these ladies proved that they’re more
than just a pretty face by busting their
way onto the big screen please Frank
sir I like to sing blue velvet welcome
to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for the top ten
female models turned actresses you know
I think this is one of the traits of a
really good producer keep the tail at
happy
anything I can do for this list we’re
looking at those women who originally
began their careers as models before
becoming actresses we’re excluding those
actresses that were originally beauty
pageant stars however so you won’t find
ladies like Halle Berry or Sharon Stone
on this list it’s not funny
number 10 Frieda Pinto born in Mumbai
India
freida Pinto majored in English
literature and minored in psychology and
economics
before joining Elite Model Management
she appeared in several advertisements
selling a variety of products including
a BAE Visa and Vodafone India Pinto
would model for several years and
appeared on many magazine covers but her
big acting break came when she was cast
in Slumdog Millionaire know you’d be
watching
I thought PETA can only indent the
success of that film allowed her to
appear in several other big-budget
movies including Rise of the Planet of
the Apes and immortals and we’re
confident this beauty will keep
impressing us on the big screen in the
future I want to see the world through
my own eyes filled with my own heart
touch my own flesh number nine Brooklyn
Decker when I first came out to the
scene I had boobs and I have a body and
I talk too much and I smile too much and
Sports Illustrated that’s what they love
best known for her numerous appearances
in the Sports Illustrated swimsuit
issues Brooklyn Decker began her
modeling career when she was around 16
years old on top of her Sports
Illustrated appearances she’s also
modeled for Victoria’s Secret and the
Gap recently Decker has tried her hand
at acting first appearing on the big
screen alongside Adam Sandler in the
2011 comedy just go with it I do not
date married men my father cheated on my
mom when I was young I am NOT going to
be other woman she’s also appeared in
several popular television series and
2012 sci-fi film Battleship and we can’t
wait to see more of her bubbly
personality at the movies you’re
freaking him out Mick I doubt it takes
muster freak him out
number eight famke janssen heat I need
the gun come on that depends on your
definition of safe sex before she was
zegna onatopp or Jean Grey famke janssen
was a fashion model with Elite Model
Management where she worked for several
famous brands including Victoria’s
Secret Chanel and Eve Sano ha I just do
my best and I try to walk and I don’t
try to make too much out of it because I
know I I cannot do it and it would look
ridiculous
she eventually retired from modeling in
the early 90s however to pursue an
acting career after first appearing in
the 1992 crime drama fathers and sons
Jansen got her big break as the famous
femme fatale in Goldeneye Sandhya hi Kat
she would later star in both the x-men
and taken franchises making her hard to
pronounce name a household one putting
our daughter at risk by going to Paris
you’re pathetic
number seven Sofia Vergara you’re too
funny I’m gonna share that one with my
next husband when we’re spending all
your money one of the most popular
actresses of the last decade Sofia
Vergara
initially began her career as a model
after a photographer discovered her
while she was walking on a beach in
Colombia she appeared in a Pepsi
commercial at the age of 17 and by 20
she was working as a runway model in her
native country I was very you know lucky
that I had my curves and I wasn’t
expected to be very skinny because you
know I’m Latin so you respected to have
bigger legs bigger butt Vergara made her
television debut back in 1995 but it
wasn’t until 2009 when she began
starring as Gloria Delgado Pritchett on
Modern Family that she really took North
American audiences by storm with her
fiery personality and accent usually
we’re nothing when I’m gonna hunt them
and my college roommates wife just had
to get a new hip sucker
number six Andie MacDowell so why do I
get chipped off that’s when I can’t find
L’Oreal in the early 1980s Andie
MacDowell was one of the most famous
models in the world she appeared in
Vogue magazine and numerous ad campaigns
for Yves Saluja
and our money perfume but became
extremely popular after appearing on
billboards in Times Square for Calvin
Klein this led to her first ever
appearance on the big screen as she
starred in the 1984 film grey stroke
The Legend of Tarzan lord of the Apes I
love you Johnny I love you she went on
to star in Sex Lies and videotape
