# Your "instant boner" actors/actresses in character **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 1, 2013, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-instant-boner-actors-actresses-in-character/662324 "2013-07-01T06:59:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2013, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-instant-boner-actors-actresses-in-character/662324/1 "2013-07-01T06:59:05Z")
Have you ever been watching some TV show or movie for the first time, and a particular character comes onscreen … and just punches every sexual button you have the moment you see them? Me? Billie Piper as Rose Tyler in the 2005 Doctor Who: [http://withfriendship.com/images/g/31984/otheri-am-rose-tyler.jpg](http://withfriendship.com/images/g/31984/otheri-am-rose-tyler.jpg) Oh. My Goodness. The still photos don’t do her justice. But the _instant_ I laid eyes on her it was like nothing could ever improve on _this_. Now, I’ve never seen her in any other context. I’m aware that she’s also a recording artist, and has been in other shows. I’ve only seen her in Doctor Who. And I’m aware that this kind of reaction is often not the actor/actress themselves, but rather them in a particular character. I’ve seen actresses who really turned me on in one particular role, but did nothing for me in others. So what actor/actress, in what role, just really “did it” for you? ---
**Author:** ![dnooman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/839c29/32.png) [@dnooman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dnooman)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2013, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-instant-boner-actors-actresses-in-character/662324/2 "2013-07-01T07:16:17Z")
Salma Hayek in any of the Robert Rodriguez flicks. Zoe Saldana in Star Trek. Olivia Wilde in anything. Genesis Rodriguez in Man on a Ledge. ---
**Author:** ![picker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/picker/32/13969_2.png) [@picker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picker)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2013, 7:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-instant-boner-actors-actresses-in-character/662324/3 "2013-07-01T07:41:34Z")
Kaylee in Firefly. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2013, 9:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-instant-boner-actors-actresses-in-character/662324/4 "2013-07-01T09:19:29Z")
> [@picker](#): > > Kaylee in Firefly. Perhaps the default answer until notified otherwise. 🙂 ---
**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:** [July 1, 2013, 10:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-instant-boner-actors-actresses-in-character/662324/5 "2013-07-01T10:44:07Z")
Alison Brie as Annie in _Community_. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2013, 11:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-instant-boner-actors-actresses-in-character/662324/6 "2013-07-01T11:26:43Z")
Sarah Walker, as played by Yvonne Strahovski, on **Chuck**. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2013, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-instant-boner-actors-actresses-in-character/662324/7 "2013-07-01T11:33:45Z")
Kathleen Turner in _Body Heat_. Oh boy. That was something the first time my college gf and I saw it. We wore out the sheets that night. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/7AA_OzWyBqs/hqdefault.jpg "Trailer: Body Heat 1981") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7AA_OzWyBqs) ---
**Author:** ![Harvey\_The\_Heavy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Harvey\_The\_Heavy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harvey_The_Heavy)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2013, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-instant-boner-actors-actresses-in-character/662324/8 "2013-07-01T11:37:21Z")
The girl on the right in this [Jack-In-The-Box commercial](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yix-aIp_inA). No idea who she is. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2013, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-instant-boner-actors-actresses-in-character/662324/9 "2013-07-01T11:47:30Z")
> [@Harvey\_The\_Heavy](#): > > The girl on the right in this [Jack-In-The-Box commercial](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yix-aIp_inA). No idea who she is. I’d have gone for the girl on the left. My all time movie hottie is [Laura Antonelli.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cn68mXQ14T8) Nobody mentioned Progressive Flo yet? ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2013, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-instant-boner-actors-actresses-in-character/662324/10 "2013-07-01T11:49:45Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > Kathleen Turner in _Body Heat_. Oh boy. That was something the first time my college gf and I saw it. We wore out the sheets that night. > [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7AA\_OzWyBqs](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7AA_OzWyBqs) I agree with you about the movie – but dear lord, that’s an annoying trailer! ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2013, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-instant-boner-actors-actresses-in-character/662324/11 "2013-07-01T12:18:14Z")
I’m surprised they ever sold any movie tickets with that trailer. It’s way over stylized. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2013, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-instant-boner-actors-actresses-in-character/662324/12 "2013-07-01T12:21:12Z")
Jennifer Tilly in _Bound_. Not for the BDSM aspect, nor the lesbian angle. She is just steamy. ETA: also Maggie Gyllenhaal in _Secretary_. Again, despite, not due to, the BDSM angle! ---
**Author:** ![Rachellelogram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rachellelogram/32/8689_2.png) [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2013, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-instant-boner-actors-actresses-in-character/662324/13 "2013-07-01T12:26:20Z")
Johnny Depp as [Captain Jack Sparrow](http://i.imgur.com/ZPvkMD3.jpg). There’s just something about men in eyeliner… meeeow! ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2013, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-instant-boner-actors-actresses-in-character/662324/14 "2013-07-01T12:32:38Z")
Zooey Deschanel in Hitchhiker’s Guide. The voice, the eyes, the way she carries herself, and that hot pants costume she wore…yowza. ---
**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:** [July 1, 2013, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-instant-boner-actors-actresses-in-character/662324/15 "2013-07-01T13:03:38Z")
> [@Harvey\_The\_Heavy](#): > > The girl on the right in this [Jack-In-The-Box commercial](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yix-aIp_inA). No idea who she is. Sometimes, though admittedly not very often, reading the comments on YouTube is [a good thing](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm4889158/). Meanwhile, my next pick is Kate Beckinsale as Selene in _Underworld_. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2013, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-instant-boner-actors-actresses-in-character/662324/16 "2013-07-01T13:33:13Z")
Natalie Wood, in [The Great Race](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FO9lYVnAHTQ): two parts sexy, one part slapstick. ---
**Author:** ![standingwave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@standingwave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/standingwave)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2013, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-instant-boner-actors-actresses-in-character/662324/17 "2013-07-01T13:46:35Z")
Rachel Griffiths in Six Feet Under - I don’t know what it was exactly about her as her character was nuts. ---
**Author:** ![Gagundathar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a183cd/32.png) [@Gagundathar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gagundathar)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2013, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-instant-boner-actors-actresses-in-character/662324/18 "2013-07-01T13:59:21Z")
Christina Hendricks from Mad Men is rather stunning. ---
**Author:** ![Yodalicious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yodalicious/32/8195_2.png) [@Yodalicious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yodalicious)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2013, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-instant-boner-actors-actresses-in-character/662324/19 "2013-07-01T13:59:31Z")
Alison Brie Yvonne Strahovski, especially when she speaks with her regular Aussie accent. Emilia Clarke ---
**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2013, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-instant-boner-actors-actresses-in-character/662324/20 "2013-07-01T14:05:40Z")
“Flo” from “Progressive”. Danica Parker (wearing a bikini) rsula Andress (in white bikini) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-instant-boner-actors-actresses-in-character/662324.md?page=2)