Elisha Cuthbert covers the March issue of Maxim with the title of “TV’s Most Beautiful Woman.” She has accepted this honor with total grace (see below), but (and this is a bit embarrassing) I have to admit feeling a bit surprised since I didn’t even realize that Elisha was back on television. I strongly recall her for her role in “24,” but I guess I just didn’t realize she was on a current show. Also, I just took seven Advil about an hour ago and am still in a wee bit of pain (long, stupid story), so I’m a bit off my usual train of thought. What I do find interesting is that Elisha appears to be fully aware of the fact that her new show, “Happy Endings,” also stars a number of other very attractive women, and Elisha gushes about them in her interview. Here are some excerpts:
Boob tube beauty! Elisha Cuthbert has been named TV’s most beautiful woman by the editors of Maxim. Wearing a retro swimsuit on the magazine’s March cover, the “Happy Endings” star calls the honor “very flattering.”
“To think that one person could be the most beautiful when there’s Kaley Cuoco, Sofia Vergara, Zooey Deschanel? They’re all stunning,” says Cuthbert, who has appeared on Maxim’s cover three times before. “I’m not gonna fight anyone about it, though. I’ll accept it with grace. But being on a show with two other beautiful women [Casey Wilson and Eliza Coupe], this is gonna make going to work very uncomfortable. I don’t know, this might be a curse.”
In addition to her TV roles on “Happy Endings” and “24,” Cuthbert is perhaps best known for playing a porn star in the 2004 movie The Girl Next Door.
“To be honest, I think one reason guys liked that character so much is because I didn’t go fully nude. My character really could be the girl of every guy’s dreams, instead of having them see her naked and going, ‘Oh, that’s not my thing,'” Cuthbert, 30, says. “Remember Weird Science? Kelly LeBrock never got naked. She didn’t show you everything. I think that’s why it resonated with more men than it probably should have.”
[From Us Weekly]
Elisha definitely has a point by pointing out that she might be desirable despite (or perhaps in spite of) the fact that she didn’t go naked in The Girl Next Door. I almost always find it more attractive when people almost get naked (i.e., wear bras and/or underwear) than when they go full monty in the movies. Is that strange to admit? Hey, I like a good tease.
Now I am certainly (by any stretch) a television expert since I carefully pick and choose my weekly viewing material like a total d-bag. However, if I were to choose my pick for the most gorgeous woman on television today, I’d probably go with Natascha McElhone. I know she’s not widely known in the states, and she’s only on “Californication,” but trust me, she is a stunning woman. Also, Natalie Zea (“Justified,” “Californication,” and “Passions”) is not bad either. Man, I bet Sofia Vergara is really pissed about Maxim’s list this year.
Photos courtesy of Maxim and WENN
Natascha McElhone is stunning. And a great actress, too. I’ve always had such a girl-crush on her.
The Truman Show. I couldn’t place her face, so I had to resort to Google. Agreed though, her face is rather lovely.
Natascha is certainly pretty, but I’m not seeing “most beautiful on tv” by a long shot. She reminds me of Meryl Streep lookswise. Oddly enough, I think Maxim got it right and in my eyes Elisha really is breathtaking. Definitely a dream girl for many people, though unfortunately she looks like Kiki Dunst on this particular cover.
Happy Endings is such a good show – everyone watch!
Elisha does always look great in it so good for her!
I agree. It’s a GREAT show and it’s in serious danger of being cancelled (I don’t have a link, but think I read about it on ew.com yesterday). We need to save this show!! It’s super smart, hilarious and fast-paced, light years ahead of much of what’s out there. Please help!!! 🙂
But the P&P Romance Factory is (are?) getting married! They can’t cancel it! I love that show.
We made a drinking game out of it at my house. It’s seriously one of my favorite things on TV.
Lainey mentioned it as cancelled yesterday, but it’s not official, from what I can tell (via Google). Maybe there’s still time to save it!
I love Happy ENdings, too! It is the one show I watch every week guaranteed to make me laugh. The whole cast of that show is fantastic!
It’s my favorite. I was hoping this cover would help the show… but it might be too late. I’ve been checking cancellation buzz daily.
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/happy-endings-moves-fridays-as-421521
It’s moving to Fridays in March. So HOPEFULLY it will get resurrected.
Erinn, how can we save this show! Fridays? March? I’m there. I love it so much, I wish more people watched it. Penny is engaged! I’m so excited. It can’t end! NOOOO.
hoya, I know! I will be watching this darn show until the final nail in the casket… and I will then just watch the previous episodes over and over!
Yes love her n Happy endings. Hope it doesnt get cancel
I am glad she still has a career after the disaster known as Kim Bauer (not her fault, WTF were the 24 writers thinking???). But I think Natalie Zea definitely should own that title. Loved her since Dirty Sexy Money.
Elisha is a pretty girl but I think these things are more determined by agents then anything.
I saw nothing wrong with 24, and would watch it again anyday if it airs again.
I think it was that Captive torture movie she made that tanked her career more than anything. I can’t believe that trashy film was directed by Roland Joffe.
