Kelly Brook

Model-actress and all-around good sport, Kelly Brook won over many fans with her grounded, self-deprecating view on her unique talents and fame. Born Nov. 23, 1979 in Rochester, Kent, England, Kelly Ann Parsons achieved fame as a teenage model, whose figure and sweet personality made her a hot commodity around the world. The face of multiple high-profile products and a magazine mainstay, Brook nabbed hosting jobs on "The Big Breakfast" (Channel 4, 1992-2002), "Love Island" (ITV, 2005-06) and "Britain's Got Talent" (ITV, 2007- ). She competed on such programs as "Strictly Come Dancing" (BBC One, 2004- ).

Brook landed an acting job, recurring on "Smallville" (The WB, 2001-06; The CW, 2006-2011) as a mysterious woman bent on seducing and destroying Lex Luthor (Michael Rosenbaum). She went on to appear in "The Italian Job" (2003), "School for Seduction" (2004), "Romy and Michele: In the Beginning" (ABC Family, 2005), "Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo" (2005) and "Piranha" (2010), where she played a kind-hearted adult film actress who tragically proves delicious to the titular fishes. In 2016 Kelly Brook starred as Kate in "Taking Stock."