Let me buffer this by saying that this idea was stolen from another site that I happened upon. I would credit, but I don’t remember where I saw it. And, to be fair, as much as I’m sure he would like to (who wouldn’t?), the owner of the site in question does not own the women of Law & Order. They belong to all of us.
So, here is my official ranking of the ADAs of Law & Order, in order of increasing hotness, from “not so†to “day-umâ€.
6. Carey Lowell
I really hate it when people say nasty things about celebrities on the internet with a complete disregard for the fact that the person is human and has feelings. With that in mind, let me just say that Carey Lowell does nothing for me. In personality, in appearance, in character, in acting style. Nothing. I won’t even watch the episodes she’s in.
5. Jill Hennessy
It hurts me to put Jill second to last in any list, and, rest assured, this is the only list where you will ever see it, but Jill has definitely grown into her hotness. It happens. On Law & Order, never really came to love her. Then again, it could have been the hair, which was truly unfortunate, though it actually looks kind of nice in the picture above. Mmm, shiny.
4. Elisabeth Rohm
She has her moments. She does. Just because I groan every time I am watching my L & O marathon on TNT and see her name come up doesn’t mean I hate her. It’s just because they usually show a Rohm episode following this list’s number one, and it’s kind of a hard act to follow… which is probably why Rohm never found ground on the show in the first place
If this list were based on anything other than sheer hotness, Jill and Elisabeth would swap places. By hot factor only, though, their numbers stand.
3. Annie Parisse
She was number two for the longest time, but now that the newest ADA’s hair has grown out, poor Annie’s been bumped. The little things can make all of the difference. As the wardrobe people clearly realized, her most flattering color is green. “She’s wearing green!†is a well-used phrase in our household when there is a Parisse ep on.
2. Alana De La Garza
There is no getting around it. She’s freakin’ hot. She’s been hot ever since she appeared on All My Children at the same time that Bianca was discovering her sexuality. (I had a very deep-seated desire for that hook up.)
Bonus: No matter which male character they decide to have her sleep with on the show, it will be a helluva step up from her CSI: Miami gig of playing David Caruso’s love interest. *Ring-ring* Reality police, line one.
1. Angie Harmon
Duh. Her virtues are totally obvious. I’ll extol them anyway. She’s sexy as hell, she’s a good actress, Abbie Carmichael was the strongest character of all the ADAs, and that voice is what the best kind of sin sounds like.
To illustrate, an embarrassing story about myself…
One day, a couple of years ago, I was enjoying a Law & Order marathon., as I am prone to do. I was also enjoying a bowl of frozen fruit. I had a very large strawberry in my mouth and Angie was on the screen, all sexy and confident, doing her thing. Then, she said something, I can’t even remember what it was. The words were irrelevant. It was the tone of her voice. And pop, the strawberry flies right out of my mouth and into my bowl.
Strawberry-popping power - thus is the power that Angie Harmon possesses.
While this list is, by its very nature, correct, feel free to agree or disagree as you so desire.
March 22nd, 2008 at 2:56 pm
Had the CSI Miami writers written the Horatio/Marisol storyline with any realism, the pairing would have been a very hot match-up. Caruso was one hot leading man on NYPD Blue. CBS chose, for whatever reason, to depict that storyline devoid of any emotion, sex, touching etc. making it the most unrealistic romance I have ever witnessed.
CBS wasted the talents of both actors on that story arc and insulted its viewing audience. Blame that one on the writers, not Caruso and/or De La Garza.
March 22nd, 2008 at 3:30 pm
Excellent. Now is there anyone with an opinion that won’t make me throw up in my mouth?
March 22nd, 2008 at 3:39 pm
please take cary lowell’s fugly photo off here. godspeed.
March 22nd, 2008 at 3:41 pm
i’d like to see an ADA sammich with #’s 1,2 & 4.
March 22nd, 2008 at 4:52 pm
first, where is robinette? would he seventh?
second, and i’m not saying i’m disappointed in you, Riley, but i think your current love *obsession* with WMC has clouded your vision. unfortunately, Angie ranks 3rd on my list. i know, i know, you’ve lost even more respect for me. here’s my list (i apologize in advance for the long comment):
6. carey lowell - i completely agree. she’s just cold scary. not to mention that time she sold out Jack to the ethics committee. anyone else remember that?? i also can’t stand to watch any of the episodes with her in them. i’m glad they only stick to one or two during our beloved marathons (thanks Mr. Turner).
