The good and bad musicians, models, and reality stars doing movies.

[Karea07]

Basically anybody who was not esentially an actor to begin with.
Here's my list:
Good actors - Mandy Moore (watch "Saved"), Janet Jackson is OK
Bad actors - Paris Hilton, Madonna, Britney Spears, Jessica Simpson, Tyra Banks, Gisele (Taxi)

Can anybody name more good actors who started off as something else in Hollywood? Name the bad ones too, cause there are a lot and my list is nowhere close to being complete.

And leave out the actors who started out being models or winning pageants if they are in the same leagues as Halle Berry, Charlize Theron, etc. (unless you think they are bad)

 

[Speedball]

Good: Rebecca Romijn, Mark Wahlberg, Donnie Wahlberg(watch the Sixth Sense).

Bad- Shaq

 

[primemover]

You forgot about athletes too

Good - Kris Kristoferson(I beleive he was a musician first), Eminem, Dwight Yoakam, Bette Midler, Will Smith, Willie Nelson, Frank Sinatra, Barbra Streisand, Lauren BaCall

Okay - Kenny Rogers, Mos Def, The Rock(based on the Rundown), Queen Latifah(based on Chicago), Prince, Courtney Love, Ice T, Dolly Parton Jon Bon Jovi, Harry Connick Jr, Donnie Wahlberg, Sting, Chris Isaak, Huey Lewis, Tom Petty, Tom Waits, Tina Turner, Arnold Shwarzenegger, Alanis Morrisette, Vinnie Jones, Bruce Lee, Jim Brown, Lauren Hutton, Mark Harmon

Bad - Cindy Crawford, Hulk Hogan, Elvis Presley, Whitney Houston, Tupac Shakur, Mariah Carey, Beyonce Knowles, Ice Cube, DMX, 50 Cent, Howie Long, Brian Bosworth, O.J. Simpson, Chuck Norris, Joe Namath, Alex Karras

 

[<(o_o)>]

Jennifer Lopez sometimes good & sometimes bad, started out as a dancer on In Living Color.

Dolly Parton, she's done ok with the movies that she has been in.

Dr. Phil, bad actor.

Mick Jagger & David Bowie bad actors.

 

[Obsidian]

Mos Def is a pretty good actor. I loved his performance in "Something the Lord Made".

 

[muertevilla]

bad- bon jovi

even worse- meatloaf

 

[Karea07]

wow i forgot about a lot... i cant believe i forgot mariah carey for the bad section

 

[BT18]

Gisele wasn't remotely "bad" in Taxi if you want to be intellectually honest. It was a nothing part in a nothing movie but she actually exceded the necessity of the "performing" in my opinion.

 

[Alpha and Omega]

um, J Phoenix's love interest in 'Ladder 49' started off as a cast member on the 'Real World.'

 

[primemover]

Jacinda Barrett

 

[black_dust]

I thought André 3000 was a pretty fine actor in, four brothers and Revolver

 

[Balian]

Mos Def is a pretty good actor. I loved his performance in "Something the Lord Made".

I agree he's a really good actor, but I don't know if he should be on this list since he was an actor first, musician second.