The 50 Hottest Bad Actresses Of All Time

Everyone loves failure, as long as it's not happening to them personally. Why else would someone as obviously untalented as William Hung or Rebecca Black ever grab the music industry's collective attention? Or, on the movie front, how can an awful filmmaker like Uwe Boll keep releasing new flicks that consistently have genre film bloggers sharpening their figurative knives to review them? People enjoy basking in other folks' inefficiencies, whether it's by harmlessly laughing at the unskilled or recklessly bashing their efforts in critical forms.

For evidence that supports Complex's own guiltiness here, consult our list of The 50 Best Bad Movies. However, around these parts, male actors who continually underwhelm rarely ever receive the same kind of bad-meaning-good pass.

But pretty ladies whose acting chops routinely leave a lot to be desired? Toss "double standard" accusations all you want—if she looks sexy while failing on screen, leniency is unquestionably granted. And these women, The 50 Hottest Bad Actresses of All Time will forever receive the benefits of our doubts, bless their sadly (and in some cases, mostly) ungifted souls.

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Worst Performances: Speed 2: Cruise Control (1997), The Lake House (2006), All About Steve (2009)

That's right, we're calling out America's big-screen sweetheart. Let's ignore her ridiculous win at the 2010 Academy Awards for the hackneyed white savior flick The Blind Side here and stick with Bullock's biggest cinematic offenders: Speed 2: Cruise Control, The Lake House, and All About Steve. Granted, all three of those flicks would have sucked without her presence, but the A-lister's low-level performances managed to make already poor films that much more unbearable.

Worst Performances: The Glass House (2001), The Wicker Man (2006), In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale (2007), 88 Minutes (2008), Branded (2012)

At one time, circa 1999, Leelee Sobieski seemed to be at the forefront of her generation, having done fine work in Stanley Kubrick's Eyes Wide Shut and co-starred in a respectable, critically appreciated genre flick (Joy Ride). But then 2001's The Glass House happened, proving that Sobieski wasn't exactly leading lady material, and then things got even worse. Through embarrassing project choices like The Wicker Man and In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege, the once-promising actress' stock plummeted. Her performances in those flops certainly didn't help.

Worst Performances: House of Wax (2005), The Hottie and the Nottie (2008)

Is it fair to include Paris Hilton in this list? Because, you know, she's not really an actress. She's just used her inexplicable level of fame to collect extra paychecks on movie sets. That's true, but, nevertheless, the multimillionaire heiress should be chastised for stealing thinly written roles from legitimate actresses who would've at least brought a certain amount of professionalism to movies like House of Wax and The Hottie and the Nottie. Stricken by the innocuous Hilton, though, those flicks were doomed before anyone actually ever saw them. (It's actually a compliment to assume anyone saw the latter.)

Worst Performances: Dick Tracy (2000), Body of Evidence (1993), Swept Away (2002)

It's only natural that Madonna expanded her career's reach into Hollywood in the 1985 drama Desperately Seeking Susan. After all, she's become one of the most ubiquitous superstars in the world, one who's had a hand in all facets of the entertainment industry.

Save for her strong performance in the 1996 biopic Evita, though, Madonna hasn't ever given fans any reason to not yearn for more new music. As a singer, she's repeatedly reinvented herself and stayed relevant, but that same sense of self-tweaking hasn't translated into creating a believable movie character more than once.

In all non-Evita films, she's fine in moments of steamy passion (see: Dick Tracy's va-va-voom-y Breathless Mahoney and all of Body of Evidence's kinky sex scenes) but emotively stifled in all other instances.

Worst Performances: Freeway (1996), Suddenly Susan (TV series, 1996-2000), Furry Vengeance (2010)

Well, movie heads will always have Brooke Shields' childhood to look back upon with warm feelings. In a case of starting intriguingly and then getting progressively less interesting, Shields kicked off her acting hustle with impressive child-actor performances in the underrated horror flick Alice, Sweet Alice and the taboo-breaking teen romance The Blue Lagoon.

As she's gotten older, though, Shields has become more and more dismissible on the big screen, with her lowest point coming in 2010's Furry Vengeance. As for her hit TV show Suddenly Susan, good luck finding someone who'll claim she was snubbed by Emmy voters on a yearly basis from 1996 through 2000.