Groundhog Day Four Weddings and a
funeral and more and remains a busy
actress even now the truth of it is I
loved you from the first second I met
you
it’s you know you’re not suddenly gonna
go away again are you no I might drown
but otherwise no number five Milla
Jovovich
milla jovovich began modeling seriously
at the age of eleven after immigrating
to the United States with her family
from the Soviet Union she appeared on
the covers of the Italian magazine lay
and the British magazine the face which
helped launch her career and has since
appeared on more than 100 magazine
covers she was eventually able to break
into the film industry after starting to
take action classes when she was ten and
has notably starred in the Fifth Element
and the Resident Evil franchise proving
her worth as a kick-ass sci-fi heroine
I’m missing you rated number four
Cameron Diaz sorry Adam are you going to
the prom huh uh-oh
I don’t you know I think mom’s I thought
maybe we had um we could go together
after signing with Elite Model
Management at the age of 16 Cameron Diaz
appeared in ads around the world for
Calvin Klein and Levi’s and also made
the front cover of seventeen in July of
1990 she became a star after earning a
role in the mask which also began her
big-screen career it’s a power time
supposed to make you feel
does it work
she’s since starred in dozens of films
including there’s something about Mary
and gangs of new york where her charisma
and genuine personality continued to
shine through go back to the points and
we meet you my business or I will open
your throat so help me God
number three Isabella Rossellini
unlike other entries on this list is it
Bella Rosselini got a late start and she
didn’t begin modeling until she was 28
years old
Russell Eenie worked for many famous
photographers in her career and appeared
in Elle & Vanity Fair among other
magazines also becoming the exclusive
spokesmodel for Lancome an international
cosmetics brand between 1982 and 1996
following some small roles she really
broke into the film industry in the
1980s appearing in the neo-noir flick
blue velvet when you’re high up on your
head do it get on your knees do it why
are you doing who are you she was
nominated for a Golden Globe in 1996 for
her performance in crime of the century
proving that she had both the looks and
the talent I want a confession that he
will confess how can he confess to a
crime it did not commit
number 2 Rebecca Romain hold your breath
suck it all in and go Rebecca Romain
began her modeling career as a 19 year
old in 1991 she appeared for Giorgio
Armani and Victoria’s Secret on the
runway but is perhaps best known for
having appeared on the cover of the
Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue three
separate times her first major movie
role was as mystique in x-men a role she
would reprise in two sequels about time
I’ve been busy
did you find what you were looking for
source of the Cure as a mutant a child
at Worthington labs without him they
have nothing she moved on to the small
screen by starring in 33 episodes of the
TV series Ugly Betty helping her to make
her mark in both the film and television
worlds you got a quarter I can borrow
why I told my mother I’d call her when I
fell in love you’ve got to be kidding me
before we unveil our number one pick
here are some honorable mentions
Morrow procedure remember oh wait you
got amnesia it was my season for battle
wounds battle scar one Monica Bellucci
what craziness are you talking about
woman there’s no lipstick she wasn’t
kissing your face my love like several
other models on this list Monica
Bellucci began her career when she
signed with Elite Model Management she
became one of the most prominent fashion
models in Paris and New York City in the
late 80s and was internationally
recognized as an Italian sex symbol
becoming the face of Dolce & Gabbana
though she began acting in the early 90s
in Hollywood Bellucci is best known for
her role as Persephone in the Matrix
franchise and for appearing as Mary
Magdalene in the Passion of the Christ
to increase her international appeal
even further
Bellucci was chosen as the oldest Bond
girl ever for 2015’s Spectre
demonstrating that she hasn’t lost any
of her talent or her beauty even at age
50 you should go there you’re crossing
over to a place where there is no mercy
do you agree with our list comes a point
when you’re so wet you can’t get any
wetter who’s your favorite model turned
actress they make you laugh they also
make you think for more exciting top 10s
published every day be sure to subscribe
to watchmojo.com he’s asking your
permission
it’s a supplicating gesture
you
