Long has it been necessary to show some curves to make it in Hollywood, but sometimes actresses just can't cut it. Or they're not tough enough to handle a scene that requires some action. Here's 10 of the top bodies you've seen and thought they belonged to someone else (via Ask Men.com):
Number 10 - Renee Sloan
Although she's most well-known for being the gal who stopped Scott Baio from being "45 and single,” this Tennessee girl originally got her start as one of Hef’s favorite Bunnies. She rode the fame associated with that position (or positions, depending on how you look at it) to work as one of the industries cutest body doubles, she has also acted in small roles.
Body double take: Pamela Anderson’s ridiculous proportions make her truly one of a kind. Oh, except for Renee Sloan, who was her body double for Baywatch.
Number 10 - Renee Sloan
Although she's most well-known for being the gal who stopped Scott Baio from being "45 and single,” this Tennessee girl originally got her start as one of Hef’s favorite Bunnies. She rode the fame associated with that position (or positions, depending on how you look at it) to work as one of the industries cutest body doubles, she has also acted in small roles.Body double take: Pamela Anderson’s ridiculous proportions make her truly one of a kind. Oh, except for Renee Sloan, who was her body double for Baywatch.
Number 9 - Julie Strain
When you're a 6-foot, 1-inch woman, the number of actresses you can sub in for is relatively small. That didn’t stop this ambitious California beauty from trying. Armed with a Penthouse Pet of the Year Award, she traveled to Tinseltown and got to work almost immediately. Julie Strain hasn’t looked back since, with over 100 credits to her name. As far as body doubles go, we would take Julie Strain over the A-listers she subs in for.
Body double take: From doubling in for Geena Davis during the sex scene in Thelma & Louise, this wicked woman went on to form a lucrative career starring in low-budget T&A movies like The Bare Wench Project and Babewatch Biker Babes. What a country!
When you're a 6-foot, 1-inch woman, the number of actresses you can sub in for is relatively small. That didn’t stop this ambitious California beauty from trying. Armed with a Penthouse Pet of the Year Award, she traveled to Tinseltown and got to work almost immediately. Julie Strain hasn’t looked back since, with over 100 credits to her name. As far as body doubles go, we would take Julie Strain over the A-listers she subs in for.Body double take: From doubling in for Geena Davis during the sex scene in Thelma & Louise, this wicked woman went on to form a lucrative career starring in low-budget T&A movies like The Bare Wench Project and Babewatch Biker Babes. What a country!
Number 8 - Darlene Ava Williams
Most of us think of stuntwomen as husky, muscular types who gave up careers as gym teachers to make it big in Hollywood. However, this stunning blonde stunt double shatters that misconception, subbing in for divas like Lindsay Lohan and Evan Rachel Wood. With her father being one of the country’s foremost elephant trainers and her mother a fourth-generation aerialist, Darlene was literally raised in the circus. She parlayed the skills picked up amongst the freaks and outcasts into a lucrative career in Hollywood as one of the hottest body doubles.
Body double take: Darlene’s work in Tim Burton’s awful remake of Planet of the Apes might have been the only good part of the film as she subbed in for Helena Bonham Carter. She’s also appeared as Lindsay Lohan’s double in Herbie: Fully Loaded. And we're sure the 24 preteen girls who paid to see it really appreciated her work.
Most of us think of stuntwomen as husky, muscular types who gave up careers as gym teachers to make it big in Hollywood. However, this stunning blonde stunt double shatters that misconception, subbing in for divas like Lindsay Lohan and Evan Rachel Wood. With her father being one of the country’s foremost elephant trainers and her mother a fourth-generation aerialist, Darlene was literally raised in the circus. She parlayed the skills picked up amongst the freaks and outcasts into a lucrative career in Hollywood as one of the hottest body doubles.Body double take: Darlene’s work in Tim Burton’s awful remake of Planet of the Apes might have been the only good part of the film as she subbed in for Helena Bonham Carter. She’s also appeared as Lindsay Lohan’s double in Herbie: Fully Loaded. And we're sure the 24 preteen girls who paid to see it really appreciated her work.
Number 7 - Alisa Hensley
What do Charlize Theron, Cameron Diaz and Nicole Kidman have in common? Two things: they're all hot, and Alisa Hensley has appeared as a body double for all three. She’s a blonde, blue-eyed American beauty and was named one of the 20 Most Fit Women of All-Time by Muscle & Fitness magazine. Not only that, but she can also drive circles around you on a 1500cc racing bike.Body double take: One of Hollywood’s most decorated stunt performers, Alisa has appeared as the stand-in for the female terminator in Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, and was Natasha Henstridge’s double alongside Matthew Perry in The Whole Ten Yards.
Number 6 - Catherine Bell
Not all actresses who start off as body doubles are destined for a career in soft-core porn or as a Wal-Mart greeter. Catherine Bell went from baring it all to entertaining literally dozens of people by starring in TV’s military courtroom drama JAG.
Body double take: This London-born firecracker appeared nude as both Meryl Streep and Isabella Rossellini’s body double in the memorable strip scene featured in Death Becomes Her.
