Johansson grew up on camera, starting her film career at the age of 9. She is most notable for her roles in Lost in Translation (2003), The Girl with the Pearl Earring (2003), and Her (2013), as well as her role as Black Widow in Marvel’s Avengers series. She is the first woman to be named Esquires “Sexiest Woman Alive” twice.

Jennifer Lawrence

Jennifer Lawrence has been adopted as America’s sweetheart, charming her way to being the highest paid actress in the world. On top of being an Academy Award winning actress and appearing of Forbes’s list of “100 most influential people in the world” in 2013, Lawrence is absolutely stunning, earning her way to multiple publication’s lists celebrating the world’s most attractive celebrities.

Marilyn Monroe

Marilyn Monroe is an American icon, being a  household name even 50 years after her death. A beauty icon and sex symbol in the 1950s, Monroe’s on-screen persona was often the role of the “dumb blonde”. Her popularity on-screen lead to her films amassing over $200 million.

Halle Berry

One of the highest paid actresses during the 2000s, Halle Berry won an Academy Award in 2002 for her role in Monster’s Ball. Berry is widely considered one of the most beautfiul women in hollywood. She was even named Esquire Magazine’s “Sexiest Women Alive” in 2008 at the age of 42.

Jessica Alba

Alba has topped many lists for her notoriously good looks. In the early 2000s, Jessica Alba became culturally synonymous with the word beautiful. More recently, Alba has made news for her entrepreneurial traits. In 2016, Vanity Fair wrote of her consumer goods company being valued at $1.7 billion. 

Raquel Welch

In the 1960s, Welch gave audiences a strong, smoldering beauty icon, that went against the popular notion that sex symbols were naïve or submissive. Welch’s role in One Million Years B.C. turned her into an pin-up girl, when a popular poster showing her sporting a deerskin bikini became a best-seller. The same poster is notably featured in Shawshank Redemption (1994) where Andy Dufresne uses it to block the tunnel in his prison cell.

Charlize Theron

Theron, an academy Award winning actress, moved to Los Angeles from South Africa at the age of 19 years old. After being discovered by a talent agent at a bank, Theron was able to develop an incredibly successful career, winning awards for Monster (2004) and Mad Max: Fury Road (2016).

Angelina Jolie

After solidifying herself as a Hollywood leading actress in the Lara Croft: Tomb Raider series, Jolie rose to international stardom. She has been named the world’s most beautiful woman by several media publications. On top of her acting success, Jolie has been heavily involved in humanitarian work since the early 2000s.

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