# 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:** 5
**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:** [April 9, 2012, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underrated-beauties/617735/81 "2012-04-09T21:52:41Z")
> [@Art\_Rock](#): > > Seconded, Kate was always my favourite angel by far. And had that sexy, gravelly voice thing going for her too. ---
**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:** [April 9, 2012, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underrated-beauties/617735/82 "2012-04-09T22:01:00Z")
> [@River\_Hippie](#): > > And had that sexy, gravelly voice thing going for her too. Maybe I meant _raspy_ rather than _gravelly_. ---
**Author:** ![Aestivalis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Aestivalis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aestivalis)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2012, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underrated-beauties/617735/83 "2012-04-09T22:27:18Z")
> [@AK84](#): > > Here is another one [Erica Durance](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erica_Durance). Again, how is Erica Durance underrated as a beauty? She’s smoking hot and has had the chance to show it over the year on Smallville. Maybe she hasn’t gotten a ton of press recently, but it’s good to see that she’s on a new show! ---
**Author:** ![zamboniracer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e9a140/32.png) [@zamboniracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zamboniracer)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2012, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underrated-beauties/617735/84 "2012-04-09T23:11:18Z")
Traylor Howard, who played Adrian Monk’s assistant on “Monk”, gets my vote. [imdb listing](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005025/) ---
**Author:** ![tullsterx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9bcb4/32.png) [@tullsterx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tullsterx)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2012, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underrated-beauties/617735/85 "2012-04-10T14:15:51Z")
> [@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. Yeah, she was in the move “Transcontinental” with. . . that guy. . . Woody Harrleson! She’s really hot in that. First I’ve noticed her. ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2012, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underrated-beauties/617735/86 "2012-04-10T16:31:56Z")
> [@Clothahump](#): > > [Ellen Muth](http://www.imdb.com/media/rm3377568000/nm0616091) (Dead Like Me) was a babe. She may have been a babe, but I saw her about 5 years ago at a convention, and she looked _bad_. She was emaciated, scrawny as hell. Scary bad. ---
**Author:** ![gytalf2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ac91a4/32.png) [@gytalf2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gytalf2000)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2012, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underrated-beauties/617735/87 "2012-04-10T19:23:30Z")
> [@River\_Hippie](#): > > Maybe I meant _raspy_ rather than _gravelly_. Being a primarily visual person, I virtually never notice the stereotypical “sexy actress voice” (and if I do notice it, I actually find it very annoying instead of “sexy”) – but I must agree with you on this point. I loved hearing Kate talk! Very sexy woman, on both the visual and auditory levels! ---
**Author:** ![standingwave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@standingwave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/standingwave)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2012, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underrated-beauties/617735/88 "2012-04-10T20:38:07Z")
> [@Krokodil](#): > > On SNL, Kristin Wiig gets all the scenes, but Abby Elliot sure looks, um, provocative, especially in those leather pants in the show opener. Speaking of SNL, let me put in my vote for [Maya Rudolph](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIaMtyJroVw) or is it just that’s she’s a funny lady? ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2012, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underrated-beauties/617735/89 "2012-04-11T02:30:38Z")
People, people! Have we all forgotten about Jan Smithers? The ultimate underrated beauty? ---
**Author:** ![cosmosdan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a6a055/32.png) [@cosmosdan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cosmosdan)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2012, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underrated-beauties/617735/90 "2012-04-11T04:30:07Z")
[Beverly D’Angelo](http://www.google.com/search?q=Beverly+D%27Angelo&hl=en&client=firefox-a&hs=Ix&rls=org.mozilla:en-GB:official&prmd=imvnso&source=lnms&tbm=isch&ei=BQiFT7O-DYao8gSAq621CA&sa=X&oi=mode_link&ct=mode&cd=2&ved=0CBgQ_AUoAQ&biw=1360&bih=665) and when I realized what a good singer she is it made me love her even more. ---
**Author:** ![cosmosdan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a6a055/32.png) [@cosmosdan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cosmosdan)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2012, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underrated-beauties/617735/91 "2012-04-11T04:39:51Z")
> [@Aestivalis](#): > > Again, how is Erica Durance underrated as a beauty? She’s smoking hot and has had the chance to show it over the year on Smallville. Maybe she hasn’t gotten a ton of press recently, but it’s good to see that she’s on a new show! Right, if anyone was an underrated beauty on smallville it was Allison Mack or possibly, Annette O Toole ---
**Author:** ![Jamicat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c67d28/32.png) [@Jamicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jamicat)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2012, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underrated-beauties/617735/92 "2012-04-11T05:25:08Z")
Practically all the female cast in SNL, past and present, can be fine if you look for it. Janine Garofalo was kinda there for like a year then she went some other direction. [http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&client=firefox-a&hs=9HW&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&q=janeane+garofalo&bav=on.2,or.r\_gc.r\_pw.r\_qf.,cf.osb&biw=1440&bih=781&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&ei=GBKFT\_yODqqW2QX5m7HyCA](http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&client=firefox-a&hs=9HW&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&q=janeane+garofalo&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.,cf.osb&biw=1440&bih=781&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&ei=GBKFT_yODqqW2QX5m7HyCA) I noticed Tina Fey way back before everyone else was even looking. [http://www.google.com/search?q=tina+fey&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hl=en&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&ei=sBKFT\_\_EJcKo2wXzg5ibCQ&biw=1440&bih=781&sei=tBKFT92GGIec2AW-sajtCA](http://www.google.com/search?q=tina+fey&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hl=en&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&ei=sBKFT__EJcKo2wXzg5ibCQ&biw=1440&bih=781&sei=tBKFT92GGIec2AW-sajtCA) It