# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![FuriousGeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecae2f/32.png) [@FuriousGeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FuriousGeorge)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2012, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underrated-beauties/617735/21 "2012-04-04T14:17:43Z")
When I was younger, I would watch _ **It’s a Living** _ (and later _ **Fantasy Island** _… post-Tattoo) for the absolutely delicious [Wendy Schaal](http://www.google.com/search?q=wendy+schaal&hl=en&rls=com.microsoft:en-us:IE-SearchBox&prmd=imvnso&source=lnms&tbm=isch&ei=LFd8T9_mPKeo4gTb9-SSDQ&sa=X&oi=mode_link&ct=mode&cd=2&ved=0CA4Q_AUoAQ&biw=1398&bih=762)… Now she’s Francine on American Dad but it’s animated so only get to hear her voice. Her voice is NOT what I am after. I’ll be in my bunk. ---
**Author:** ![zagloba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/977dab/32.png) [@zagloba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zagloba)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2012, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underrated-beauties/617735/22 "2012-04-04T14:28:11Z")
> [@VunderBob](#): > > I was in lust with Jennifer Lawrence after watching _Winter’s Bone._ She’ll probably be a breakout beauty after _The Hunger Games_. The way she’s [dressing lately](http://wpc.4d27.edgecastcdn.net/004D27/Red%20Carpet/JenniferLawrenceNYCTHGP/Jennifer+Lawrence+NYC+THG+8.jpg), she could bust out any time now. (There’s footage out there of her running in (just barely) this dress.) ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2012, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underrated-beauties/617735/23 "2012-04-04T14:42:57Z")
> [@zagloba](#): > > The way she’s [dressing lately](http://wpc.4d27.edgecastcdn.net/004D27/Red%20Carpet/JenniferLawrenceNYCTHGP/Jennifer+Lawrence+NYC+THG+8.jpg), she could bust out any time now. (There’s footage out there of her running in (just barely) this dress.) I say this as a straight woman: those are some lovely breasts. Ah, youth! ---
**Author:** ![KarlGauss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karlgauss/32/3713_2.png) [@KarlGauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGauss)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2012, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underrated-beauties/617735/24 "2012-04-04T14:57:55Z")
I did not know [Rosamund Pike](http://www.imdb.com/media/rm2895808256/nm0683253) before I saw her in [Barney’s Version](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1423894/). Talk about underreated beauty. ---
**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, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underrated-beauties/617735/25 "2012-04-04T16:15:39Z")
> [@KarlGauss](#): > > I did not know [Rosamund Pike](http://www.imdb.com/media/rm2895808256/nm0683253) before I saw her in [Barney’s Version](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1423894/). Talk about underreated beauty. She was a Bond girl/villain, too - either way, I agree with your post. ---
**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, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underrated-beauties/617735/26 "2012-04-04T16:22:18Z")
> [@Christopher\_Robin\_Davies](#): > > 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. > [@KarlGauss](#): > > I did not know [Rosamund Pike](http://www.imdb.com/media/rm2895808256/nm0683253) before I saw her in [Barney’s Version](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1423894/). Talk about underreated beauty. Berry stabbed Pike through the chest in _Die Another Day_. She must have known this thread was coming. ---
**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, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underrated-beauties/617735/27 "2012-04-04T16:51:56Z")
> [@FuriousGeorge](#): > > When I was younger, I would watch _ **It’s a Living** _ (and later _ **Fantasy Island** _… post-Tattoo) for the absolutely delicious [Wendy Schaal](http://www.google.com/search?q=wendy+schaal&hl=en&rls=com.microsoft:en-us:IE-SearchBox&prmd=imvnso&source=lnms&tbm=isch&ei=LFd8T9_mPKeo4gTb9-SSDQ&sa=X&oi=mode_link&ct=mode&cd=2&ved=0CA4Q_AUoAQ&biw=1398&bih=762)… Ooh, I used to have a big crush on her. Aside from her numerous TV show guest spots, I also remember her from the movies _Innerspace_ and _The Burbs_. ---
**Author:** ![blindboyard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blindboyard/32/2833_2.png) [@blindboyard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blindboyard)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2012, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underrated-beauties/617735/28 "2012-04-04T17:44:35Z")
> [@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. Laura Fraser. Was very good in the BBC programme “Conviction”, which was excellent and also had a great degree of tasteful nudity on her part. ---
**Author:** ![SticksAndString](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3bc359/32.png) [@SticksAndString](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SticksAndString)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2012, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underrated-beauties/617735/29 "2012-04-04T17:48:17Z")
> [@Becky2844](#): > > Cate Blanchette has classic beauty, to me. I totally agree…I watched both of the “Elizabeth” films just so I could spend a couple hours staring at her. ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2012, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underrated-beauties/617735/30 "2012-04-04T17:48:32Z")
Is Alyson Hannigan generally considered a beauty? She’s certainly good looking, but, for reasons I’ve tried to quantify but can’t, she just looks a little goofy. ---
**Author:** ![shiftless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9c0ed/32.png) [@shiftless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shiftless)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2012, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underrated-beauties/617735/31 "2012-04-04T18:24:17Z")
> [@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. Me too. And the love interest’s handmaid was lovelier than both. But I don’t think anyone who appears in movies can be considered an underrated beauty since they are clearly good looking enough to be in movies! My wife is an underrated beauty IMO. Every time there is a “most beautiful women in the world” contest she only gets one vote and she has never even been nominated for People magazine’s “sexiest women alive.” Its all politics I tell ya. ---