Worst Performances: The Players Club (1998), Single Ladies (TV series, 2011-present)

Kudos to Lisa Raye for the UPN series All of Us, for which she received an NAACP Image Awards nomination and enjoyed four years' worth of loyal viewers and positive reviews. Now if only Raye could find another project of that caliber to help folks look past nearly everything else on her résumé, namely straight-to-the-bargain-bin flicks like Go for Broke, Love Chronicles, and Gang of Roses. Let's put it this way: She's a far better actress in things she knows people will actually see without having to watch airings of BET's "Blackbuster Cinema."

Worst Performances: Wall Street (1987), Memoirs of an Invisible Man (1992), Attack of the 50 Ft. Woman (1993)

Leave it to Quentin Tarantino to resurrect a forgotten career and coax an all-time best performance out of the performer. That's exactly what he did with Daryl Hannah in both installments of his Kill Bill saga, giving the once-prominent actress the ruthless, flashy role of Elle Driver, which Hannah, pun intended, killed.

Her work as the eye-patch-wearing assassin was leaps and bounds better than anything Hannah had done prior, which, when encapsulated, equals a string of hollow turns in stacked ensemble pieces (Wall Street, Steel Magnolias) and schlocky genre fare (Attack of the 50 Ft. Woman).

Worst Performances: Independence Day (1996), Batman & Robin (1997), Idle Hands (1999), Juwanna Mann (2002), Boat Trip (2002)

There once was a time when Vivica A. Fox earned respect whenever she appeared on screen; well, if not respect, per se, than at least viewers' appreciation. OK, that only happened in Quentin Tarantino's Kill Bill movies. In everything else she's done, Fox, while never insufferably bad, walks the fine line between being gratingly melodramatic (Two Can Play that Game) and embarrassingly hokey (Ella Enchanted). The silver lining, though: We'll always have those strip clubs scenes in Independence Day (seen above).

Worst Performances: The O.C. (TV series, 2003-2006), Walled In (2009), Homecoming (2009)

With all due respect to Mischa Barton, who's battled through driving mishaps and psychiatric confinement since The O.C. ended its small-screen run in February 2007, off-camera woes aren't the sole reason why she hasn't starred in a truly notable project since, well, The O.C.. Stiff while delivering emotional dialogue and generally non-expressive, she, as a performer, is a blank slate who looks pretty enough. But how many other women in Hollywood fit that bill? Hell, see this here countdown.

Worst Performances: Material Girls (2006), War, Inc. (2008)

Look, the truth is that, yes, Hilary Duff has consistently given performances that emphasize her "I'm so cutesy" persona and drowned out any emotional weight whatsoever. If someone were to ask a stranger to name one good piece of Duff acting, the interviewee would probably fail to cite a movie he or she can remember her being in, let alone one that flick Duff owned. But here's the thing: Somehow, Duff has avoided the career downfalls of peers like Lindsay Lohan and Amanda Bynes to simply work as a mid-tier actress. And frankly, that's impressive enough.

Worst Performances: Fool's Gold (2008), Bride Wars (2009), My Best Friend's Girl (2008)

To think, Kate Hudson once gave an excellent, Academy Award-nominated performance in Almost Famous (2000), one of the new millennium's best movies. It's mind-boggling how an actress with such a magnificent introduction into Hollywood could have gone on to lose all of her appeal by committing herself to brutally unfunny scripts (Bride Wars, My Best Friend's Girl) and then have to resort to guest-starring on Fox's Glee to regain some of that old mojo. She's a true legend of the fall-off.

Worst Performances: Mallrats (1995), Burning Palms (2010)

Maybe it's all those reports we've read about Shannen Doherty, the ones that paint her as a behind-the-scenes terror who directors and producers dread working with because she adds unnecessary stress to their lives. According to the rumor mill, she's a real diva. Whatever the case, though, Doherty's performances convey an air of indifference, like she'd rather be anywhere else than on the particular movie or TV show set. As a result, watching Doherty act becomes a chore in and of itself. Call it "negative attitude transference."

Worst Performances: The Ugly Truth (2009), Killers (2010), Life as We Know It (2010), One for the Money (2012)

Katherine Heigl deserves a round of applause for the clever game of bait-and-switch she played by starring in Judd Apatow's Knocked Up. The perfect funny yet sensitive complement to Seth Rogen's raunchier protagonist, Heigl's work in Knocked Up is naturally endearing, which is the exact opposite description we'd use to describe damn near all the movies she's made since.

