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Jessalyn Gilsig: Sexy Lady

JESSALYN GILSIG

AGE: 31

HOMETOWN: Montreal, Canada

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BEST KNOWN FOR: Playing head of the history department on David E. Kelley's inner-city high-school series Boston Public and guest starring in several episodes last season on NYPD Blue as a detective with an ambiguous sexual identity.

SEE HER NOW: Playing the conning sex-addicted love interest of playboy plastic surgeon Dr. Christian Troy (Julian McMahon) on the F/X drama Nip/Tuck.

QUALIFICATIONS: "I don't think anybody watching Boston Public was like, 'Oh, she's a shoo-in for a sex addict.' I really got lucky there."

HOW SHE'S SO CONVINCING: "I wish I knew. The way you come off in performances is so far from how you are. It's kind of like listening to yourself on the answering machine--'Is that my voice?'"

ON GETTING NIPPED AND TUCKED: "I'm not really my type. I feel like I'd have to start all over...so I've never really been tempted."

WATCH FOR NEXT: On the big screen in the Weitz brothers-produced comedy See This Movie and in the indie hockey film Chicks with Sticks.

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Lauren Lyster