KELLY LEBROCK

One of the biggest It Girls of the 80s, Kelly LeBrock was the first crush for many, and filmmakers knew it. After all, the plot of Weird Science, the 1985 John Hughes film, is literally about the creation of a dream woman by a pair of nerdy teens. Unfortunately, we’ll have to immediately burst your bubble about the infamous shower sequence, in which LeBrock’s character, Lisa, is seen to appear topless. Kelly LeBrock wasn’t actually nude in that iconic Weird Science scene. While she was already a famous model prior to being cast in the film, LeBrock was never known for lascivious or explicit photography. It wasn’t until LeBrock began working for Pantene that she became a recognizable pop culture figure, appearing as a spokeswoman in one of the shampoo brand’s most famous adverts.

Her line in the commercial, “don’t hate me because I’m beautiful,” became a catchphrase that you’ll still hear to this day, whether or not those using it have even heard of Kelly LeBrock. Fortunately, Kelly LeBrock, today seems to be in a good place, but it took her a while to get there and she went through a lot along the way. After Kelly Brock’s divorce from Steven Seagal, she bought a ranch in Santa Barbara, CA, and started working the land. She raised her three children there while she grew vegetables and made her own cheese and yogurt. She wanted her kids out of LA so they could grow up with “real people.” That said, she didn’t leave the limelight entirely as she was in a couple of reality shows and a handful of movies over the years.