The penultimate part of my annual Sexiest Women On TV countdown is here for the final weekend! If you haven't already, please check out part 1 and part 2, before continuing with #19 below...
She's dropped a mammoth 16 places from #3 in my list because, well, she hasn't been on TV all that much in 2009. But Kristen Bell's stint in Heroes' third season guaranteed her a place somewhere, so the blonde cutie will have to make do with the outer fringes of my Top 20.
The super-hot January Jones has to play a quiet housewife in Mad Men, with only rare opportunities to rock some '60s fashions, but January's glassy beauty still shines through the demure, introverted Betty Draper. And how could you not at least fall in love with her name?
Her enormous beaming smiles and effervescent Southern élan caught my eye during True Blood's second season, even if it was all cranked up to the max to try and overwhelm you with gooey sweetness. Still, petite Anna Camp's toothy cuteness and, ahem, a certain bath tub scene, assured her an appearance in SWOT10.
The heroine of True Blood herself, Anna Paquin's single-handedly made tight white tops and tiny black skirts a waitress uniform I think all bars should adopt. Factor in her doe-eyes, gapped tooth and partiality to nudity for her art, and I think it's clear why the former-X Girl's at #16.
I keep coming back to this summation: Katie McGrath is basically Keira Knightley's tomboy sister. She gets to wear a variety of beautiful coloured gowns for telefantasy Merlin, with porcelain white skin and bright lipsticks. The fact she's a villainess-in-waiting only adds to the sexy sense of danger.
To be honest, I don't watch much of The Mentalist, and I doubt there are many police officers with the broad-shouldered fitness of Amanda Righetti out there in real life.
She's been missing from SWOT these past few eyars, but Elisha Cuthbert earns back a placing because she starred in enough season 7 episodes of 24 to be eligible. While looking a little older than her Girl Next Door prime, Elisha's still one of the hotter petite blondes around, and possibly still has the cuter features than all the others combined.
She was #6 last year, but 2009 wasn't a great year for the beautiful Michelle Ryan. Sure, there was a high-profile Doctor Who role last Easter, but that was followed by dud rom-com Mister Eleven on ITV. Sigh. It's a shame, because Michelle just has an innate likeability that makes her sexiness all the hotter because, well, she just seems more attainable somehow. You know you don't have a chance with 99% of the people on this list, but Michelle's in that elusive 1%. Or so it seems.
Deborah Ann Woll stole the show from under the noses of her more prolific co-stars in True Blood last year, playing naughty vampire teen Jessica, whose puppy love relationship with yokel Hoyt often steamed up the screen more effectively than the Paquin/Moyer coupling. Adorable, pale-skinned, red-haired, long-legged and with a megawatt smile, hopefully we'll see more of Ms Woll in season 3.