5. Anne Parisse - i was surprised she ranked so high with you. she has an odd bone structure to her face. also, she’s a total weakling. i could have easily fought off the thugs coming through my front door. oh, and she had a nasily (sp?) voice.
4. Jill Hennessy - when i made my list, i was actually upset she ended up this far down. i think because i love Jordan so much. i liked her and Jack together and i was very sad when she died. but really, she didn’t have much of a character and her suites were awful (let’s never revisit 90’s fashion).
3. Angie Harmon - i know, i know!! please stop shouting!!!! here’s my deal, Abbie was just mean. i mean, she was mean. hot, yes, but mean. my heart goes out to when her Russian lawyer friend died. but other than that, she’s scary. she would push the red button every time and cackle, just like Hillary. i do like the drawl as well, but probably because i’m from Texas.
2. Elizabeth Rohm - why doesn’t anyone like her but me? i don’t understand. maybe it’s a thing for blondes. i love Jeri Ryan as well. plus, there are both German. i don’t know if that means anything. how about the time Serena went into that store with knife guy and saved that woman’s life? you won’t catch Alex doing that (weakling).
1. Alana De La Garza - if we’re going by a hotness factor, there’s no comparison. also, i agree about the hair. i didn’t really like her until this season’s two hour primere. it was a little wavy then, too. very nice.
this was a fun saturday exercise. i hope you don’t dislike me too much! hope you’re having a great day!
March 23rd, 2008 at 12:39 am
Yowza, did I have a a crush on Jill Hennessey’s ADA when I was a newly hatched baby dyke. In fact, she’s the only one I’ve ever liked (though there were a few I loathed - blondie Rohm being one of them). As much as I am pleasantly astonished how well Angie Harmon is doing with the character of Lindsay Boxer, I have to admit I thought she was a pretty bad actress when I only knew her as the L&O ADA. I think she _has_ certainly honed her skills since then, but I think a lot of it was the fact that in this procedural of all procedurals, there just wasn’t a lot for her - or any of the others - to work with when it came to fleshing out characters. Long live WMC.
March 23rd, 2008 at 8:51 am
Okay, The Hotness, note how the list is titled “The Women of Law & Order…” So unless you know something that we don’t know, I’m going to say this list is all-inclusive. Of course, it’s all-inclusive only of the ADAs. It’s missing that horrendous cop chic from last season and Van Buren, who is F-in’ badass by the way. She could totally kick the asses of all the women on this list - at the same time.
I like Annie Parisse. Weird face?!? Okay, maybe a little, but what’s wrong with a little imperfection?
As for your girl crush on Elisabeth Rohm, and since you messed with Parisse’s face, let me just point this out to you. The next time you are watching a Rohm episode, note how much louder she talks than everyone else with whom she is doing a scene. It wasn’t a deciding factor or anything, but it is sorta distracting. And I didn’t say I disliked her. I just like the other three better. I did, however, like her considerably more on Angel.
As for Angie, I can safely say that my love of her on WMC does not cloud my judgment on this. You want to talk unpopular opinions, let’s talk this one…
I actually thought Angie looked better on L&O. She’s gotten just a touch too skinny in my opinion. But yes, Boxer is a better character and, yes, Angie’s acting is awesome now.
March 23rd, 2008 at 3:55 pm
According to my 6-year-old nephew Noah, this is the correct order. This will please you, The Hotness.
1. Elisabeth Rohm
2. Angie Harmon
3. Carey Lowell (we’ll blame this on youthful confusion)
4. Annie Parisse
5. Jill Hennessy
6. Alana De La Garza
March 23rd, 2008 at 5:34 pm
noah is a wise 6-year-old… for the most part. i apologize for picking on annie’s face. i should be so good looking… actually, i’ll go ahead and say it. i have much better bone structure than she does!
also, to put myself on an even field, i don’t know if you ever noticed, but toward the end of her time Elizabeth’s skin started looking not so good. like she picked up smoking or something. a lot of smoking. maybe it’s just me.
March 24th, 2008 at 7:03 am
Gotta chime in here. The list is just about dead-on but I always had a thing for Jill Hessessey (started regularly watching once she joined the cast). Until Alana De La Garza joined, the top of my list was a tie between Angie & Jill. (Depending on whether I was into the button-down corporate type or the passionate, husky-voiced type at the time I was watching TNT.) While it wouldn’t be a 3-way tie (mmm…3-way… ‘Homer drool noise here’) Jill would still be right up there though.
Sad to say but I had forgotten Annie Parisse. I remember being pissed as hell when she left the show but then Alana came on board…
Great pics of these ladies too, Riley.