**Author:** ![Dallas\_Jones](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dallas_jones/32/3277_2.png) [@Dallas\_Jones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dallas_Jones)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2012, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underrated-beauties/617735/32 "2012-04-04T18:26:46Z")
> [@Christopher\_Robin\_Davies](#): > > 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: > > [margaret colin independence day - Google Search](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! What those pictures don’t show is some awesome legs. ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2012, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underrated-beauties/617735/33 "2012-04-04T18:51:56Z")
> [@Tangent](#): > > [Natascha McElhone](http://images.alphacoders.com/168/thumbbig-168761.jpg) (_Californication, The Truman Show_) makes me weak in the knees. I remember her from Ronin. I don’t think anyone underrates her beauty. She’s just not that well known of an actress. > [@Son of a Rich](#): > > Is Alyson Hannigan generally considered a beauty? She’s cute and funny and likeable (and on TV/film) and that makes her appear more attractive. But IRL, she would be much like she is in the later American Pie films or How I Met Your Mother. Your buddy’s cute wife/girlfriend, not the girl every dude wants to get with. In technical terms, she’s like a “6”. It’s hard to tell on TV//film though. Remember this is a world where Janine Garafollo was Uma Thurman’s “ugly” friend. Although IIRC, I think it ultimately had more to do with her lack of self esteem and ugly personality. ---
**Author:** ![pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudotriton_ruber_ruber)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2012, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underrated-beauties/617735/34 "2012-04-04T18:57:12Z")
> [@Dallas\_Jones](#): > > What those pictures don’t show is some awesome legs. I first became aware of her on a TV series she starred in the 1980s called “Leg Work” (get it–a detective with dynamite legs?), and admired right until I became of her frightening anti-abortion political [activism.](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0171513/bio) ---
**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, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underrated-beauties/617735/35 "2012-04-04T19:20:56Z")
> [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](#): > > I first became aware of her on a TV series she starred in the 1980s called “Leg Work” (get it–a detective with dynamite legs?), and admired right until I became of her frightening anti-abortion political [activism.](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0171513/bio) I remember that show! I just watched it because of Margaret’s legs. And the rest of her, of course… ---
**Author:** ![Maiira](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Maiira](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maiira)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2012, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underrated-beauties/617735/36 "2012-04-04T20:25:16Z")
> [@WhyNot](#): > > I was in utter disbelief that she didn’t end up being The Love Interest. I kept waiting for the twist that never came! Same. I also thought she was the more interesting character. ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2012, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underrated-beauties/617735/37 "2012-04-04T20:25:34Z")
If I were Mal, I would have let [Inara](http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20080301063011/firefly/images/c/c3/Inara02.jpg) keep the shuttle and hooked up with [Kaylee](http://images.wikia.com/firefly/images/5/55/Kaylee.jpg) in a heartbeat. ---
**Author:** ![DianaG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7ab992/32.png) [@DianaG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DianaG)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2012, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underrated-beauties/617735/38 "2012-04-04T20:39:06Z")
> [@SticksAndString](#): > > I totally agree…I watched both of the “Elizabeth” films just so I could spend a couple hours staring at her. If you haven’t, you should see The Life Aquatic. She was pregnant at the time, and she is absolutely, breathtakingly radiant in that movie. ---
**Author:** ![Ashley\_Pomeroy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c68b51/32.png) [@Ashley\_Pomeroy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ashley_Pomeroy)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2012, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underrated-beauties/617735/39 "2012-04-04T20:48:51Z")
> [@Bytegeist](#): > > [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] completely different accent (Mancunian) from 250 miles away for Frasier. The audience over here in the UK - and when I say “the audience” I mean me, and a couple of my friends who watched the show - assumed that she was an American actress putting on a really bad imitation of how The Beatles must have sounded to US ears. Because she wasn’t famous in the UK, see. We didn’t know she was one of us. We thought she was one of them. Now, according to Google she’d already been in the Benny Hill show - in her bra, thank you Google - _but_ by the 1990s Benny Hill was a distant, never-repeated memory in Britain, remembered only because he seemed to be inexplicably popular in the United States. I mean, you could have gone for Kenny Everett, he had cachet, an edge, and it would have been nice to have seen _The Kenny Everett Video Show_ on Youtube, but noooh, you had to pick Benny bloody Hill. ---
**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, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underrated-beauties/617735/40 "2012-04-04T20:57:04Z")
> [@Morbo](#): > > If I were Mal, I would have let [Inara](http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20080301063011/firefly/images/c/c3/Inara02.jpg) keep the shuttle and hooked up with [Kaylee](http://images.wikia.com/firefly/images/5/55/Kaylee.jpg) in a heartbeat. Absolutely. 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underrated-beauties/617735.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underrated-beauties/617735.md?page=3)