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* ''[[My Big Fat Greek Wedding]]'': While Nia Vardolos is a very pretty woman she is anything but the typical Hollywood bombshell, which many people have stated help make the film that much more appealing. Her homely look genuinely made her plain, and getting the makeover did ''wonders.''

* ''[[Never Been Kissed]]'' has two examples. [[Leelee Sobieski]] as the nerdy girl, especially when she strips down to that spandex blue cat suit at the prom, and [[Drew Barrymore]]. She's supposed to be a bookish, nerdy girl as well...but she's Drew Frikkin' Barrymore! That said, they ''do'' manage to make Drew look pretty bad in her prom flashback. More than the majority of these examples, anyway.

* ''[[Now Voyager]]'' Bette Davis spends the first few scenes being unconscionably unattractive by having... baggy clothes, unplucked eyebrows, bun hair and glasses. An early example of how to 'do an Ugly Betty' the film having come out in 1948.

* ''[[Now, Voyager]]'': Bette Davis spends the first few scenes being unconscionably unattractive by having... baggy clothes, unplucked eyebrows, bun hair and glasses. An early example of how to 'do an Ugly Betty', the film having come out in 1948.

* In ''Only the Lonely'' Ally Sheedy's character was supposed to be considered unattractive.

* In ''Only the Lonely'', Ally Sheedy's character was supposed to be considered unattractive.

* In ''Only You'' Andrew McCarthy's character has to make a choice between two potential girlfriends, one who is beautiful and one who is supposedly not as good looking but is otherwise perfect. The supposedly non-beautiful woman is played by Helen Hunt. So McCarthy has to face the dilemma of whether he should settle for a woman whose worst flaw is she is only as attractive as Helen Hunt.

* In ''Only You'', Andrew McCarthy's character has to make a choice between two potential girlfriends, one who is beautiful and one who is supposedly not as good looking but is otherwise perfect. The supposedly non-beautiful woman is played by Helen Hunt. So McCarthy has to face the dilemma of whether he should settle for a woman whose worst flaw is she is only as attractive as Helen Hunt.

* ''[[Penelope]]'' [[Christina Ricci]] actually looks cute with a pig's snout, but some of her suitors are so horrified by the sight of her that they jump out of second-story windows to get away.

* ''[[Penelope]]'': [[Christina Ricci]] actually looks cute with a pig's snout, but some of her suitors are so horrified by the sight of her that they jump out of second-story windows to get away.

* ''Portrait of a Lady'' from Jane Campion, Isabel and Henrietta go on about how ugly Caspar Goodwood is. That's Viggo Mortensen. Viggo Mortensen with slightly silly hair, but still...

* ''[[Pride and Prejudice]]'': In the 2005 movie, Lizzie Bennett, described by Mr. Darcy as 'tolerable, but not handsome enough to tempt me' is played by [[Keira Knightley]]. Of course, it could have just been that Darcy was being a jerk.