March 24th, 2008 at 8:32 am
I don’t know may I’m just a sucker for a woman with a body and not an imitation of a stick figure. I think that Annie Parisse, Jill Hennessey and Angie Harmon are gorgeous women but they are just too skinny. Especially if you compare them to their counerparts, Alana De La Whatever, maybe it should just be De La Hotness, Carey Lowell and Elisabeth Rohm. I just think that the latter three are far sexier. By the way all of you that think that Lowell is fugly, you should check out that couple of movies she did. She has killer legs
March 25th, 2008 at 7:35 am
You know what I love? Just how many of us are suckers for the TNT L&O marathon.
“De La Hotness” - muahahaha
March 26th, 2008 at 8:51 am
Noah’s top pick is clearly correct, I mean Elisabeth Rohm is a dead ringer for his mommy! However, I must not see what the rest of the world does in Angie Harmon…I would put her 4th!
March 26th, 2008 at 4:38 pm
As soon as Noah picked Rohm, I knew that it was because she looked the most like you. I’m no stranger to his ways.
Regarding Angie… I don’t know what it is. Partly the voice, partly the nice hair, partly the attitude. She was just my favorite ADA, that’s all there is to it.
March 28th, 2008 at 10:16 am
I thought that Anni Parise was a disaster-whiny, wimpy, both as an actress and her character. Casting had an off day, when they hired her. I’ve seen her in other things, and she’s just bad all around.
Jill Hennesey…loved the way they did that “are they or aren’t they” thing with Sam Waterston! Those two had CHEMISTRY! But as an ADA…Claire was too idealistic, I always had the feeling that one day, she was gonna say, “Things aren’t going MY way, so I’m taking my toys and goin’ home.” Which was what she was about to do. Then again, maybe she would have married Jack, and lived happily ever after. I just felt that Claire wouldn’t have lasted as a real life ADA.
Paul Robinette…What a hunk! And, a smart, savvy character. He played very well off Ben Stone. Wish this actor was more visible on tv. He’s not too shabby.
Angie Harmon…egads. This model runs the gamut from sneer to snarl, with nothing in between. Another gaffe by casting. And writing. The character was one dimensional. Very little shading, but a better actress would have done a lot more with it.
Carey Lowell…I loved Jamie! She was one who didn’t back down to Jack, not from the beginning, and as a result, I always thought Jack had a thing for her. But, since it wasn’t reciprocated, they fell into a sort of sibling relationship. You know, he’s my stinky big brother, so no one is allowed to hit him but me sort of thing. And, vice versa. I’m the only one allowed to pick on her, so leave my little sister alone or I’ll smash you one!
Jamie was smart, had a lot of legal experiance, and that played well, too, to have someone as an ADA who was as sharp as Jack. And, I thought Carey Lowell played it right.
Anna DeLaGarza…Not too shabby…I loved how she rolled her eyes, and told Jack, she didn’t want to hear his war stories…and how he looked ready to laugh when she said that. These two had a nifty little relationship…wonder if it coulda been more? And, Connie is sharp, smart, and not afraid to work hard.
Elisabeth Rohm…I liked her. I liked the character. She played it, the way you should, when you’re younger, when your boss is male, and you work in a male dominated setting. You tread a fine line between letting them know you have a brain in your head, yet not stepping on male egos. Serena was, like Jamie and Connie and Claire, smart, not afraid to get her hands dirty, not afraid to take the initiative, or to suggest things to Jack. These women had ovaries! LOL!
April 24th, 2008 at 4:00 pm
I found this site while looking for information on Alana de la Garza who I recognized but couldn’t remember from where until today when I found that was Marisol Delko from CSI Miami. Although she’s new to LOL, she has quickly become my favorite ADA - if the standard is “hotness”. Angie always struck me as a pretty “boy”. Cary was the most realistic (being a lawyer, I know!). Annie and Jill filled the role admirably, and Elisabeth . . . well, until Alana, my favorite. A tough blonde, willing to stand her ground with Jack and Fred. I hope Alana sticks around so her character can develop more fully (since her figure certainly has!). Right now, I’m sad because Jesse L. Martin left LOL last night. Life goes on . . . .
June 26th, 2008 at 9:58 am
Alana is very hot she should be number 1 on your list. I saw pictures that were leaked from her recent wedding. Her new husband is gorgeous and I’m impressed that she married a Marine. Those two are going to make beautiful babies. Does anyone know her new husbands name?
October 1st, 2008 at 4:56 am
No one beats Carey Lowell in License to kill : http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Courtyard/1652/Media/Carey.html
she gets my mojo rising