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** Chris Klein was an ill-fated [[Estrogen Brigade Bait]] attempt that went nowhere after his hoped-for star turn, the remake of ''[[Rollerball]]'', turned into a [[Star-Derailing Role]] instead.
** Eddie Kaye Thomas (Finch) went from ''Pie'' to a series of "dorky, lovable loser" roles in films like the infamous flops ''[[Freddy Got Fingered]]'' and ''Dirty Love'', as well as a string of DTV films rebranded under the "National Lampoon" banner. However, he has at least attempted to restore his cred in recent years with appearances in the ''[[Harold and Kumar]]'' film series, as well as a starring voice on ''[[American Dad]]'' and the HBO series ''How To Make It In America''. Only time will tell whether he can bring his star back.
** Ironically, John Cho, who plays a minor character in the film, is the one whose movie career is most on the rise, between ''[[Harold and Kumar]]'', ''[[Star Trek]]'', and the ''[[Total Recall]]'' remake.
** Natasha Lyonne is an especially unhappy case. She got even more cred with ''But I'm A Cheerleader'' but a serious problem with drugs and Alcohol (Including a DUI, a bout with an STD and stay in Rehab) as well as health problems and extreme Mental illness have all but destroyed her career. There was even a period where she was living homeless on the streets of NYC after being evicted from her apartment for her behaviour. Nowadays she's more likely to be discussed as the butt of jokes than for her acting talents.
* [[Lindsay Lohan]]. This one wasn't related to any lack of talent -- [[Meryl Streep]], of all people, vouched for her acting ability, as did her ''[[Mean Girls]]'' co-star [[Tina Fey]]. Instead, her problems came from a combination of a disastrous relationship with [[Stage Mom|her parents]], chronic [[Bottle Fairy|partying]] and drug/alcohol abuse (which eventually led to legal troubles), and a reputation for being [[Small Name, Big Ego|a diva]] who often showed up to set late and hung over. An awful case of [[What Could Have Been]]. The full details can be seen on [[Lindsay Lohan|her page]].
* [[Paris Hilton]]. There's really too many to name in this topic... but we're gonna name them anyway. Unlike the other people on this list, this heiress and socialite did not earn her fame through "legitimate" routes (film, TV, music), but through a [[Home Porn Movie]] that was "leaked" online in advance of the debut of her [[Reality Show]] ''The Simple Life''. Not only did [[No Such Thing as Bad Publicity|the video turn her into a mega-star virtually overnight]], it also established the home sex tape as a viable route for would-be celebrities and fading stars to boost their careers. She went on to channel her fame into careers in music and (non-pornographic) film, both of which have been non-starters, and the latter notable only for producing her performance in ''[[Repo! The Genetic Opera|Repo the Genetic Opera]]''. Lately, she seems to have settled back into modeling and reality TV with her new show ''The World According To Paris'' - but unlike ''The Simple Life'' this was cancelled after one season.
* Marion Davies is a famous historical example, since it was William Randolph Hearst who financed her bid for movie stardom. While her looks were as good as people expected from a former Ziegfeld girl, and she was far more talented and off-screen amiable than her [[Roman à Clef]] opera singer counterpart in ''[[Citizen Kane]]'', Hearst kept pushing for her to be cast in heavy-duty "respectable" dramatic roles when [[Comedy Ghetto|she was much better at comedy]].
* [[Jessica Biel]] seems to be headed this way, much to her fans' chagrin. Despite a lot of hype early on from ''[[7th
* Denise Richards started out with mostly mediocre movies, but got breast implants and an all-star nude role in ''[[Wild Things]]'', making her a household name ([[Ms. Fanservice|amongst men]]) overnight. A bit of the Hype Machine got underway, but most of her subsequent films were trashed by critics and weren't too successful at the box-office (with the exception of ''[[The World Is Not Enough]]'', and [[James Bond|that was hardly
* Kate Bosworth had bit parts and a cancelled-after-one-season TV show on [[The WB]] called ''Young Americans'' before her starring role in ''Blue Crush''. Once that hit, she was catapulted to the position of It Girl, hyped as the greatest and most beautiful actress of her generation (sometimes this phrase was used pretty much verbatim), and she became a regular tabloid and fashion mag staple because she was dating the premiere heartthrob of the time. Fast forwarding to 2010, and just about every film since ''Blue Crush,'' with the exception of maybe ''[[Superman Returns]]'', has been a critical and/or commercial failure, though not for lack of trying for that great comeback.
