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Fat Guy's Top 100 Sexiest Female Movie Roles Ever- At the risk of completely severing the already-thin connection between golf and some of my subject matter for once... One night I found myself trying to cure a case of insomnia by mentally compiling a list of the sexiest female movie roles ever. It didn't do a damn thing towards getting me to sleep; but in the end, I did come up with a pretty comprehensive list of what I thought were the sexiest female movie roles ever (no rules here; doesn't have to be a lead role, it can be supporting, bit role, cameo, non-speaking, whatever; can be a sexy character, wear a sexy wardrobe, or be just plain great looking). Just to add some outside opinion, I posed this question to some folks on the IMDB discussion board, who came back with some old school roles that wouldn't have made my list.

Fat Guy's #1 Sexiest Female Movie Role Ever:

Demi Moore as "Diana Murphy", Indecent Proposal (1993).

I've never seen a more beautiful woman on screen in any movie. I've never seen Demi Moore look better in a movie. This was when her body was perfect, before she got that overtrained, overcut look in Striptease. Her wardrobe was perfect, and that black dress Redford buys her made her look drop dead gorgeous. Plus the whole naughty premise: Would you have sex with a stranger for $1,000,000? Doesn't get any sexier than that.

A list of honorable mentions for Top 10 honors, taken from multiple nominees in my bulletin board discussions:

Sharon Stone as "Cathreine Tramell"- Basic Instinct (1992).

Apparently alot of guys think the "intelligent but crazy, sexually aggressive, party girl exhibitionist" type is really hot.

Raquel Welch as "Loana", 1 Million Years B.C. (1966).

I guess the whole dragging the fur-bikini-clad cavewoman back to the cave by her hair thing is more of a draw than you might think, and Raquel was gorgeous back then.

Jane Fonda as "Barbarella", Barbarella (1968).

This must have been the sexy sci-fi drive-in movie of choice when the Baby Boomers hit driving age, and admittedly Jane wore some great costumes in the film.

Kate Beckinsale as "Selene", Underworld: Evolution (2006).

My buddy Norm and a host of others love her tight leather-clad body, in the series that made vampires and werewolves sexy.

Barbara Bach as "Lana", Caveman (1981).

This was an utterly forgettable early-'80's comedy starring Ringo Starr. Barbara Bach (who's only other notable movie role was as Bond Girl "Major Anya Amasova/Agent XXX" in The Spy Who Loved Me) got a few nominations in yet another cavewoman role. I'm noticing a strange trend here.

Diane Lane as "Connie Sumner", Unfaithful (2002).

Diane Lane defined the term MILF as it was becoming part of the American lexicon, and some of the "love" scenes in this movie are the sexiest ever commited to mainstream film.

Joy Harmon as "The Girl", Cool Hand Luke (1967).

Joy Harmon was the curvy blond girl in the sexiest exhibitionist car wash scene ever filmed.

Kim Basinger as "Elizabeth", 9-1/2 Weeks (1986).

This has to be the sexiest female role of the 1980's, and Basinger's best performance, in a career that oozed sexy. This film brought "pyschological kink" out of the closet and into the mainstream.

Jessica Lange as "Cora Papadakis", The Postman Always Rings Twice (1981).

Recent American Horror Story fans might have a hard time imagining a now-mature Jessica Lange as sexy, but she played seductive to the hilt in this remake of a 1946 classic. Despite being made in the early '80's, this version had more of a late 1960's feel to the way it was shot, and starring opposite Jack Nicholson seemed to bring out the best in Lange.

After the Top 10, here's the rest of my personal list of nominations and the bulletin board nods, in no particular order:

Fat Guy Nominees:

Kate Mara as "Sarah Fenn"- Shooter (2007). 

Kate Mara is the pinnacle of the 'gorgeous girl-next-door' category. You may also remember her from We Are Marshall. Her smoldering eyes melted my soul in every shot of this movie. And the brief scene where she dresses up like a hooker in a short blond wig to meet with the FBI agent... day-yum!