Not all actresses who start off as body doubles are destined for a career in soft-core porn or as a Wal-Mart greeter. Catherine Bell went from baring it all to entertaining literally dozens of people by starring in TV’s military courtroom drama JAG.Body double take: This London-born firecracker appeared nude as both Meryl Streep and Isabella Rossellini’s body double in the memorable strip scene featured in Death Becomes Her.
Number 5 - Zoe Bell
Anyone who's seen Quentin Tarantino’s outrageous Death Proof will know Zoe Bell as the unfortunate chick stuck on the hood of the car during the movie’s climatic chase scene. However, this tough, glamorous Kiwi is also one of Hollywood’s busiest body doubles and stunt persons.
Body double take: “Zoe the Cat” is most famous for replacing Uma Thurman during Kill Bill’s more trying scenes. That is almost cool enough to allow us to forgive her for also stunt doubling in Xena: Warrior Princess.
Anyone who's seen Quentin Tarantino’s outrageous Death Proof will know Zoe Bell as the unfortunate chick stuck on the hood of the car during the movie’s climatic chase scene. However, this tough, glamorous Kiwi is also one of Hollywood’s busiest body doubles and stunt persons.Body double take: “Zoe the Cat” is most famous for replacing Uma Thurman during Kill Bill’s more trying scenes. That is almost cool enough to allow us to forgive her for also stunt doubling in Xena: Warrior Princess.
Number 4 - Barbara Alexandre
It boggles the mind: Paris Hilton coasts to super riches on a cloud of nepotism and slutty-ness, while this talented (and infinitely better looking), trilingual singer/dancer/actress still has to settle for work as a body double. However, Barbara refuses to let it get her down, grinding it out on Canadian TV shows and small dancing tours waiting for her big break.
Body double take: As long as Halle Berry keeps making movies, this Canadian beauty will be gainfully employed. She’s doubled for the former Mrs. David Justice in X-Men 2, Gothika and according to some rumors, Catwoman -- which is amazing. No, not the fact that she body doubled for Halle Berry, the fact that someone actually watched Catwoman.
It boggles the mind: Paris Hilton coasts to super riches on a cloud of nepotism and slutty-ness, while this talented (and infinitely better looking), trilingual singer/dancer/actress still has to settle for work as a body double. However, Barbara refuses to let it get her down, grinding it out on Canadian TV shows and small dancing tours waiting for her big break.Body double take: As long as Halle Berry keeps making movies, this Canadian beauty will be gainfully employed. She’s doubled for the former Mrs. David Justice in X-Men 2, Gothika and according to some rumors, Catwoman -- which is amazing. No, not the fact that she body doubled for Halle Berry, the fact that someone actually watched Catwoman.
Number 3 - Kate Clarke
Kate Clark takes the stereotype of the ditzy, untalented Hollywood bimbo and turns it on its prejudiced ear. She’s appeared as a body double to some of the most beautiful women in the world, but is also a successful artist, published poet and accomplished screenwriter. And if that weren’t enough: Vanity Fair magazine suggested this vixen has one of L.A.’s best bodies.
Body double take: If the producers of a film starring arguably the most beautiful woman in the world -- read, Angelina Jolie -- pick you to be her body double, does that make you No. 2? Kate has doubled for Mrs. Pitt in Mr & Mrs Smith as well as subbing in for Kate Beckinsale in the under-appreciated Vacancy.
Number 2 - Leilani Munter
The career path of many body double/actresses runs from body doubling in nude scenes in low-budget horror movies to trophy wives of Hollywood executives to prenup-funded socialites. However, this ravishing raven-haired wonder went on an entirely different path, one paved with rubber-streaked asphalt on the Indy Car circuit. And when Leilani Munter’s not defying death at 200-plus mph, she also lobbies congress on environmental issues.
Body double take: Michael Douglas remains one of the few lucky bastards to see Catherine Zeta-Jones naked, as Leilani stood in for the Welsh beauty in both Traffic and America’s Sweethearts.
The career path of many body double/actresses runs from body doubling in nude scenes in low-budget horror movies to trophy wives of Hollywood executives to prenup-funded socialites. However, this ravishing raven-haired wonder went on an entirely different path, one paved with rubber-streaked asphalt on the Indy Car circuit. And when Leilani Munter’s not defying death at 200-plus mph, she also lobbies congress on environmental issues.Body double take: Michael Douglas remains one of the few lucky bastards to see Catherine Zeta-Jones naked, as Leilani stood in for the Welsh beauty in both Traffic and America’s Sweethearts.
Number 1 - Shelley Michelle
Being known as the queen of body doubles is sort of akin to being known as the tallest midget. However, this blonde bombshell has carved a tidy little niche out of subbing in for shy starlets. Aware that her 38D-27-36 body won’t last forever, the enterprising woman has moved into writing and producing.Body double take: Shelley grew up in Hollywood, so she didn’t need to travel far to appear in films like My Stepmother is an Alien (doubling for Kim Basinger) and The Prince of Tides. However, the leggy former dancer (her legs are insured for $1 million) is best known for her work as Julia Roberts’ naked body in Pretty Woman.
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