** Rachel Bilson, Bosworth's co-star in the
* [[Rachael Leigh Cook]] first came to fame thanks to her role in a famous anti-heroin [[Public Service Announcement]] ([http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMwxWHaZUro in which she demolishes a kitchen]) and became a star proper when ''[[She's All That]]'' came out. The flop of 2001's ''[[Josie and the Pussycats (film)|Josie and The Pussycats]]'' (and to a lesser extent ''[[Anti Trust]]'' and ''Texas Rangers'' in which she had supporting roles and which unluckily came out the same year) derailed her career and she spent the following decade playing bit parts on television and various forgettable straight to DVD flicks. In recent years, however, she has had some success as a voiceover artist and plum guest roles in the likes of ''[[Psych]]'' and ''[[Ghost Whisperer]]'', and (like many on this list) is not a junkie, criminal, or laughing stock so unlike some names on this list a comeback isn't an entirely unrealistic prospect.
* [[Pia Zadora]] is a notorious example from [[The Eighties]]. After years of bit parts (including a small role in ''[[Santa Claus Conquers the Martians]]'' as a child), her bid for fame started when she married billionaire Meshulam Riklis in 1977. Her career peaked in 1981, when she won the Golden Globe for Best New Star of the Year for the film ''[[Butterfly]]'', which was largely financed by Riklis. However, it has long been rumored that Riklis had [[Screw the Rules, I Have Money|"bought"]] Pia her Golden Globe by financing lavish trips to [[Viva Las Vegas|Vegas]] for the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, and her performance also wound up winning her two Razzies (for Worst Actress and Worst New Star). She won the Worst Actress Razzie ''again'' the following year for her performance in ''[[The Lonely Lady]]'',<ref>and would go on to be named "Worst New Star of the Decade" in 1990 and being nominated for "Worst Actress of the ''Century''" in 2000</ref> a film that essentially killed her acting career and left her doing small parts and cameos. She wound up having far more success as a singer, even earning a Grammy nomination in 1984.
* Elizabeth Berkley was supposed to be the Next Big Thing with ''[[Showgirls]]''. Too bad that trainwreck of a film completely derailed whatever film career she may have had. The fallout was so bad that when she requested $2,500 to be interviewed for the V.I.P. DVD edition of the film, she was ''turned down''. Ouch.
* The [[Virtual Celebrity|CGI actress]] Aki Ross from ''[[Final Fantasy: The
* [[Chris Tucker]] was actually considered to be "the next [[Eddie Murphy]]" when the first ''[[Rush Hour]]'' movie was a surprise success in 1998. Unfortunately, Tucker never attempted (or was much motivated) to branch out and capitalize immediately. The only movies that Tucker has done since 1998 have been the two sequels to ''Rush Hour'' (Tucker was apparently paid $20 million for ''Rush Hour 2''). Tucker has seemed to be more passionate about his charity work, budding up with the late [[Michael Jackson]], and his stand-up.
* [[Demi Moore]] has had various ups and downs, but has been hyped a lot. She was the most-successful member of the Brat Pack era of Hollywood, and went on to some major success in [[The Eighties]], but a string of ''huge'' box office bombs in [[The Nineties]] completely derailed her star. ''[[The Scarlet Letter]]'' was universally loathed by critics and ''[[Striptease (film)|Striptease]]'', a wannabe star-defining role for which she earned the then-highest paycheque of any female in Hollywood history, was another mega-bomb), and she vanished for literally a decade. She only resurfaced as Ashton Kutcher's [[Mrs. Robinson|new wife]], but a storm of hype from her hot body (despite her age) in ''[[Charlie's
** Until she got dumped by Kutcher and subsequently became even bigger tabloid bait...
* Julia Ormond was an unknown in the US when she landed lead roles three big mid-nineties films (''[[Legends of the Fall]]'', ''[[First Knight]]'', and the remake of ''[[Sabrina]]''), starring opposite such actors as [[Brad Pitt]], [[Anthony Hopkins]], [[Sean Connery]], and Richard Gere, but all were box-office and critical disappointments. She's still working, but she never became the "star" Hollywood expected.
