20 Sexy Models Turned Actors

Steaming up the big screen

By Josh WinningJun 29th 2011
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Marilyn Monroe

The Model: Signed to the Blue Book Modeling Agency after being snapped by photographer David Conover, Monroe went on to become one of the agency’s most prized properties, flashing those pearly whites from numerous magazine covers.

Acting Career: A varied selection of romcoms and musicals, highlights including Gentlemen Prefer Blondes and Some Like It Hot. Her crippling stage fright meant she probably wasn’t best suited to such a high stress job.

More Than Set Dressing? The Asphalt Jungle marked Monroe out as more than the sum of her beautiful parts.

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    • Hadouken76

      Jun 29th 2011, 9:56

      I think you are being a bit generous, because in Total Film's T3 review you clearly stated that Whitely was 'really awful and sucks the life out of every scene'

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    • MattMaytum

      Jun 29th 2011, 10:44

      ^ Hadouken76 - Good spot, this was amended after we saw the film, but somehow the old entry made it through. It has been updated now.

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    • BonesUk1980

      Jun 29th 2011, 14:43

      hmm no cybil shepard on the list...

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    • MisterAmj

      Jul 2nd 2011, 17:16

      I personally think Milla Jovovich's breakout movie was the Fifth Element. She was rather awful in the Resident Evil movies.

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    • MisterAmj

      Jul 2nd 2011, 17:24

      And didn't Kim Basinger WIN for LA Confidential?

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