Heigl's oeuvre of rom-coms reads like the TiVo list of Satan's humorless wife: The Ugly Truth, Killers, Life as We Know It, New Year's Eve, One for the Money. She could be running around topless in each of those films and the act of viewing one would still be considered masochism.

Worst Performances: Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009), Immortals (2011)

With her statuesque physique and attractive looks, Australian actress Isabel Lucas is as cute as Pixie doll, and nearly as inanimate. Those big, gorgeous eyes certainly work wonders when it comes to pulling viewers' own pupils her way as she acts, but that's basically all that Lucas has to offer. As a performer, she's quite vacuous. Which worked to her advantage in Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, where she played an emotionless alien in human disguise.

Worst Performances: Dumb and Dumber (1994), Down Periscope (1996), Turbulence (1997)

Sexy ginger Lauren Holly will always hold a special place in the hearts of moron-comedy fans, thanks to her love interest role in the funny movie classic Dumb and Dumber. Outside of her time romancing an idiotic Jim Carrey, though, Holly hasn't done much to stay on male (or female, for that matter) viewers' good sides. More ho-hum than full-on bad, she's the kind of attractive actress who initially catches one's attention but, minutes later, loses all command and fades into the background.

Worst Performances: Urban Legend (1998), American Pie (1999), Josie and the Pussycats (2001), American Pie 2 (2001), National Lampoon's Van Wilder (2002), My Boss's Daughter (2003), Alone in the Dark (2005)

Before she lost her way and turned into a poster girl for plastic surgery mishaps, Tara Reid was once every high school boy's fantasy girl: that hot blonde who's also nice and approachable. Credit her role in 1999's teen comedy smash American Pie for that. However, any of those smitten lads who took a step back and really looked at her American Pie performance, not to mention her work in subsequent flicks Josie and the Pussycats and National Lampoon's Van Wilder, no doubt realized that she's the B-list queen of vapidness.

Worst Performances: Butterfly (1982), The Lonely Lady (1983), Voyage of the Rock Aliens (1984)

In 1982, Pia Zadora impressed the right people in Butterfly to earn a Golden Globe Award as New Star of the Year, even though film critics annihilated the movie without abandon. Somehow receiving a statue for an awful movie, the Polish-Italian cutie tried to capitalize on her good luck by seeking out more cinematic work. Unfortunately, she chose dreck like 1984's Voyage of the Rock Aliens, crappy fare that exposed her inferior talent.

Ever the crafty one, Zadora started spending more time in recording studios and ignited a much more productive music career, thus making her that rare example of someone who successfully takes the opposite approach to that old adage "don't quit your day job."

Worst Performances: Higher Learning (1995), Coyote Ugly (2000), Halloween: Resurrection (2002)

When Tyra Banks gave acting a shot in John Singleton's uneven but admirable collegiate drama Higher Learning, the supermodel's stiff performance was tolerable; everyone knew that she was a first-timer, and also that it could've been much worse. Like, Cindy Crawford in Fair Game worse. But the cutting-of-slack rightfully ended after Halloween: Resurrection, in which Banks' inert acting shames legendary slasher Michael Myers only slightly less than that of co-star Busta Rhymes.

Worst Performances: Showgirls (1995), S. Darko (2009)

It's funny how one tremendously bad film can leave a permanent stain on an actor or actress' record. Just look at the reputation of Miss Elizabeth Berkley: In the wake of the infamous cinematic nosedive that is Showgirls, the Saved by the Bell! alum has earned an unshakeable stigma—she's the star of one of the worst movies ever made. And, sadly for her, anyone who curiously gives that soft-core turkey a look will be subjected to Berkley's horrendous overacting.

Worst Performances: The Bonfire of the Vanities (1990), Milk Money (1994)

Melanie Griffith isn't always bad. Actually, in some cases, like 1988's Working Girl and RKO 281 11 years later, she's been damn good. But a few strong performances unfortunately can't totally dismiss a slew of poor ones, and overcooked turns in duds like The Bonfire of the Vanities, Milk Money, and Pacific Heights diminish her career's overall impact.

Worst Performances: Virus (1995), Beverly Hills Ninja (1997)

If Nicolette Sheridan would just lighten up, she'd be much more likable as an actress. Instead, the former Desperate Housewives star has a knack for bringing a distinct coldness to whatever role she's playing, an ice queen demeanor that's never dialed back and ultimately leaves the English veteran seeming unapproachable. That's not exactly the impression you want to give when acting in comedies like Spy Hard and Beverly Hills Ninja, since the laugh-less scripts don't need much help repelling audiences.