took me a while to see Kristen Wiig anything more than funny/silly. [http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&client=firefox-a&hs=0gB&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&q=Kristen+Wiig&bav=on.2,or.r\_gc.r\_pw.r\_qf.,cf.osb&biw=1440&bih=781&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&ei=HROFT\_I-5NLZBaTMqZgJ](http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&client=firefox-a&hs=0gB&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&q=Kristen+Wiig&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.,cf.osb&biw=1440&bih=781&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&ei=HROFT_I-5NLZBaTMqZgJ) Then theres always this… Alanna Ubach from Beakman’s World, [http://www.google.com/search?q=Alanna+Ubach&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hl=en&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&ei=zBOFT4yaO8rK2AXbpZWVCQ&biw=1440&bih=781&sei=0BOFT\_zBE8rO2wWWyYGpDA](http://www.google.com/search?q=Alanna+Ubach&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hl=en&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&ei=zBOFT4yaO8rK2AXbpZWVCQ&biw=1440&bih=781&sei=0BOFT_zBE8rO2wWWyYGpDA) Or… Kate Botello from Tech TV [http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&client=firefox-a&hs=X6q&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&q=Kate+Botello&bav=on.2,or.r\_gc.r\_pw.r\_qf.,cf.osb&biw=1440&bih=781&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&ei=SxSFT-mMDoPk2AXRqdHsCA](http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&client=firefox-a&hs=X6q&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&q=Kate+Botello&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.,cf.osb&biw=1440&bih=781&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&ei=SxSFT-mMDoPk2AXRqdHsCA) Or even… That chick from the Original Ultraman. [http://thumb.mais.uol.com.br/9078081.jpg?album=75682&ver=0](http://thumb.mais.uol.com.br/9078081.jpg?album=75682&ver=0) 😃 ---
**Author:** ![handsomeharry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9c0ed/32.png) [@handsomeharry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handsomeharry)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2012, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underrated-beauties/617735/93 "2012-04-11T06:14:44Z")
> [@cosmosdan](#): > > [Beverly D’Angelo](http://www.google.com/search?q=Beverly+D%27Angelo&hl=en&client=firefox-a&hs=Ix&rls=org.mozilla:en-GB:official&prmd=imvnso&source=lnms&tbm=isch&ei=BQiFT7O-DYao8gSAq621CA&sa=X&oi=mode_link&ct=mode&cd=2&ved=0CBgQ_AUoAQ&biw=1360&bih=665) > > and when I realized what a good singer she is it made me love her even more. I forgot all about her. She was quite impressive in the shower scene in ‘Vacation’ IIRC. ---
**Author:** ![detop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@detop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/detop)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2012, 11:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underrated-beauties/617735/94 "2012-04-11T11:00:41Z")
> [@JThunder](#): > > People, people! Have we all forgotten about Jan Smithers? The ultimate underrated beauty? No we haven’t. She’s the undisputed number 1. This thread is about who’s number two 😃 ---
**Author:** ![spifflog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@spifflog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spifflog)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2012, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underrated-beauties/617735/95 "2012-04-11T12:37:44Z")
The first time I watched “The Drew Carry Show” I was bowled over by the girl next door Christa Miller: [http://www.hissandpop.com/celebrities/m/christamiller/photos/016.jpg](http://www.hissandpop.com/celebrities/m/christamiller/photos/016.jpg) ---
**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 11, 2012, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underrated-beauties/617735/96 "2012-04-11T16:18:35Z")
> [@JThunder](#): > > People, people! Have we all forgotten about Jan Smithers? The ultimate underrated beauty? I don’t think she was at all underrated. People always talked about how hot she was, even in-story. Remember the episode with the sleazy photographer who snaked naked pictures of her and was going to sell them to a girly magazine? Jan was just subtler than Jennifer, who needed the tight sweaters, big hair, and elaborate makeup to be seen as hot. ---
**Author:** ![ministryman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f6c823/32.png) [@ministryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ministryman)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2012, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underrated-beauties/617735/97 "2012-04-11T16:38:52Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > Tssk, tsssk… everyone keeps getting it wrong. Neither of those were near [the hottest woman](http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn114/hot_daily/201010-xenahercules/GinaTorres05.jpg) on that crew. Is this show still on, and why haven’t I heard of it? ---
**Author:** ![CaptMurdock](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/captmurdock/32/11736_2.png) [@CaptMurdock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaptMurdock)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2012, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underrated-beauties/617735/98 "2012-04-11T16:53:49Z")
> [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](#): > > 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. Alyson has that cute-with-a-side-of-sex_ay_ thing going, for sure. But who really rocked my world on Buffy The Vampire Slayer… [Amber Benson](http://img2.allposters.com/images/MMPH/250540.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2012, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underrated-beauties/617735/99 "2012-04-11T18:46:29Z")
Always had a thing for Elizabeth Perkins. [in the 90s](http://snarkerati.com/profile_pics/Elizabeth-Perkins.jpg) and [recently](http://www.clickceleb.com/pictures/10000/1525/26924.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Poysyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Poysyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poysyn)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2012, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underrated-beauties/617735/100 "2012-04-11T19:08:17Z")
> [@Christopher\_Robin\_Davies](#): > > I don’t think she was at all underrated. People always talked about how hot she was, even in-story. Remember the episode with the sleazy photographer who snaked naked pictures of her and was going to sell them to a girly magazine? Jan was just subtler than Jennifer, who needed the tight sweaters, big hair, and elaborate makeup to be seen as hot. The pics were taken of Jennifer. Nitpick. Sorry. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underrated-beauties/617735.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underrated-beauties/617735.md?page=6)