Elizabeth Shue as "Jordan Mooney"- Cocktail (1988).

I've had a crush on Elizabeth Shue ever since Karate Kid and Adventures In Babysitting. She just has that devastatingly cute, wholesome high school cheerleader look. Cocktail was the perfect "I'm a woman now" role for her, and she looked great running around in that one-piece swimsuit.

Elizabeth Shue as "Sera"- Leaving Las Vegas (1995). 

It doesn't get any more desperately sexy than Elizabeth Shue in Leaving Las Vegas. It was a mold-breaking for her to play a hooker after a career of wholesome roles, and she pulled it off with surprising gravitas.

Lisa Thornhill as "Evelyn Thompson"- The Family Man (2000)

You probably don't even remember this movie, let alone Lisa Thornhill's bit role in it, so let me refresh your memory.  The Family Man starred Nicholas Cage and Tea Leoni, in a sort of Ghost of Christmas Past/Future kind of a thing, where Nick's Manhattan bachelor investment banker gets to see what his life would have been like with a wife and kids as a tire salesman in the suburbs.  Lisa Thornhill plays their seductive neighbor, who has a huge thing for Nick.  Her come-on scene from the bowling alley stayed with me for weeks afterwards.

Salma Hayek as "Satanico Pandemonium"-  From Dusk Till Dawn (1996).

Latina hottie Selma Hayek as a scantily-clad vampire stripper in a Tarantino movie? Sign me up.

Nicole Kidman as "Tracy Kissinger"- Malice (1993). 

A tense thriller opposite Alec Baldwin, who plays a surgeon with a God complex.  Kidman and Baldwin had great chemistry, and exchange some memorable sexy dialogue.

Elizabeth Hurley as "The Devil"- Bedazzled (2000).  

Hottie hardbody Elizabeth Hurley in evilly-sexy outfits, playing a female temptress version of the Devil herself.  Even playing opposite Brendan Frazer couldn't dampen her sexiness in this role.

Jessica Alba as "Sam"- Into The Blue (2005). 

One of the most gorgeous women in Hollywood, Jessica spends pretty much the entire movie in tiny bikinis, and the director didn't skimp on the close-up body shots (to the point where my normally babe-friendly wife said, "If I have to stare at her ass one more time..."  Not that I was really listening by that point...).

Jessica Alba as "Nancy Callahan"- Sin City (2005). 

Jessica plays a stripper with a heart of gold, with Frank Miller's stylish graphic novel/comic book noir cinematography.  The scene of her dancing on the bar is worth the cost of a rental all by itself.

Lacey Chabert as "Gretchen Wieners"- Mean Girls (2004). 

As cute as Lacey Chabert was even as an underage hottie back on Party Of Five, I always expected her movie career to be a little bigger than it was.  Here she still looks young, but spends the whole movie strutting around in short skirts and tight clothes.

Lindsay Lohan as "Cady Heron"- Mean Girls (2004). 

This was Lindsay's breakout role, before she had too much plastic surgery and partied her way into a Tabloid Hall Of Famer.  Back then she was fresh-faced, sassy, and damn cute, even playing a high-schooler.

Lindsay Lohan as "Rachel Wilcox"- Georgia Rule (2007). 

This was filmed at a pivotal point in Lindsay's career when she teetered between stretches of really good acting and the beginnings of her slide into 'completely unreliable party girl.'  Here she plays a sarcastic, quick-witted bad-girl teen of an alcoholic mother and an abusive step-father who's sent to live with her overbearing grandmother.  Playing opposite Jane Fonda added some maturity to her performance, and there was some interesting sexual tension between Lindsay and an older Dermot Mulroney.  A great threat that Lindsay's new-girl-in-town blurts out to her catty teen rivals, "I will find all of your boyfriends and I will f*&% them stupid."

Rosario Dawson as "Becky"- Clerks II (2006). 

OK, this seems like the last movie on the planet that would have a Top 100 sexy female role in it.  But the dialogue Kevin Smith has Rosario spouting has some sexy shock value, then watch the scene of her teaching Dante to dance on the roof of Mooby's wearing that tank top and tell me you're not a little bit in love with Rosario Dawson.

