Amber Tamblyn made her debut on the scene playing some young chick on General Hospital. Next, she had a starring role in Joan of Arcadia, an eminently forgettable series on CBS. Neither made the slightest impression on me.

She is recognizable for guest roles on CSI:Miami, Punk'd, Boston Public and Buffy the Vampire Slayer prior to launching her film career.

She's been in a few notable movies, and looked really good in doing so. Although I wouldn't admit to watching either one, she was pretty watchable in Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (and the sequel, I guess), as part of a quartet of female, pant-swapping friends (Alexis Bledel, America Ferrera and Blake Lively). She earned her horror movie chops in 2002 with The Ring, and had her first starring role alongside Sarah Michelle Gellar in The Grudge 2.

- Underground