than just a pretty face by busting their
way onto the big screen please Frank
sir I like to sing blue velvet welcome
to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for the top ten
female models turned actresses you know
I think this is one of the traits of a
really good producer keep the tail at
happy
anything I can do for this list we’re
looking at those women who originally
began their careers as models before
becoming actresses we’re excluding those
actresses that were originally beauty
pageant stars however so you won’t find
ladies like Halle Berry or Sharon Stone
on this list it’s not funny
number 10 Frieda Pinto born in Mumbai
India
freida Pinto majored in English
literature and minored in psychology and
economics
before joining Elite Model Management
she appeared in several advertisements
selling a variety of products including
a BAE Visa and Vodafone India Pinto
would model for several years and
appeared on many magazine covers but her
big acting break came when she was cast
in Slumdog Millionaire know you’d be
watching
I thought PETA can only indent the
success of that film allowed her to
appear in several other big-budget
movies including Rise of the Planet of
the Apes and immortals and we’re
confident this beauty will keep
impressing us on the big screen in the
future I want to see the world through
my own eyes filled with my own heart
touch my own flesh number nine Brooklyn
Decker when I first came out to the
scene I had boobs and I have a body and
I talk too much and I smile too much and
Sports Illustrated that’s what they love
best known for her numerous appearances
in the Sports Illustrated swimsuit
issues Brooklyn Decker began her
modeling career when she was around 16
years old on top of her Sports
Illustrated appearances she’s also
modeled for Victoria’s Secret and the
Gap recently Decker has tried her hand
at acting first appearing on the big
screen alongside Adam Sandler in the
2011 comedy just go with it I do not
date married men my father cheated on my
mom when I was young I am NOT going to
be other woman she’s also appeared in
several popular television series and
2012 sci-fi film Battleship and we can’t
wait to see more of her bubbly
personality at the movies you’re
freaking him out Mick I doubt it takes
muster freak him out
number eight famke janssen heat I need
the gun come on that depends on your
definition of safe sex before she was
zegna onatopp or Jean Grey famke janssen
was a fashion model with Elite Model
Management where she worked for several
famous brands including Victoria’s
Secret Chanel and Eve Sano ha I just do
my best and I try to walk and I don’t
try to make too much out of it because I
know I I cannot do it and it would look
ridiculous
she eventually retired from modeling in
the early 90s however to pursue an
acting career after first appearing in
the 1992 crime drama fathers and sons
Jansen got her big break as the famous
femme fatale in Goldeneye Sandhya hi Kat
she would later star in both the x-men
and taken franchises making her hard to
pronounce name a household one putting
our daughter at risk by going to Paris
you’re pathetic
number seven Sofia Vergara you’re too
funny I’m gonna share that one with my
next husband when we’re spending all
your money one of the most popular
actresses of the last decade Sofia
Vergara
initially began her career as a model
after a photographer discovered her
while she was walking on a beach in
Colombia she appeared in a Pepsi
commercial at the age of 17 and by 20
she was working as a runway model in her
native country I was very you know lucky
that I had my curves and I wasn’t
expected to be very skinny because you
know I’m Latin so you respected to have
bigger legs bigger butt Vergara made her
television debut back in 1995 but it
wasn’t until 2009 when she began
starring as Gloria Delgado Pritchett on
Modern Family that she really took North
American audiences by storm with her
fiery personality and accent usually
we’re nothing when I’m gonna hunt them
and my college roommates wife just had
to get a new hip sucker
number six Andie MacDowell so why do I
get chipped off that’s when I can’t find
L’Oreal in the early 1980s Andie
MacDowell was one of the most famous
models in the world she appeared in
Vogue magazine and numerous ad campaigns
for Yves Saluja
and our money perfume but became
extremely popular after appearing on
billboards in Times Square for Calvin
Klein this led to her first ever
appearance on the big screen as she
starred in the 1984 film grey stroke
The Legend of Tarzan lord of the Apes I
love you Johnny I love you she went on
to star in Sex Lies and videotape
Groundhog Day Four Weddings and a
