Celebrity crush: Chyler Leigh (revised)

This week's revised entry focuses on (in my opinion) the prettier and more interesting Grey on Grey's Anatomy. Amazon and iTunes links follow. Any affiliate payments earned from your purchase or rental will help pay the hosting fees for my podcasts, so please consider clicking.

Name: Chyler Leigh (images -- some NSFW, largely due to tacky fake nudes)
Hometown: Born in North Carolina but raised in Virginia and Florida, according to her Wikipedia profile.
Best Known For: At this point, I think it's safe to say her main claim to fame is portraying Dr. Lexie Grey on Grey's Anatomy -- showing up in the final two episodes of season three, then joining as a full-time cast member with season four. Prior to putting on the white doctor's coat, her biggest credit was starring in Not Another Teen Movie back in 2001 in a spoof of fellow celebrity crush Rachel Leigh Cook's part from the teen romance She's All That.

With Amanda Righetti (center) and Alexa Davalos
(right) from 2005 Fox series Reunion.

Humble Beginnings: Chyler began to do modeling work in eighth grade, moving up to TV commercial work and a teen-driven news program. After Not Another Teen Movie but before Grey's Anatomy, she was cast in a couple of dramas -- Girls Club (alongside fellow celebrity crush profile subject Gretchen Mol) and Reunion (alongside fellow crush Amanda Righetti) -- and the comedy That '80s Show, none of which made it past a single season. She also did one season on The Practice (alongside future Grey's co-star and probable future celebrity crush profile recipient Jessica Capshaw) but was cut amid a budget-driven purge at the year's end.

Obligatory Edgy Stuff I: At age 15, she starred in Kickboxing Academy alongside her real-life brother -- who played her love interest in the movie.
Obligatory Edgy Stuff II/The Courteney Cox Factor: Chyler appeared in the music video for Marilyn Manson's utter ruination of the song "Tainted Love" for the Not Another Teen Movie soundtrack.
Why Ye Olde Podcaster Likes Her: She's hot, talented, hot, nuanced, hot, apparently a sane actress, hot, and generally hot.
Film and TV-movie credits: The 19th Wife (Amazon | iTunes) * Not Another Teen Movie (Amazon | iTunes)
Music videos: "Tainted Love" by Marilyn Manson (iTunes)

TV and Web series credits: Grey's Anatomy, season 7 (Amazon | iTunes) * Grey's Anatomy, season 6 (Amazon | iTunes) * Grey's Anatomy, season 5 (Amazon | iTunes) * Grey's Anatomy, season 4 (Amazon | iTunes) * Grey's Anatomy, season 3 (Amazon | iTunes) * Reunion (Amazon | iTunes) * North Shore: "My Boyfriend's Back" (Amazon | iTunes) * The Practice, season 7 (Amazon | iTunes) * Girls Club (Amazon | iTunes) * That '80s Show (Amazon | iTunes) * Seventh Heaven, season 5 (Amazon | iTunes) * M.Y.O.B.: "Bad Seed" (Amazon | iTunes)