She’s gorgeous but if Kristin Kreuk is on TV, she wins hands down over anyone (yup, full on girl crush!)….right, just off to write my Kreuk/Renner/Schreiber fan fiction…. ;P
I agree. Kristin is STUNNING. So is Natasha, Elisha, Katie, etc. But Kristin is ridiculously beautiful. Even if the show is kinda crappy 😉
Yeah the show is AWFUL but I don’t care as long as my Sapphic side is fulfilled, haha! 😀
I find Kristen very attractive but in a really bland way.
I love Elisha Cuthbert. I’ve become a big “Happy Endings” fan and she’s never afraid to get down and dirty (literally dirty, like with barbecue sauce all over her face), and she has fantastic comedic timing.
She is so endearing and I’m glad her star is back on the rise!
OH and I LOVE that she’s wearing a one-piece on the cover. Not sure how much styling is up to her, but it’s nice that there’s a little something to the imagination.
She’s gorgeous! But does anyone else think she looks a bit like Dunst on the cover? Not usually, just in that one picture?
Lol! I just commented and then I read your comment — my thoughts exactly.
I like her answers she’s giving credit to all the other women who could have been picked. Complete nudity takes all the mystery away. It’s sexier to keep some clothes on. Smart woman.
My first thought was “she’s on TV again?” My second thought was “she’s had work done since 24.” But she looks much better than I remember and yeah, she says nice things so yeah, whatever. Good for her. And I’m getting a Keri Russell vibe from her cover. Very pretty.
I grew up watching Popular Mechanics for Kids with her, Jay Baruchel, Tyler Kyte, and Vanessa Lengies. Such a corny show, and I loveeed it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYsxF8XSWYU
Happy Endings is surprisingly funny. She is absolutely gorgeous, altho I had never seen her before watching HE……….She did name some equally gorgeous women. Good pick by Maxim.
As for keeping something on to make it “sexier”, it’s true. A friend old me that if strippers wore gloves then all he would want to see is hands…..
Wow I can’t believe Elisha mentioned Kaley Cuoco, Sofia Vergara, Zooey Deschanel as being beautiful. Kaley and Zooey are cute at best and Sophia is sexy — but none are beautiful IMO. Elisha & Natalie Z are gorgeous!
Elisha is very pretty, but I have a girl crush on her costar Eliza. The show hasn’t been quite as good this season, but I hope it doesn’t get canceled.
I think Natalie Zea is really stunning, especially in the first season of Justified. She seems to wear too much makeup on the red carpet though, and she doesn’t need it at all.
I add Kerry Washington, Colbie Smulders, Sophia Bush, Hannah Simone, Rashida Jones, and January Jones (on Mad Men only).
I actually like this Maxim cover, it is quite classy, for Maxim.
I never agree with all these “Most Handsome” or “Most Beautiful” picks. I figure it’s all rigged by some publicist or who you know. I am still in awe of how that Kate Upton manages to secure two cover photos for SI. Sorry, IMO she ain’t nothing special. I’m convinced she slept with someone for those covers. I work with women with better bodies, who are prettier than her AND have more charisma.
Elisha is a pretty woman, but she has been off the radar for so long (I just remember that one girl next door movie), it makes me wonder about the choice.
That woman with the cheekbones (from “The Truman Show”) is a KNOCKOUT!
I love love love Happy Endings and she is one of the highlights of that show, she’s really great in it. Her character is really ditzy, and it’s hard to play that well, normally it’s cheesy.
If you didn’t know she was on TV again, do yourself a fave and DVR just one episode, or there are a couple on YouTube. It is freaking hilarious. The abbreves will just kill you.
I watch Happy Endings and I think the woman who plays Jane is really the best looking on the show. It is a very funny show. I hope it didn’t get cancelled.
Jane is my favorite! I wish that she would gain a little bit of weight because sometimes she looks a little painfully thin. Like a young Julie Benz. But her and Brad together are my favorite. I really hope it doesn’t get cancelled but its not looking so good right now.
Brad and Jane scenes are always amazing. I have a special soft spot for Brad because when he’s in his goofy moods he reminds me of my fiance.
Bedhead, you’ve got o watch Happy Endings!!! It’s the best comedy on TV that no one is watching. So funny and the whole cast is great. Elisha is adorable in it
I don’t disagree w/ the choice but I think Ellen should’ve gotten it.
I don’t disagree w/ the choice but I think Ellen should’ve gotten it.
That is a whole heap of attractive women up there.
I love the swimsuit she is wearing on the cover. Do you think it comes like that or is that cummerbund added for the photo?
Happy Endings is damn near brilliant. One of my must-see shows.
I think Elisha’s pretty, but I’ve just never really “gotten” her…or liked her much until Happy Endings. Any chick with comedic timing that good is fine by me.
She’s beautiful but my vote would have gone to Katharine McPhee.
I love Happy Endings, but she’s just cute, not even close to one of the hottest on TV. It’s the best ensemble cast of friends they have had since the TV show Friends. When I see her, I always think of that song Justin Timberlake wrote about her for cheating on his friend with the hockey player and dumping him, What Goes Around.
It’s actually” “Most beautiful woman on TV who would agree to appear on a Maxim cover”
I agree my first thought was, “she’s on tv?!?”
But I loved her in the girl next door. I thought she was incredibly beautiful AND sexy. Perfect body!
Natalie Zea’s not bad, as you said, but her skin just looks wrecked to me. She’s only 37, but it looks like she’s sun-worshipped herself into the skin of someone ten years older.