* Jennifer Garner was promoted as the next big [[Action Girl]] after coming to public attention with the TV series ''[[Alias (TV series)|Alias]]''. But she turned out to be remarkably unsuccessful in headlining movies. Her big action film debut in ''[[Elektra (film)|Elektra]]'' flopped, whereupon she turned to romantic comedies and did only marginally better. These days, she seems stuck in small supporting roles, such as in ''[[Juno]]'', ''[[Valentine's
* [[Josh Hartnett]] rocketed to super-stardom in the late 90's and early 00's with roles in teen films like ''[[The Virgin Suicides]]'', ''[[Halloween (film)|Halloween]] H2O'', and ''[[The Faculty]]'', and was voted several times by People Magazine as one of their top teen stars of the year. Gradually, however, his momentum died down - in spite of a starring turn in the critically acclaimed ''[[Black Hawk Down]]'', Hartnett was in a long list of commercial flops including ''Town And Country'', ''[[Pearl Harbor]]'', and the box-office bomb ''Hollywood Homicide''. His last work of note, 2007's ''30 Days Of Night'', barely recouped its production budget, and he's spent the late 00's and early 10's working on small indie projects.
* Shannon Sossamon was another teen actor who was a media darling, having catapulted herself to the A-List in 2001-2002 with starring roles in ''[[A Knight's Tale]]'', ''40 Days And 40 Nights'', and ''[[The Rules of Attraction]]''. Afterwards, she spent the 2000's starring in a long string of DTV and indie films, as well as some TV work (most notably on the short-lived [[CBS]] vampire series ''Moonlight''), but it failed to drum up any major following.
* Nia Vardalos came out of nowhere to star in and write ''[[My Big Fat Greek Wedding]]'', which became the biggest indie film and romantic comedy of all-time. After getting an Academy Award nomination as well for her script, big things were expected from her. However, her star fell as soon as it rose with a series of flops (the TV spinoff ''My Big Fat Greek Life'', ''Connie and Carla'') and she faded back into obscurity. A couple attempts at a comeback (starring in 2009's ''My Life in Ruins'' and writing 2011's ''Larry Crowne'') have resulted in critical drubbing and box office failure (the latter was also a rare misstep for [[Tom Hanks]]).
* Canadian actress Estella Warren got a ''huge'' push in 2001 when she starred as the love interest and femme fatale in two major Hollywood films - the remake of ''[[Planet of the Apes]]'' and the [[Sylvester Stallone]] racing film ''Driven''. That (along with dating her ''Driven'' co-star, Kip Purdue, and landing a spot on Maxim's Hot 100 Babe List before she had a single film out) did a lot to jumpstart her fledgling career (in spite of both film's middling box office). However, ''[[Kangaroo Jack]]'' killed any momentum she had. What followed were a string of unsuccessful direct-to-video flops and indie films, along with an unsuccessful marketing push in 2005 (features in ''FHM'' and a supporting role in ''[[Mr. and Mrs. Smith]]'', which was cut prior to the film's release). These days, she's more well-known for her tabloid antics (including trying to break out of a police station after being arrested) than her film career.
* Elizabeth Shue had a solid career as a child
** She may be on the verge of... something... replacing Marg Helgenberger on ''[[CSI: Crime Scene Investigation|CSI]]'' in 2012.
* Sophie Marceau was expected by many to have a successful crossover in American films having found success in her native France and having played a major role in ''[[Braveheart]]'' and the [[James Bond (film)|James Bond]] film ''[[The World Is Not Enough]]''. However, a number of flops and a bizarre, rambling speech she made at the Cannes Film Festival in 1999 fast derailed her in the US. She still makes films but many of them barely get released outside of France (you would think ''Ne te retourne pas'', a film where she teams up with [[Monica Bellucci]] and which [[Ho Yay|they embraced topless on the cover of ''Paris Match'']] while promoting would have gotten a decent international push).
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