Gillian Anderson!
She had her nose pierced in the early 1980s and dyed her hair various colors. Her high school classmates voted her as "Most Bizarre," "Class Clown", "Most Likely to go Bald" and "Most Likely to be Arrested." Fulfilling the last of these predictions, she was caught trying to jam the high school doors by filling their locks with glue on the eve of her graduation, for which she was arrested.
In 1996, Anderson was voted the "Sexiest Woman in the World" for FHM's 100 Sexiest Women poll.[24] In 2008, she also placed 21st in FHM's All Time 100 Sexiest Hall of Fame.[25]
In 1997, she was chosen by People magazine as one of the 50 Most Beautiful People in the World.[26] Topsocialite.com listed Anderson as the 2nd sexiest woman of the 1990's.[27] Askmen.com listed her at No. 6 on their Top 7: '90s Sex Symbols.[28]
In March 2012, Anderson told Out magazine about her past relationship in high school with an older woman saying, “If I had thought I was 100% gay, would it have been a different experience for me? Would it have been a bigger deal if shame had been attached to it and all those things that become huge life-altering issues for youngsters in that situation? It’s possible that my attitude around it came, on some level, from knowing that I still liked boys.” Anderson said she had relationships with other women but they have been the exception rather than the rule.[29]
Lucy Lawless!
In 1997, Lawless was named one of the "50 Most Beautiful People in the World" by People Weekly Magazine. Days earlier, on 6 May 1997, Lawless had inadvertently exposed her breasts as she concluded a performance of the US national anthem at an NHL hockey game in Anaheim, California between the Mighty Ducks and Detroit Red Wings. Lawless was quoted in Newsweek as saying, "Obviously, I was mortified....It was quite a bit more exposure than I want."[6]
Lawless first appeared on Broadway in September 1997 in the Grease revival, as the "bad girl" character, Betty Rizzo. She wanted to play the lead role of Sandy, and later stated her belief that the producers typecast her to play "bad girls" following her success as Xena. She said the Sandy character was very similar to her sheltered childhood, growing up in New Zealand with many protective older brothers.[7]
Lawless became a 'lesbian icon' because of Xena's ambiguous relationship with traveling companion Gabrielle.[8] This reputation has become cemented after her "graphic lesbian sex scenes" in Spartacus: Gods of the Arena.[9][10] Although Lawless is heterosexual, she has appeared at gay pride events such as the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras.[11] In a 2003 interview with Lesbian News magazine, she said that she had come to see Xena and Gabrielle's relationship as gay after viewing the series finale, though she has also stated on several occasions that she was undecided on the nature of the relationship while playing the role.[12]
Jang Nara!
(Also well known in China, having starred in Chinese sitcoms)
Recently she released another Chinese album called "Kung Fu". The video for the song featured her in red qipao (Chinese women traditional dress), fighting villains, and dancing with a cute panda. She is also in the 2008 Olympic song "Beijing Welcomes You", as the only non-Chinese ethnic singer. In the middle of this year Jang Nara decided to ended her 6 year of hiatus by taking a leading role as Lee Seo Young who is 34 year old mistaken for being 25 in a rom-com "Baby Faced Beauty".
Neve Campbell!
In both 1998 and 2000, she was on People's "50 Most Beautiful People" list. In 1998 she was ranked #3 in Empire's 100 sexiest movie stars. Campbell was also included in FHM's 'sexiest women in the world' list in 1998 (#31), 1999 (#20), 2000 (#31) and 2001 (#42).
In 2007, she was featured for a third time on People most beautiful people list.
Rupa Ganguly!
(Born in Bangladesh; Stared in Indian Sitcoms)
She lived with her singer companion, Dibyendu, 13 years younger than her, in her Mumbai flat. Rupa has since split with Dibyendu.
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