Known for: The Whole Nine Yards, Saving Silverman, Igby Goes Down, a bunch of movies you've never heard of.
What happens when you cross a Quaker and a Jew? Well, either a shaking shlimazel or Amanda Peet. We'll take Peet, if only for her gorgeous smile and perfect body. Peet is kind of like Julia Roberts except way hotter (without the horse teeth) and she's a member of the Tribe. She was the queen of indie movies until the early 2000s, when somebody realized that her hot body and decent acting chops were being wasted on a bunch of art house dweebs. Peet's played of the part of sexy, yet approachable in a number of recent movies, including Saving Silverman and The Whole Nine Yards. Lately she's been ratcheting up her sci-fi points with movies like The X Files: I Want to Believe, Terra and the upcoming apocalyptic thriller 2012.