Worst Performances: Sphere (1998), Catwoman (2004), Alpha Dog (2006), Basic Instinct 2 (2006)

If only Sharon Stone could work exclusively with Martin Scorsese. In the acclaimed director's 1995 masterwork Casino, Stone gave a thunderous performance worthy of the Academy Award nomination she received. Ever since then, though, she's been the queen of overacting, ineffectively hamming it up as the villain in 2004's regrettable Catwoman and overselling her worst-mom-ever character in 2006's Alpha Dog.

Worst Performances: Baywatch (TV series, 1993-1997), BASEketball (1998)

Remember this chick? Fans of Baywatch undoubtedly do, since she was the smoking hot brunette answer to chesty blondes like Pamela Anderson and Nicole Eggert. Another thing Bleeth had in common with her red-suited lifeguards, aside from huge knockers: She wasn't much of an actress. And in 1998, a year after her Baywatch tenure ended, Bleeth earned a Golden Raspberry Award nomination for the Trey Parker/Matt Stone slacker sports comedy BASEketball.

The reason why you may not remember Yasmine Bleeth probably has something to do with her now-nine-year absence from the acting community. Her last credited role was in 2003's Game Over, a straight-to-DVD release strung together from footage she shot seven years earlier. Oh, well—we'll always have that red swimsuit!

Worst Performances: My Baby's Daddy (2004), Southland Tales (2006), Crank: High Voltage (2009)

If there's something positive to be said about Bai Ling's acting, it's this: She's never boring. A veteran, respected actress in her native China, Ling apparently saves her craziness for American-made products. From her over-the-top performance as a hellish girlfriend in My Baby's Daddy to her highly charged work as a wild hooker in Crank: High Voltage, the troubled Ling (she appeared on VH1's Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew for alcohol addiction) makes up for uneven skills by holding absolutely nothing back. The enthusiasm is appreciated, just not lauded.

Worst Performances: Battle Beyond the Stars (1980), Chained Heat (1983), Howling II: Your Sister is a Werewolf (1985)

As inferior as she may be, Sybil Danning's presence in old-school B-movies is always a good thing. The photo above should explain why, but here's the skinny: Despite her hammy line readings, the Austrian looker built a formidable reputation within the genre film community for always going for it, "it" referring to the further lengths of scenery-chewing, recklessly showy camp. There's perhaps no better example than Howling II: Your Sister is a Werewolf, an abysmal lycanthrope sequel in which she plays immortal wolf queen Stirba as if she's starring in the trashiest Ed Wood movie imaginable.

Worst Performances: Starship Troopers (1997), Wild Things (1998), The World is Not Enough (1999), Valentine (2001), Undercover Brother (2002)

Denise Richards is exactly the kind of actress that chubbier, more gifted female thespians loathe with a fiery passion. Because, truth be told, she's always gotten by on her killer looks. Why else do you think she's memorable in Wild Things, if not for her glorious, topless make-out session with Neve Campbell? It's certainly not her on-screen presence, which always makes it seem as if she gulped some downers before the director yelled "Action!"

Worst Performances: Unknown (2011), X-Men: First Class (2011)

Fact: January Jones should stick to television.

On AMC's Mad Men, her cold, steely demeanor fits the character of Betty Draper perfectly, since the ex-wife of Jon Hamm's Don is, by all accounts, an ice queen. But whenever Jones steps off the period drama's set and dabbles in moviemaking, her frozen charisma downgrades otherwise solid films. Case in point: Last year's superhero knockout X-Men: First Class, in which Jones' performance as the villainous Emma Frost is more the work of a costumed mannequin than a professionally trained actress.

Worst Performances: Senseless (1998), Trois (2000)

Those who've seen Marlon Wayans' 1998 high-concept comedy/flop Senseless should fondly recall Kenya Moore's best cinematic moment, when she tries to seduce Wayans' character by straddling him with her maroon bra and huge breasts in his face. And those same Senseless viewers should also remember the simultaneous envy and anger felt as Wayans drops the ball by not getting "it" up, so to speak.

As far as the former Miss Universe contestant's performance, notice how we only pointed out her exposed lingerie and oversized chesticles. That's all you need to know.

