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"It didn't go down the way it was reported: [They said] I was airlifted. I was beat. Honey, if I'm beat, that place would have been on fire. I am a South Side Chicago girl. Ain't nobody putting their hands on me and getting away with it – at all."
-- Actress and former first lady of Turks & Caicos LisaRaye McCoy-Misick on the publicized altercation with her ex-husband, Premier Michael Misick. (Jet)
Top 30 Sexiest Actresses of All-Time
Top 30 Sexiest Actresses of All Time:
First off, we acknowledge that 'sexiness' is extremely subjective, but since when has that stopped anyone from offering their opinion? It certainly hasn't kept us from taking note of the women who have served it up to us over and over again on the silver screen. That kind of consistency deserves recognition. That's why Black Voices took time out to compile a list of the top 30 sexiest actresses of all time. Although many of the women on our list have excelled in various media throughout their careers, we decided to rank each actress based on their "sex appeal in feature films, roles and scenes." Whether you agree or disagree with our rankings, we want to hear your opinion. Why not give us your own top 30 sexy actresses list? Please post your thoughts, comments and/or opinions in our community message board. Let the sexiness begin!
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30. Thandie Newton
It's fitting that British actress Thandie Newton got the lead slot in our countdown. After all, compiling a list like this is sort of a 'Mission Impossible' given the fact that sexiness is completely subjective. Still, Newton sizzles on screen when the role calls for it, whether playing the femme fatale opposite Tom Cruise or the violated wife of Terrence Howard in the 2005 drama 'Crash.' No matter what your taste, leaving Newton off our list would have been an injustice.
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29. Tracy Camilla Johns
Tracy Camilla Johns first came to our attention in Spike Lee's debut feature, 'She's Gotta Have It'. The mere fact that she hasn't left our consciousness since then is a testament to her sex appeal. Oh yeah, we forgot to mention that she played a nymphomaniac dating three men at the same time. She followed that up with a scene-stealing striptease in 1991's 'New Jack City.'
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28. Vivica A. Fox
Vivica Fox managed to heat up the screen even when playing an ice queen a la Mr. Freeze's lusty assistant in 'Batman and Robin.' We should've expected as much from a character named Miss B. Haven. It seems Ms. Fox is destined to live up to her real name, having played sexy roles in 'Booty Call' and 'Two Can Play That Game.'
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27. Robin Givens
As if posing in a 1994 issue of Playboy Magazine wasn't sexy enough! Robin Givens actually played a sex siren opposite Eddie Murphy in 'Boomerang.' Givens' character Jacqueline ultimately seduces Murphy's character Marcus Graham. Some say she played the same role in real life with her former husband, boxer Mike Tyson.
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26. Paula Patton
We can see why fellow R&B crooner Robin Thicke decided to put a ring on the finger of this sultry actress (let alone write a song about her). Of course we're sure that's not the only reason, but it couldn't have hurt. Paula Patton makes the list for roles in 'Déjà vu' and 'Idlewild.' Her leading men would be lost without the light she brings to the screen.
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25. Nichelle Nichols
We couldn't possibly leave the original intergalactic hottie off of this list! If Nichelle Nichols were the future of space travel, what self-respecting Trekkie wouldn't want to get beamed up? We would mention that she was hot enough to entice Captain James T. Kirk into TV's first on-screen interracial kiss, but that wouldn't be saying nearly enough. In her prime Lieutenant Uhura was light years ahead of the competition.
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24. Eartha Kitt
Eartha Kitt epitomizes sexiness. Just her name evokes the signature purr she unleashed as Catwoman. The eyes, the hands, the voice, the legs -- they all add to her allure -- yet her sexiness is even greater than the sum of her parts. We'll admit we haven't seen most of her movies, but it doesn't take much to be convinced. Besides, have you ever seen her performance of the song Santa Baby?
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23. Vanity
Even though she was a 'Nasty Girl' in Prince's off-shoot group Vanity 6, Vanity (born Denise Katrina Matthews) had everyone in awe over her the 1985 flick 'The Last Dragon.' Leroy Green wasn't the only teenage boy in pursuit of Matthews' character Laura Charles. Sho 'nuff! Whoever plays her role in the upcoming remake has some pretty sexy heels to fill. (That's right, we said heels.)
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22. Lauren London
When people hear the letters "L.L." they may automatically associate them with rapper-actor L.L. Cool J. Well, not this time! Hot 24-year-old vixen Lauren London comes in at number 22 for her role as "Erin 'New New' Garnett" in the 2006 film 'ATL.' She may not have many roles to her credit, but something tells us she'll more than live up to any future billing.
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By: Tamala on 8/31/2009 6:27PM
Lisa was probably abused in every way possible. It appears it was a marriage of convenience for him and for her, God only knows what it meant to her. Surely, there were red flags because they postponed their wedding date at least once. Now she making comments as if she was so big and bad in the marriage. That man made a public spectacle out of her and if she has an ounce of self respect left, she would stop talking about him.
