeDtgfwy-TCCA&ved=0CEAQgxY&biw=1280&bih=679](https://www.google.com/search?um=1&hl=en&newwindow=1&safe=off&tbm=isch&q=margaret+colin+independence+day&revid=1313065330&sa=X&ei=HGh7T5LhFoeDtgfwy-TCCA&ved=0CEAQgxY&biw=1280&bih=679) I admit she does not look her best in those but I think that is because she looks better moving and talking than in any still picture. Anyway I thought it would be interesting to talk about women who aren’t famously beautiful the way Halle Berry is but still are quite lovely. Have fun! ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2012, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underrated-beauties/617735/2 "2012-04-03T21:27:29Z")
When I first saw _Independence Day_, I remembered her from one of the soap operas my mom used to watch when I was a kid. I always did think she was very pretty. ---
**Author:** ![phreesh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9fc29f/32.png) [@phreesh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phreesh)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2012, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underrated-beauties/617735/3 "2012-04-03T22:06:29Z")
I was excited to see [Emily Mortimer](http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=emily+mortimer&qpvt=emily+mortimer&FORM=IGRE)on Sorkin’s new news show. I’ve always found her to be stunning. And that accent is awesome. ---
**Author:** ![drastic\_quench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e36b37/32.png) [@drastic\_quench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drastic_quench)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2012, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underrated-beauties/617735/4 "2012-04-03T22:20:07Z")
Just saw some stills from Mirror, Mirror the other day and Lily Collins is striking and I haven’t heard a word about her. Phil Collins’ daughter, go figure. ---
**Author:** ![MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MPB_in_Salt_Lake)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2012, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underrated-beauties/617735/5 "2012-04-03T22:30:02Z")
I have mentioned it before, but I have long held that the two lead actresses from TV’s _Fraiser,_ Jane Leeves (Daphne) and Peri Gilpin (Roz), were two of most attractive women on all of television, but neither one was ever much heralded as a great beauty by the press. I never got why both women weren’t more acclaimed for their looks, 'cause to my eyes both are absolutely stone-cold STUNNERS. I understand that Jane Leeves is now on a new sit-com, but don’t know how she looks these days, but I am guessing she is still lovely… ---
**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:** [April 3, 2012, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underrated-beauties/617735/6 "2012-04-03T22:54:42Z")
> [@](#): > > I have mentioned it before, but I have long held that the two lead actresses from TV’s Fraiser, Jane Leeves (Daphne) and Peri Gilpin (Roz), were two of most attractive women on all of television, but neither one was ever much heralded as a great beauty by the press. Which one was the one with the British accent? Because I remember her being pretty much universally recognized as hot. ---
**Author:** ![drastic\_quench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e36b37/32.png) [@drastic\_quench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drastic_quench)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2012, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underrated-beauties/617735/7 "2012-04-03T23:07:11Z")
I couldn’t have been the only one to think that the female armorer in A Knight’s Tale was far lovelier than the love interest. ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2012, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underrated-beauties/617735/8 "2012-04-03T23:13:28Z")
> [@drastic\_quench](#): > > I couldn’t have been the only one to think that the female armorer in A Knight’s Tale was far lovelier than the love interest. I was in utter disbelief that she didn’t end up being The Love Interest. I kept waiting for the twist that never came! ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2012, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underrated-beauties/617735/9 "2012-04-04T00:31:57Z")
[Natascha McElhone](http://images.alphacoders.com/168/thumbbig-168761.jpg) (_Californication, The Truman Show_) makes me weak in the knees. ---
**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:** [April 4, 2012, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underrated-beauties/617735/10 "2012-04-04T01:14:01Z")
At the beginning of _Goldeneye_, Bond is [driving](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLqt7AVCWXc) his Aston Martin in the hills above Monte Carlo. He’s chatting with his passenger (who we learn was sent by M to evaluate him) when Famke Janssen shows up in a Ferrari and they start racing. I’d have let her go; the redhead riding shotgun has her beat by a country mile. ---
