Honorable mention:
Kristanna Loken
Who can forget the beautiful "Terminatrix" of T3? She managed to be beautiful and frighteningly robotic at the same time, rather like a violent catwalk model, but also do an excellent fight scene where she and Arnold smash each other through walls. Her finishing move on Arnie's Terminator is one of the most brutal movie moments of the decade.
10. Kelly Hu
The beautiful model and actress took an interest in martial arts at an early age, and according to Wikipedia, her brother would get her to beat guys up. Now that's hot.
In: the surprisingly decent Cradle 2 the Grave, in the running for worst movie title of the decade, or opposite our favorite wrestler-turned-actor, the Rock, in Scorpion King. Don't watch her in X-Men 2; it was awful.
9. Jordana Brewster
Panama's most beautiful export has appeared in some very forgettable movies, but she's still hot.
In: D.E.B.S. A great movie, made even better by her.
8. Emma Watson
This may seem a bit wrong to more prudish people, but hey, she's an adult these days, and really, prudish people have no business reading this blog in the first place. As the Harry Potter books gradually make their way onto the big screen, we've watched her grow from a kinda-cute little girl to a genuinely beautiful woman.
In: The latest installment of the Harry Potter saga. The earlier ones are, in this context, just plain wrong.
7. Denise Richards
Who can forget Wild Things? Hardly a cinematic highlight of the 90's in any other respect, but it firmly established Denise Richards' place in every young man's conceptions of sexuality at the time. Since then, she's mostly been busy with a failed marriage, but she stayed gorgeous in the 00's as well, and found time for a stunning Playboy shoot, which I can't recommend too highly.
In: Playboy. I'd love to post some of the pictures, but someone would report me to Blogger.
6. Jessica Biel
Justin Timberlake's ex-girlfriend may not come with a hugely impressive résume of movies, but she is incredibly beautiful. I once had such a crush on her that I actually watched Stealth.
In: Blade: Trinity. I liked the first Blade movie, and I liked this one as well. She was also pleasantly pornographic in the pointless Texas Chainsaw Massacre remake.
5. Keira Knightley
A true English rose, who somehow managed to enter a world where Kate Moss and her ilk had taken the whole heroin chic light-years too far and still be skinny to the point of famine, but look stunningly beautiful. She's simply captivating to watch, and being a good actor makes it even better. Because of her, I even managed to sit through the totally senseless Pirates of the Caribbean 2: The Amusement Park Ride.
In: For acting, I was pleasantly surprised by her take on Pride and Prejudice, despite being an unrepentant fan of the BBC TV version. Seeing her as Elizabeth Bennett is a fair shot at an image of the ideal woman. For pornography, see the otherwise questionable Domino.
4. Emmanuelle Béart
One of France's many gifts to the world of cinema, Emmanuelle Béart is simply beautiful. In the legendary Jacques Rivette's four-hour epic La Belle Noiseuse, she ascends from an actor to an object of worship, and does it with a nonchalance that is uniquely French.
In: if you like musicals, 8 Women. If you like art house cinema, La Belle Noiseuse, a genuinely good movie. If neither is really your cup of tea, just google her; she's obliged us with several hot ad campaigns and nude appearances in French magazines. I have a difficult time understanding how anyone can dislike a nation where women like her appear naked in magazines as a matter of course.
3. Angelina Jolie
How could anyone go through the turn of the millenium and not have an opinion on Angelina Jolie? She won an Oscar for an excellent performance on Girl. Interrupted, stealing the spotlight from Winona Ryder; between that and creating the ultimate celebrity supercouple with Brad Pitt, she seemed to spend at least as much time talking about her sexuality as she did about her movies. Frankly, why not; she was gorgeous then, and after giving birth to several children and adopting enough to make up a Foreign Legion battalion, she's still gorgeous.
In: For acting and fun, Mr. and Mrs. Smith; for pornography, Tomb Raider.
2. Kiana Tom
I introduced the Hawaiian-born bodybuilder and actress in one of my previous posts. She may only have appeared in one JC movie, but she pushes pretty much all of my buttons.
In: Universal Soldier: The Return. Note that I'm not saying you should watch it. Even for her. Despite having Jean-Claude van Damme, her and Goldberg (!) in it, it still manages to suck. Luckily, she posed for an excellent Playboy pictorial in the May 2002 issue.
1. Rhona Mitra
The fabulous Anglo-Indian-Irish actress-model-singer was easily the most beautiful woman in the movies in the last decade.
In: Doomsday. She also makes a scantily clad appearance in the otherwise thoroughly forgettable Hollow Man.
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