Worst Performances: Lost (TV series, 2004-2010), The Fog (2005), Taken (2008), Lockout (2012), Taken 2 (2012)

Although he'd never admit in an interview, one has to assume that ass-kicking Taken star Liam Neeson realizes that his co-star Maggie Grace couldn't act her way out of a paper bag, let alone a terrorist's kidnapping predicament. Yet, as long as those old man action flicks keep murdering the box office, the great Mr. Neeson will continue to grin and bear Grace's seemingly lifeless performances, during which she rarely pushes her visible emotions beyond those of a startled statue.

Worst Performances: The In Crowd (2000), Shallow Hal (2001), Wild Things 2 (2004), Who's Your Caddy? (2007)

How obvious was it that Susan Ward's sexy physical appearance was what drove her career, which grinded to a dead stop in 2010? Check this: After playing the lead role in the dismal 2000 pretty-person drama The In Crowd and snagging a prime co-starring part in the Farrelly Brothers' successful 2001 comedy Shallow Hal, Ward's career downgraded considerably with characters like an experimental lesbian in the straight-to-video Wild Things 2 (2004) and "Hooker #3" in Just Friends (2005). Even worse, that "Hooker #3" performance was relegated to a DVD-only deleted scene. That can't feel good.

Worst Performances: Baywatch (TV series, 1996-1998), Candyman: Day of the Dead (1999)

In terms of Baywatch, Donna D'Errico is best described as "that other blonde chick with the huge boobs who's not Pamela Anderson," which, admittedly, isn't all that fair. But, see, we've seen D'Errico's performance in the forgettable 1999 horror sequel Candyman: Day of the Dead, so we're well aware that this exceptionally gorgeous Playboy Playmate turned actress won't be remembered in any other way.

Worst Performances: Trojan War (1997), Valentine (2001), Scream 4 (2011)

Sometimes, being a non-factor in movies is worse than simply being bad. A prime example is Marley Shelton, who, based on looks alone, should be hard to forget. But we defy you to say her name around even the most seasoned of filmgoers and not be met with a blank stare. Following that up with mentions of Sugar & Spice, Bubble Boy, and Planet Terror will do little to joggle one's memory.

Worst Performances: He Got Game (1998), Resident Evil (2002), Ultraviolet (2006), The Fourth Kind (2009), The Three Musketeers (2011)

There's a difference between convincingly kicking ass and handling a dramatic moment. When it comes to the former, Milla Jovovich is hands down one of the best in Hollywood, male or female. Look no further than the never-ending Resident Evil franchise. But stick the model turned actress into a role that requires her to unclench her fists and portray an average human and the results, as seen in The Fourth Kind and Faces in the Crowd, will leave you wishing that someone would just throw a punch at her and get it over with.

Worst Performances: Feast (2005), The Final Destination (2009)

You know it's bad when an actress' best performance comes in a property that's never made it past Skin-A-Max airings. for the radiant but thespian-ically challenged Krista Allen, her acting apex came in 1994's seven-episode, late-night cable TV series Emmanuelle in Space, primarily because all she ever did was teach other beautiful women how to properly please men. Here's to Allen forgetting about low-grade horror flicks like The Final Destination and reviving that Emmanuelle character. Doing so would definitely make us reconsider her placement here.

Worst Performances: The Stupids (1996), BASEketball (1998), Scream 3 (2000), Witless Protection (2008)

Yes, Jenny McCarthy is, technically, an actress. You'd be forgiven for thinking otherwise, since her filmography isn't exactly prolific. Though she earns humble props for attempting goofy, slapstick comedy, the former Playboy Playmate of the Year turned movie performer always gives off the impression that she's trying too hard to be funny. It's almost as if she's hell-bent on pulling attention away from her beautiful looks by acting so obnoxiously and boisterously. Mission failed.

Worst Performances: Good Burger (1997), Get Over It (2001), Starsky & Hutch (2004), Date Movie (2004), Epic Movie (2007)

One gets the impression that Carmen Electra is fully aware of her limitations as an actress. If you look at her on-screen résumé, she's played little more than momentary eye candy, sexpot characters that show up to flirt with a protagonist or two and then be on their merry, cleavage-heavy way. Not that we're complaining. Ms. Electra can strut her physical-trainer-like body all she wants. If only all drawbacks in life were equivalent to merely tolerating her not-even-amateur-level performances in shitty comedies like Epic Movie and Date Movie.