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By: antonia on 9/01/2009 7:48AM
i'm from chicago too. if he did beat her, u can besst believe that she would have came back on his ass, that's just the way chicago south-side girls are.
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By: Anita Price on 9/02/2009 3:06AM
chicago south-side girls are bad?! Well maybe that is one of the reasons for the abuses. Any woman who would go tit for tat with a man is a girl indeed! Women do not fight men.
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By: ooiobaae on 9/01/2009 8:10AM
Lisa YOU WERE BEAT. U forgot ( I guess u & Chris Brown) that u took pics, released a statement, & were interviewed @ the airport about it & confirmed it.
MOre importantly, this happened over 1 yr ago. MOVE ON. You shouldnt have married him after just 6mo of dating!
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By: KIMM on 9/02/2009 1:11AM
SHE WAS BEATEN I DONT KNOW WHY SHE IS TRYING TO DENY IT. SHE NOW WANT US TO HAVE SYMPATHY FOR HER. LMAO. SHE WOULDN'T EVEN ALLOW THE BLACK MAGAZINES RECORD HER WEDDING AT FIRST. SHES A SELL OUT & THE HUBBY SAW IT AND HE DIDN'T LIKE IT. WHAT GOES UP MUST COME DOWN. NEXT TIME LISA DONT 4GET WHERE U CAME FROM. NOW SHE TRYING TO CLAIM US. AND SHE HAS THE NERVE TO BE IN JET, IF THEY WANTED TO TAKE PICS AT THE WEDDING THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN DENIED ACCESS. WHITE MAG ONLY. GOD DONT LIKE UGLY, NEXT TIME DONT 4GET THE MAGS AND PEOPLE WHO WERE THERE FROM THE BEGINING. LMAO. OH WELL HOW IS THE HIGH HORSE NOW.
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By: theame2 on 9/01/2009 11:51AM
she looks to be lost a lot of weight, it doesn't look becoming to her. I mean she is stil pretty, but she is loosing a lot of weight, we need to pay attention to that, stress or drugs one of the two. Sometimes when we go through some things we beat our selfs up, and weight loss is a good sign something is going on.
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By: Kim on 9/03/2009 12:09AM
Weight loss could also be a sign of getting healthy. Putting yourself first, and after a horrible break-up what better way to feel good about yourself, than looking good. Working our also relieves stress. If she was getting fatter I would believe she was miserable and depressed.
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By: nyc5055 on 9/01/2009 12:55PM
I am in love with Meagan Good
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By: BEEBEE on 9/01/2009 2:38PM
The captured savages trials are taking place now. Call, write and remind Sharpton and the NAACP that all is not forgotten. There are others to be caught and punished. This is as bad as it can getfor the black race. It could have happened to any black woman.
Open Letter to the NAACP and Al Sharpton
Published by Aaron + Alaine on March 15, 2008 at 4:06 PM
I sent the following to NAN and the NAACP at 4:04 pm Saturday March 15, 2008. I encourage you to do the same and more.To:
Al Sharpton - National Action Network
Julian Bond - Chairman - NAACP
Maude Ford Lee - President - West Palm Beach Branch NAACP
Sabu Williams - Director - Florida State Conference NAACP
I'm writing to protest the recent actions of the NAACP and the National Action Network in the Dunbar Village rape case. As you know, on June 18th, 2007, a black woman and her 12 year old son were viciously and savagely attacked by 10 black men and boys in a West Palm Beach Florida public housing project called Dunbar Village . The woman was brutally gang raped for over three hours, tortured and forced to perform oral sex on her 12 year old son at gunpoint. They were doused with chemicals, poured into their eyes and the woman's vagina in an attempt to destroy evidence. They were saved from being burned alive only because the rapists could not find matches. No one called the police during the three hour attack. No one came to their aid when the attack was over. They had to walk a mile to a hospital before they were assisted by anyone.
On Tuesday, March 11, 2008, Al Sharpton and the West Palm Beach NAACP held a press conference accusing the prosecutor of treating those arrested in this case unfairly. You demanded that the prosecutor offer bail to the boys arrested in this case and not try them as adults, because this was being done by the prosecutor in another gang rape case involving white perpetrators in a different Florida jurisdiction.
Following the attack, vigorous efforts were made to contact NAN and the NAACP and enlist your aid in getting help and attention for the victim of this horrific crime. An NAACP spokesman, when contacted, said they would not respond because "it was outside their mission". Despite repeated calls to the National Action Network, there was NO RESPONSE. No statement on behalf of the victim, no protest, not one single word. Contrast this to the swift and vocal response Al Sharpton and NAN exhibited to the Duke rape case. In the Duke case, loud and vocal support of the victim and calls for justice for her attackers, but in the Dunbar Village case.......complete silence. The difference between the two cases? At Duke - the alleged attackers were white men; in Dunbar Village, the alleged attackers are black men. Contrast the response in this case to the NAACP's vigorous defense of Michael Vick for merely killing dogs, but the brutal and horrific gang rape of a black woman in front of her 12 year old son provokes not a single word.