Rosario Dawson as "Abernathy/Abbie", Death Proof (2007). 

This Tarantino/Rodriquez double-feature features Rosario as a tough girl.  It's a great ass-kicking role and she just looks sexy-tough throughout.

Ali McGraw as "Carol McCoy"- The Getaway (1972). 

Playing opposite Steve McQueen, Maxim nominated McGraw's performance in the original Getaway as one of their sexiest movie roles of all time.

Kim Basinger as "Carol McCoy"- The Getaway (1994). 

This remake of the 1972 original was probably Basinger's last major role where she could pull off "hottie" without the word "cougar" being attached, but the chemistry with then-husband Alec Baldwin is palpable, and she does great two nude scenes.

Kim Basinger as "Lynn Bracken"- L.A. Confidential (1997).  What is it about actresses playing hookers that's so sexy?  This one highlights Basinger's "Veronica Lake look-alike" beauty with 1940's hairstyles and pin-up looks.

Halle Berry as "Lecita Musgrove"- Monster's Ball (2001). 

Halle Berry is the bomb, and the only actress with 7 nominations on this list (no one else has more than 3).  She effortlessly shifted from adorable (Last Boy Scout, Boomerang) to sexy bombshell (Swordfish) as she matured, and continues to be the hottest woman over 40 on the planet.  Throughout her career, she's somehow managed to find interesting, sexy characters to play without ever slipping into B-movie star.  Here she has a crazy-dirty sex scene with Billy Bob Thornton.

Halle Berry as "Ginger Knowles"- Swordfish (2001). 

Halle has a couple great bra & panties/topless scenes, and the rest of the movie she's rockin' sexy suits and dresses.

Halle Berry as "Jinx Johnson"- Die Another Day (2002). 

Not your typical Bond girl, but Halle is unforgettable walking out of the ocean in that orange bikini.

Halle Berry as "Rowena Price"- Perfect Stranger (2007). 

There are moments when the premise of the movie both adds and detracts from the sexual tension--intentionally and simultaneously--with co-star Bruce Willis (Halle plays a journalist investigating her best friend's murder who must flirt with the creepy guy--Bruce Willis--who probably did it).  A more mature Willis plays creepy better than expected, and "Rowena" has a couple hot booty-call scenes with her ex-boyfriend (played by CSI's Gary Dourdan) to release the built-up tension from her flirting with Willis.

Halle Berry as "Patience Phillips/Catwoman"- Catwoman (2004). 

This was a ridiculously bad movie, and gets nominated based on the visual of Halle in the skin-tight Catwoman suit alone.  Our first nominee from the "Only Watchable With The Sound Off" category.

Halle Berry as "Miss Stone"- The Flintstones (1994). 

I know you just laughed at this nomination just because of the movie title, but this early role for Halle gave her a chance to play a campily flirty secretary, and she's practically falling out of those cavewoman tops the whole movie.  It works plenty well enough to jump start your imagination about what it might be like to have a flirty Halle Berry as your Administrative Assistant.

Julie Michaels as "Denise"- Road House (1989).

She plays pure '80's tramp in her only notable movie role, but you gotta admit, her strip tease scene with Jeff Healey on guitar is one of the greats of all time.

Melanie Griffith as "V"- Milk Money (1994). 

I could see how Melanie Griffith's soft voice and over-the-top blond act could be a little much for some guys, and this was a PG-13 version of a hooker.  I thought she pulled off the role (and the look) pretty well for a then-37-year-old.

Melanie Griffith as "Toby Robuck"- Nobody's Fool (1994).  Here Melanie plays off of Paul Newman as her husband's rascally contractor rival in a well-written, flirty role.

Julia Roberts as "Daisy Arujo"- Mystic Pizza (1988).  It seems like Julia is a "love-her-or-hate-her" kinda actress for alot of guys, but this was only her second movie role, back when nobody knew who she was.  I just remember getting about halfway through this movie and going, "Who is this sexy hot chick with the long curly hair, the attitude, and that sexy mouth?" (This was also back before she fully 'developed' that obnoxious horse smile.)