Worst Performances: Xanadu (1980), Two of a Kind (1983)

As a singer, Olivia Newton-John held it down for over a decade, winning four Grammys, dropping 10 Billboard-topping singles, and releasing that timeless classic of sexual innuendo "Let's Get Physical." With those musical statistics under her garter belt, the perky blonde should've been content with dominating one entertainment industry, but, alas, she got greedy and has since given acting several tries.

The results, while never dull (Xanadu, for instance, is enjoyably disastrous), and mostly of the musical variety, drill home the fact that she's at her best when belting out spirited vocals. In other words, singing more than actually acting.

Worst Performances: Baywatch (TV series, 1996-1998)

The probability that Traci Bingham never even had to audition for Baywatch is high. David Hasselhoff and his fellow show producers likely spent a few meetings chatting about bringing some diversity to the fake-breast-covered beaches, and, one day, Ms. Bingham strolled into their offices, took off her coat, and won the job without even touching a script.

With that scenario, we're actually giving the Hoff the benefit of the doubt. If he did actually see Bingham's acting know-how before casting her as the luscious Jordan Tate, dude's an even worse judge of talent than he is a pop singer.

Worst Performances: House on Haunted Hill (1999), Final Destination 2 (2003), Resident Evil: Extinction (2007), Obsessed (2009)

To keep it real, Ali Larter is underused. A spunky actress who's willing to go crazy (Obsessed) or all action heroine (Resident Evil: Extinction) for a role, she's a versatile performer who gives each and every film assignment her all. It's just a shame that Larter's all isn't all that much. Though it's a pleasure to see her in movies, one does so knowing that she's not going to impress as much as she's going to satiate. And, really, what's worse for an actor than to be considered nothing other than passable?

Worst Performances: The Sentinel (2006), Over Her Dead Body (2008)

Something tells us that Eva Longoria was secretly shedding tears as ABC's Desperate Housewives, for which she once received a Golden Globe nomination, was wrapping up its final episodes. On that idiot box favorite amongst middle-aged dames, the sultry Mexican-American actress nailed her character's lively mix of sass and vulnerability.

It was an acting balance that Longoria has yet to replicate in movies, a bigger medium that she's fizzled in repeatedly. It leads us to believe that her character, Gabrielle Sallis, was largely the work of the screenwriters. And we'll stick to that belief until Longoria avenges the painfully odious performance she gave in the 2008 romantic (so-called) comedy Over Her Dead Body.

Worst Performances: Nothing but Trouble (1991), Striptease (1996), Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle (2003), Mr. Brooks (2007)

As Jay-Z once said, "Men lie, women lie, [but] numbers don't lie." And, as much as people want to think that she's a solid actress, Demi Moore's nine Golden Raspberry Award nominations (which includes four wins) speaks volumes. She's remained in the public eye thanks to her marriage to Ashton Kutcher, but, outside of TMZ fodder, Ms. Moore hasn't been able to prove naysayers who charge her with riding high on gorgeous looks wrong.

Worst Performances: The Wedding Planner (2001), Angel Eyes (2001), Gigli (2003), The Back-Up Plan (2010)

Back in 1997, Jennifer Lopez's performance in the emotional biopic Selena positioned her as one of Hollywood's most promising young actresses. One year later, alongside George Clooney in Out of Sight, the credible momentum was in full swing.

So what the hell happened to J. Lo the movie star? A series of bland rom-com scripts that have done little to help her once potentially top-notch dramatic skills mature. A lame byproduct of the movies she's picked (i.e, Maid in Manhattan, Gigli, and Monster-In-Law), Lopez unfortunately lessens her on-screen value in bad movies and does little to enhance the films.

Worst Performances: Baywatch (TV series, 1992-1997), Barb Wire (1996)

Find a man who, with a straight face, will say that he watched Baywatch and the 1996 film Barb Wire for Pamela Anderson's acting skills and you'll also be in the presence of a dude who'd claim to read Playboy for the articles.

Obviously, nobody rooted Baywatch's C.J. Parker on because they genuinely believed in the character due to Anderson's performance, not unless they're suckers for actresses who deliver lines as if they're directly reading them off the script for the first time. The more honest guy will admit to following Anderson's career by staring at those impressive flotation devices the whole time.