**Author:** ![Bytegeist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9dc877/32.png) [@Bytegeist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bytegeist)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2012, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underrated-beauties/617735/11 "2012-04-04T01:52:19Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Which one was the one with the British accent? Because I remember her being pretty much universally recognized as hot. Leeves was the British one. (And still is, really.) She also appeared in some Seinfeld episodes. [Apparently](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005137/bio/), in her role as Daphne, she affected a British accent different from her native one. I have no idea why. Although born in Ilford Essex and brought up in East Grinstead in Sussex, she affects [a] completly different accent (Mancunian) from 250 miles away for Frasier. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2012, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underrated-beauties/617735/12 "2012-04-04T02:59:07Z")
> [@Tangent](#): > > [Natascha McElhone](http://images.alphacoders.com/168/thumbbig-168761.jpg) (_Californication, The Truman Show_) makes me weak in the knees. Back off! She’s mine! Mine I tell you! > [@phreesh](#): > > I was excited to see [Emily Mortimer](http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=emily+mortimer&qpvt=emily+mortimer&FORM=IGRE)on Sorkin’s new news show. > > I’ve always found her to be stunning. And that accent is awesome. She’s mine too! Y’all just keep movin’! That’s right! 😛 ---
**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:** [April 4, 2012, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underrated-beauties/617735/13 "2012-04-04T03:32:29Z")
Lauren Ambrose (from _Six Feet Under_). > **[Lauren Ambrose | Actress, Producer, Soundtrack](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0024404/)** > > Known for: Six Feet Under, Psycho Beach Party, Can't Hardly Wait ---
**Author:** ![Becky2844](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@Becky2844](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Becky2844)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2012, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underrated-beauties/617735/14 "2012-04-04T12:18:47Z")
Cate Blanchette has classic beauty, to me. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2012, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underrated-beauties/617735/15 "2012-04-04T12:22:22Z")
> [@Tangent](#): > > [Natascha McElhone](http://images.alphacoders.com/168/thumbbig-168761.jpg) (_Californication, The Truman Show_) makes me weak in the knees. Oh, yeah. ---
**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:** [April 4, 2012, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underrated-beauties/617735/16 "2012-04-04T12:34:01Z")
Doon Mackichan ---
**Author:** ![gytalf2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ac91a4/32.png) [@gytalf2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gytalf2000)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2012, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underrated-beauties/617735/17 "2012-04-04T12:44:54Z")
Kate Jackson of “Charlie’s Angels” fame is the first person to come to my mind. [![](http://i4.ytimg.com/vi/WaowR67NICg/hqdefault.jpg) ](http://i4.ytimg.com/vi/WaowR67NICg/hqdefault.jpg) I always thought that she was prettier than Farrah, who got most of the attention. (Of course, Kate always made a point of not dressing in skimpy clothing, unlike the other Angels.) ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2012, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underrated-beauties/617735/18 "2012-04-04T13:50:25Z")
Poor Jane Leeves. Second-best looking woman on _Frasier_ - now she’s the second-best looking woman on [Hot In Cleveland](http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/16/arts/television/16hot.html?_r=1). ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2012, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underrated-beauties/617735/19 "2012-04-04T13:54:13Z")
I was in lust with Jennifer Lawrence after watching _Winter’s Bone._ She’ll probably be a breakout beauty after _The Hunger Games_. ---
**Author:** ![gytalf2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ac91a4/32.png) [@gytalf2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gytalf2000)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2012, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underrated-beauties/617735/20 "2012-04-04T14:04:09Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Poor Jane Leeves. Second-best looking woman on _Frasier_ - now she’s the second-best looking woman on [Hot In Cleveland](http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/16/arts/television/16hot.html?_r=1). So, you have a thing for Betty White, too? Ha! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underrated-beauties/617735.md?page=2)