For almost a year, NAN and the NAACP had nothing to say in support of the black woman victim and her son. You made no calls for the West Palm Beach police to swiftly find these criminals, of whom six are still on the loose. You did nothing to my knowledge to offer help to this woman and her child to help them recover. In all points, you exhibited a complete moral indifference to the crime committed against this black woman. Now, almost a year later, you come rushing to the defense of....the rapists??!!!! Your actions send the clear message that crimes committed against black women are not important to your organizations unless they present an opportunity to protest perceived racism and if exploiting a poor, gang raped black woman can help you grab some media spotlight for that purpose, thats okay.
I ask, where is your moral compass? How is it that the vile nature of what you are doing is not apparent to you? You are championing rapists while deliberately, purposefully ignoring the vicious gang rape and torture of a black woman. Your actions make clear that neither you Al Sharpton as a black man, nor the NAACP, value the dignity, safety and well being of black women. Your actions make clear that the rape and violation of black women is okay depending on the race of the violator. You will protest the rape of black women by white men, but you will say nothing about the rape of black women by black men and in fact will defend the black rapists of african american women. It is a second violation of this woman and indeed of all black women as vile as the first.
Your behavior in this case is morally indefensible and despicable. There is no justification for it, no basis in morality that would support what Al Sharpton and the NAACP are doing. I demand that you reverse course. I demand that you turn the resources of your organization to providing support and aid to the innocent victims in this case, not the perpetrators. I demand that you publicly in word and deed put pressure on the West Palm Beach authorities to find and arrest the other six rapists still on the loose.
If you are unwilling to immediately and publicly acknowledge the error of your actions in regard to the Dunbar Village case, I and as many others as I can persuade to join me, will pursue every avenue available to make the public at large, the media, your membership, your financial and political supporters, your sponsors and the entire world aware of your willing and informed support and encouragement of the brutal rape and torture of a black woman. My outrage is shared by many others. NAN and the NAACP will be held accountable.
The actions of Al Sharpton and the NAACP to support rapists of black women is a moral abomination, a moral atrocity. It degrades and sullies the good the NAACP has accomplished. It should not be allowed to stand. It is non negotiable. If the NAACP and NAN must be ripped apart and rebuilt anew to restore its moral compass and establish as sacrosanct the dignity, value and safety of black women, that is preferable to organizations which knowingly support the violation and rape of black women.
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You can communicate directly to the organizations with the info below:
NAACP: Julian Bond -Chairman
4805 Mt. Hope Drive, Baltimore MD 21215
Toll Free: (877) NAACP-98
Local: (410) 580-5777
National Action Network
Al Sharpton
Crisis Department
106 W. 145th Street
Harlem, New York 10039
212-690-3070
877-NAN-HOJ1
crisis@nationalactionnetwork.net
revalmedia@yahoo.com
NAACP: Florida State Conference
DIRECTOR: MR. SABU WILLIAMS
ADDRESS: 230 Seneca Trail; Crest View, FL 32536
TELEPHONE: (850) 301-2095 FAX: (850) 301-2098
E-MAIL: sabu1@aol.com
West Palm Beach County Branch - Unit # 5143
President: Maude Ford Lee
Mailing Address: P. O. Box 4131 West Palm Beach, FL 33407
Telephone: (561) 655-9798
E-Mail: unit5143@naacp.org
This behavior should not be allowed to stand. Let's put a stop to it.
Posted by Aaron + Alaine
Labels: Al Sharpton, black women, Dunbar Village, NAACP
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By: Sharon on 9/02/2009 8:55AM
I found this difficult to read. Black women are the biggest supporters of these groups and they continue to slap them down when they are victims of horrific crimes committed by black men. They are only worthy of attention and care if they are a Tawana Brawley or a Duke University stripper. Unless they can use black women as pawns to vent their pent up anger and failures at white men the message is to f.ck off, get loss and shut your big black mouth up. They don’t seem to care that this could happen to a woman in their family or they know. It’s more about seizing an opportunity to take the white man to task and try to make him sweat.
These demons committed an act of pure evil and all black should be so outraged that this should be the absolute last straw along with the daily killings. What has to happen for blacks to say enough and take back the race? Or have blacks lost their soul, their moral compass and accepted this is just black life today. After all not one black person called the cops hearing the screams, torture and raping of the mother and her son. Black women said rape was a common occurrence at Dunbar. Any black woman who don’t feel the pain and rage I do don’t deserve to call themselves a woman. No more excuses and cover ups for black male criminality. Don’t support those constant traitors to black women with your financial or any support. Stop being used and used for sucker bait. Let men support them after all they are the major beneficiaries. See how long they last. What happened to the black mother and her son is as bad as it can get in the black race.
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