Julia Roberts as "Vivian Ward"- Pretty Woman (1990). 

It was about as saccharine and Disney-esque as you could make a hooker role, but something about the vulnerability that Julia put into Vivian worked. Between the barely-there hooker dress and thigh high boots she wears for the first part of the movie, and the strangely endearing scene where she goes down on Richard Gere while laughing at the I Love Lucy grape-stomping episode, somehow both guys and girls both came out of this movie digging her.

Julia Roberts as "Erin Brockovich"- Erin Brockovich (2000). 

It was nice to see Julia finally play someone with an actual edge.  The constant mountains of cleavage, high heels, short skirts, and sassy dialogue made the hero-mom storyline alot more bearable.

Jennifer Love Hewitt as "Julie James"- I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997); I Still Know What You Did Last Summer (1998). 

I've had a huge lust-crush on JLH ever since her days as Sarah on Party Of Five.  It doesn't take a brain surgeon to figure out why.  Here she spends the entire movie(s) running around in a filthy, wet, clingy tank top.

Jennifer Love Hewitt as "Wendy/Page Conners/Jane Halestrom"- Heartbreakers (2001).  

Love, as a slutty con artist.  She ravages Ray Liotta in her opening scene, and rocks various cleavage-bearing bikinis, micro-dresses, and lingerie throughout the rest of the movie.  Playing opposite Sigourney Weaver as her con-artist mom somehow made both of them seem hotter.

Neve Campbell as "Suzie Toller"- Wild Things (1998).  Sticking with the Party Of Five alumni theme, Neve was another one I thought would have a bigger career.  Wild Things was sort of a pinnacle performance for her; once you saw her in this you finally realized she was only sexy enough to pull of the sidekick role, while you're simultaneously figuring that once she started taking roles like this, her career was already on the downswing.  Still, she was half of one of the sexiest bi scenes on film, the girl-girl scene with Denise Richards.

Denise Richards as "Kelly Van Ryan"- Wild Things (1998).  Any actress who's been a Bond Girl and Charlie Sheen's ex has to land on this list somewhere, and this was probably her sexiest role, as a crazy little temptress.

Famke Janssen as "Xenia Onatopp"- Goldeneye (1995).  

Her name and the character may not ring a bell, but the picture should.  I've always had a thing for her gorgeous eyes and perfect eyebrows.  Here she's a Bond villaness from Russia who's apparently into BDS&M, in a steamy fight/love scene with Pierce Brosnan.

Eva Green as "Vesper Lynd"- Casino Royale (2006). 

Quite possibly the sexiest Bond girl ever.  Traffic-stopping beauty, brains, that sexy British accent, cleavage galore, and a haughty (initial) disdain for a guy as cool as Bond.  There's a scene where she gets in the shower fully clothed (after seeing Daniel Craig kill a guy with his bare hands), with her dress clinging wetly to every curve of her body, that will bring a grown man to his knees.

Cameron Diaz as "Tina Carlyle"- The Mask (1994). 

I like Cameron Diaz as a comedy actress, but I've never really thought she was all that hot.  In this early role she allowed herself to be tarted up, and she rocks some sexy '90's hair, short skirts, and cleavage in her only hot role until her late-career bomb Bad Teacher.

Cameron Diaz as "Elizabeth Halsey"- Bad Teacher (2011). 

To be honest I haven't even seen this movie, but if the trailer is any indication, it's nomination-worthy just based on the visuals.  Yet another hot car wash scene.

Angelina Jolie as "Lara Croft"- Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001). 

It's cool to see a hottie pull off a legit action role (because not many of them can), but it was the uber-tight sleeveless shirts, shorts, and pants made Angelina the most magnetic action star ever.

Angelina Jolie as "Jane Smith"- Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005). 

