The Star: Christina Ricci, the Snow White starlet of Hollywood. The 26-year-old got her big gothy break in The Addams Family in 1991, a year after her debut in 1990's Mermaids. After 1995's Casper, the child actor grew up, signing on for a string of intriguing flicks including The Ice Storm and Buffalo '66. Up next is a turn as a sex-addicted girl in Black Snake Moan from director Craig Brewer (Hustle & Flow) in 2007. Nominated for an Emmy this year for a role in Grey's Anatomy.

The Movie: Penelope. Directed by Mark Palansky, and also starring James McAvoy, Catherine O'Hara, Richard E. Grant and Reese Witherspoon (who also produces).

The Story: Christina Ricci insists it's not all that hard to reconcile the role of fur-wrapped cover babe on the current W magazine with one as an ill-fated, pig-faced girl. Behind that couture-ready bod, enormous smoky eyes and crimson lips is the same girl who battled weight issues and anorexia as a teen.

"You can always remember your awkward moments. They are seared into your memory," she says, sitting up straight on a hotel banquette in a ladylike black jacket and very skinny jeans. "For me, I'll always feel like that fat 15-year old.

As much as Ricci has embraced outsider roles and a decidedly non-Lindsay Lohan fame, she's also not down with the tag "sexpot for losers," given to her by W magazine.

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