funeral and more and remains a busy
actress even now the truth of it is I
loved you from the first second I met
you
it’s you know you’re not suddenly gonna
go away again are you no I might drown
but otherwise no number five Milla
Jovovich
milla jovovich began modeling seriously
at the age of eleven after immigrating
to the United States with her family
from the Soviet Union she appeared on
the covers of the Italian magazine lay
and the British magazine the face which
helped launch her career and has since
appeared on more than 100 magazine
covers she was eventually able to break
into the film industry after starting to
take action classes when she was ten and
has notably starred in the Fifth Element
and the Resident Evil franchise proving
her worth as a kick-ass sci-fi heroine
I’m missing you rated number four
Cameron Diaz sorry Adam are you going to
the prom huh uh-oh
I don’t you know I think mom’s I thought
maybe we had um we could go together
after signing with Elite Model
Management at the age of 16 Cameron Diaz
appeared in ads around the world for
Calvin Klein and Levi’s and also made
the front cover of seventeen in July of
1990 she became a star after earning a
role in the mask which also began her
big-screen career it’s a power time
supposed to make you feel
does it work
she’s since starred in dozens of films
including there’s something about Mary
and gangs of new york where her charisma
and genuine personality continued to
shine through go back to the points and
we meet you my business or I will open
your throat so help me God
number three Isabella Rossellini
unlike other entries on this list is it
Bella Rosselini got a late start and she
didn’t begin modeling until she was 28
years old
Russell Eenie worked for many famous
photographers in her career and appeared
in Elle & Vanity Fair among other
magazines also becoming the exclusive
spokesmodel for Lancome an international
cosmetics brand between 1982 and 1996
following some small roles she really
broke into the film industry in the
1980s appearing in the neo-noir flick
blue velvet when you’re high up on your
head do it get on your knees do it why
are you doing who are you she was
nominated for a Golden Globe in 1996 for
her performance in crime of the century
proving that she had both the looks and
the talent I want a confession that he
will confess how can he confess to a
crime it did not commit
number 2 Rebecca Romain hold your breath
suck it all in and go Rebecca Romain
began her modeling career as a 19 year
old in 1991 she appeared for Giorgio
Armani and Victoria’s Secret on the
runway but is perhaps best known for
having appeared on the cover of the
Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue three
separate times her first major movie
role was as mystique in x-men a role she
would reprise in two sequels about time
I’ve been busy
did you find what you were looking for
source of the Cure as a mutant a child
at Worthington labs without him they
have nothing she moved on to the small
screen by starring in 33 episodes of the
TV series Ugly Betty helping her to make
her mark in both the film and television
worlds you got a quarter I can borrow
why I told my mother I’d call her when I
fell in love you’ve got to be kidding me
before we unveil our number one pick
here are some honorable mentions
Morrow procedure remember oh wait you
got amnesia it was my season for battle
wounds battle scar one Monica Bellucci
what craziness are you talking about
woman there’s no lipstick she wasn’t
kissing your face my love like several
other models on this list Monica
Bellucci began her career when she
signed with Elite Model Management she
became one of the most prominent fashion
models in Paris and New York City in the
late 80s and was internationally
recognized as an Italian sex symbol
becoming the face of Dolce & Gabbana
though she began acting in the early 90s
in Hollywood Bellucci is best known for
her role as Persephone in the Matrix
franchise and for appearing as Mary
Magdalene in the Passion of the Christ
to increase her international appeal
even further
Bellucci was chosen as the oldest Bond
girl ever for 2015’s Spectre
demonstrating that she hasn’t lost any
of her talent or her beauty even at age
50 you should go there you’re crossing
over to a place where there is no mercy
do you agree with our list comes a point
when you’re so wet you can’t get any
wetter who’s your favorite model turned
actress they make you laugh they also
make you think for more exciting top 10s
published every day be sure to subscribe
to watchmojo.com he’s asking your
permission
it’s a supplicating gesture
you
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