In one of the opening scenes she masquerades as a PVC-clad dominatrix.  The rest of the movie she's just drop-dead gorgeous and kicking ass, despite the fact that the sex scene with Brad Pitt is semi-lame.  A classic supporting role from Vince Vaughn is a bonus.

Rachel McAdams as "Clare Cleary"- Wedding Crashers (2005). 

Rachel McAdams and those dimples of hers just redefine cute with every smile she flashes in this movie.

Joan Severance as "The Woman"- Red Shoe Diaries (1992); Red Shoe Diaries 2 (1993).

Joan Severance was beautiful, bright, and possibly talented enough to become a major movie star, but an early Elite modeling career meant she didn't really start acting and landing TV roles until she was 30 (Wiseguy, 1988), past her prime star-making years.  As a result, she was mostly cast as a mature seductress/seductee in TV movies.  Lucky for us her 1990 Playboy spread led her to star in Zalman King's erotic Red Shoe Diaries, which was then released on video.

Joan Severance as "Irene"- Lake Consequence (1993). 

Another erotic Zalman King production that features a housewife gone astray from a perfect life (with Billy Zane).

Janet Jones as "Julie Lloyd"- American Anthem (1986). 

'80's B-list actress Janet Jones hit her peak in probably the only gymnastics film ever made, opposite Olympic heartthrob Mitch Gaylord.  Not only was she gorgeous and blond, but she also filled out a leotard like no one has before or since.  This role led to a 1987 semi-nude spread in Playboy, which eventually led her to become Mrs. Wayne Gretzky.  I haven't seen this movie since it was in theaters, and it sucked even back then.  Another possible nominee in the "Only Watchable With The Sound Off" category.

Jennifer Anniston as "Dr. Julia Harris"- Horrible Bosses (2011). 

While Jennifer Aniston has looked great in a bunch of movies, I don't think she was ever quite cast in anything seriously sexy until Horrible Bosses.  Although it's a comedically sexy role, her character in this movie is basically a man-eating sex addict.  It's hard to believe that body is on the north side of 40, and some of the things that come out of her mouth in this movie will make your jaw drop open.  It's a fantasy come true for all us Friends fans from the '90's.

Sherilyn Fenn as "April"- Two Moon Junction (1988). 

Zalman King started a new genre of story-based but highly visual erotic films back in the late '80's and early '90's.  This was Sherilyn Fenn's breakout movie role after TV's Twin Peaks, as a sexy Southern Belle who falls for a studly carival worker passing through town.

Charlize Theron as "Aeon Flux"- Aeon Flux (2005). 

Charlize Theron as a futuristic goth ass-kicker in a skin-tight cat suit.  You need to hear more?

Bo Derek as "Jenny Hanley"- 10  (1979). 

If the title didn't solidify Bo Derek as a sex symbol for a generation, nothing would.  I could do without the then-trendy beaded corn rows, but who can forget the slo-mo scene of her wet and running up the beach in that body-hugging one piece suit.

Terri Hatcher as "Katherine 'Kiki' Tango"- Tango & Cash (1989). 

This was one of Terri Hatcher's first movie roles after a few years of TV work, so it stands to reason that she agreed to play a stripper, and a damn sexy one at that.

Pamela Anderson as "Barb Wire"- Barb Wire (1996). 

Another one from the "Only Watchable With The Sound Off" list, but nobody can rock a corset and leather pants quite like Pam Anderson.

Maria Bello as "Edie Stall"- A History Of Violence (2005). 

Maria has always been on my free pass short list, and she has two scenes in this movie with co-star Viggo Mortensen that will blow your mind.  For the first, she dresses up in her old high school cheerleader outfit for a really sexy scene complete with drunken role play.  The other is an intense rough sex scene on the stairs (the whole time I'm watching it all I can think is, "Ow!  That's gonna leave a bruise.").

Brooke Langton as "Annabelle Farrell"- The Replacements (2000). 

Nobody does tomboy-sexy-cute better than Brooke Langton. The skimpy cheerleader costume didn't hurt either.

Tawny Kitaen as "Debbie Thompson"- Bachelor Party (1984). 