Worst Performances: xXx (2002), Daddy Day Care (2003), Wild Things 2 (2004)

When the history books are ultimately closed, and some philosophical horn dog writes a chapter on "The Human Race's Most Underrated Hotties," that wise, noble gentleman will surely dedicate several pages to Miss Leila Arcieri.

After breaking through as a supreme video vixen in Q-Tip's "Vivrant Thing" clip (1999), the former Miss San Francisco beauty pageant contestant parlayed her hip-hop industry notoriety into a modestly productive acting run, most notably co-starring in the short-lived Baywatch-spoofing TV series Son of the Beach. Sadly, Halle Berry, she was not.

Worst Performances: American Pie (1999), Tomcats (2001), Thir13en Ghosts (2001), Night of the Demons (2009)

The best performance of Shannon Elizabeth's career? Playing the foreign exchange student Nadia in 1999's American Pie, a role that allowed her put on a hokey, playful accent. And, of course, going topless didn't hurt the cause, either.

In all of Elizabeth's subsequent performances, though, she's unconvincingly tried to show a range of emotions. When she's trying to be scared, like in Thir13en Ghosts, there's legitimately a reason to call her "flat." When it's time to be funny, she somehow makes already dull punch lines seem, yes, flat (see: Tomcats). Here's to a few more American Pie sequels, if only to see Elizabeth at her best.

Worst Performances: Honey (2003), Fantastic Four (2005), Into the Blue (2005), Good Luck Chuck (2007), The Eye (2008), The Love Guru (2008)

It's easy to believe that Jessica Alba thinks she's giving great performances in her movies. No matter the project, the beautiful actress fully commits to whatever is thrown her way, including laughably cheesy dialogue (Honey), physically provocative choreography (Sin City), or the unholy task of pretending to enjoy Dane Cook's company (Good Luck Chuck). If Hollywood was a kindergarten classroom, Alba would earn those little gold stars that teachers give students for simply trying.

Worst Performances: The Last Dragon (1985), Action Jackson (1988)

In Vanity's defense, she wasn't really an actress. After hitting it big on the pop charts, as part of the all-girl trio Vanity 6, in 1982 with the single "Nasty Girl," the singer (born Denise Matthews) enjoyed a fruitful recording career that parlayed into her own solo LP in 1984, titled Wild Animal. Feeling a bit overzealous career-wise, Vanity gave acting a try in the 1985 soon-to-be-cult-classic The Last Dragon; it's just too bad that her most convincing scene involved her serenading kung fu Leroy Green (Taimak), instead of, you know, selling a dramatic moment of any kind.

Worst Performances: I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997), I Still Know What You Did Last Summer (1998), The Tuxedo (2002), Garfield: The Movie (2004)

This one hurts to say, but it must be done. Charming in interviews and always a physical dime-piece, Jennifer Love Hewitt has always come across as the ultimate dream girl, a beauty who'd be just as ideal a girlfriend as she'd be a lover. Which is why, for years, she's always gotten away with turning in mediocre performances, whether it's in C-grade horror flicks (I Still Know What You Did Last Summer) or chick-friendly TV shows (The Ghost Whisperer). And, sadly, those are the only caliber of projects JLH will get, being that her acting chops are, at best, passable.

Worst Performances: The Beastmaster (1982), Sheena: Queen of the Jungle (1984), A View to a Kill (1985), Night Eyes (1990), Inner Sanctum (1991)

It's a good thing for the stunning Tanya Roberts that the core demographic for her most memorable films doesn't necessarily care about Oscar-level acting. When it comes to loving B-grade genre flicks like The Beastmaster and Sheena: Queen of the Jungle, fantasy movie lovers would much rather see campy action and cheesy one-liners than anything on par with Meryl Streep. Thus, Roberts, an absolutely gorgeous woman hindered by the dramatic range of Fembot, satisfied her customers through skimpy, two-piece outfits and down-for-whatever performances.

Worst Performances: One Million Years B.C. (1966), Bandolero! (1968), Myra Breckenridge (1970)

It's true: Who needs award-worthy acting skills when you look that amazing in a two-piece, prehistoric get-up? One of Hollywood's all-time sexiest stars, Raquel Welch will go down in history as a largely unmatched beauty. It's a legacy that most young starlets would kill for, so the fact that Welch's looks typically overshadow her undesirable merits as a thespian should be considered little more than occupational hazards.