This one doesn't hold up nearly as well as we Gen X'ers might remember as a comedy, and probably falls into the "Only Watchable With The Sound Off" pile, with a laughably over-the-top farcical story.  But Tawny Kittaen was almost as hot in this as she was in her husband's White Snake videos, so it's worth a rainy-day rental.

Lolita Davidovich as "Olivia"- Intersection (1994). 

There was a period in the early-to-mid '90's when Lolita Davidovich was the hottest redhead on the planet.  Here Lolita plays a lolita opposite Richard Gere and Sharon Stone in this trippy-sexy psychological love triangle thriller.

Catherine Zeta-Jones as "Virginia Baker"- Entrapment (1999).  

With surprising sexual chemistry playing opposite a much-older Sean Connery, this is the best Catherine Zeta-Jones ever looked.  The scene where master thief Connery is training her to navigate a room full of laser alarms is well worth a You Tube search.

Liv Tyler as "Jewel Valentine"- One Night At McCool's (2001). 

I've never been much of a Liv Tyler fan, but her temptress character and curly red locks in this film will stir tingly feelings in any straight guy.  I'm pretty sure she seduces every guy in this movie, she's dressed uber-sexy throughout, and it has yet another hot car wash scene.  Liv plays sexy with an innate intelligence behind it, which elevates her well above your run of the mill B-movie hottie.  Liv was so incredibly sexy in this role, it probably deserves a Top 10 slot now that I think about it.

Kelly Lebrock as "Lisa"- Weird Science (1985). 

A cult classic old school 80's sex comedy.  Granted the role is pretty campy, but it was great teen fantasy fodder for us Gen X'ers.  Build your own girlfriend out of a Barbie Doll and a Russian nuclear missle?  With that sexy accent?  Hell-to-the-Yeah!

Megan Fox as "Mikaela Banes"- Transformers (2007).

Great CGI, cool action sequences, a bitchin' Camaro, and Megan Fox running around in body baring outfits.  Yeah, that's sexy.

Eva Mendez as "Sara Harris"- Training Day (2001). 

Denzel's most bad-ass role ever, and Eva Mendez as his haughy mistress.

Jessica Simpson as "Daisy Duke"- The Dukes Of Hazzard (2005). 

I was a huge fan of the TV show growing up, thanks in no small part to Catherine Bach and her namesake "Daisy Duke" shorts.  In hindsight, I'm not sure whether it's a bigger sacrilege that they picked a bubbly blond to be Daisy for the movie, or that Daisy was never a bubbly Southern Belle blond on the show in the first place.  Either way, Jessica rocks an eye-popping leather vest and pink bikini in ways Catherine Bach never could.

Bulletin Board Nominees:

Demi Moore- Striptease
Susan George- Straw Dogs
Susan Sarandon- "Any movie where she gets naked"
Phoebe Cates- Fast Times At Ridgemont High
Sylvia Kristel (Dutch actress)- Emanuelle in Hong Kong
Jane Russell- The Outlaw
Maria Schneider- Last Tango In Paris
Rachel Welch- Fantastic Voyage
Stefania Sandrelli- The Key
Daryl Hannah- Legal Eagles
Jamie Lee Curtis- True Lies
Claudia Udy- Joy
Linda Fioretino- The Last Seduction
Adrienne Barbeau- Swamp Thing
Sophia Loren- El Cid
Ann Margaret- Carnal Knowledge
Patricia Arquette- Human Nature
Roxanne Hart- Highlander
Uma Thurman- Kill Bill
Angie Dickinson- "Some movie with a shower scene"
Anne Bancroft- The Graduate
Thandie Newton- Chronicles Of Riddick
Marissa Tomei- My Cousin Vinny
Halle Berry- Slingblade
Nicole Kidman- Eyes Wide Shut   Nicole seems to go for these psyco-sexual thrillers occasionally.  God bless her for it.  This one brought high class secret swinger societies into the American consciousness.
Kathleen Turner- Body Heat
Shannon Whirry- Animal Instincts; Animal Instincts 2

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