April Eden

Make up your mind, April Eden. “I’m queen of the nerds,” she tells us, then corrects herself. “I don’t like to call myself a nerd. I’m a person who’s interested in unusual things.” Fine, but her MySpace page bills her as “April (queen of the nerds),” and her next photo shoot is for Geek Monthly. Obviously, she’s beautiful, but what has Geek Monthly all lathered up is her Star Trek tattoo. To date, April has done TV hosting (on the home-makeover show Material Girls), eye-candy cameos (memorably on The Office) and some stunt work (shot in the head in the upcoming Crank 2), but Star Trek is the dream job. It’s why she moved to L.A. 18 months ago. “My goal is to be a sci-fi actress,” she says. “When I was a kid, all I did was play video games and watch Star Trek.” But that’s not all she did; it gets worse (or better, depending on one’s taste in hobbies): Between NES and TNG sessions, she would sling the 20-sided die. Yes, she played Dungeons & Dragons and still does, avidly. She’s having trouble with her current character. “I’m half orc, half human,” she explains. “My charisma is minus three, so it’s hard to communicate with other characters. I can’t negotiate or make plans, and I get overcharged for everything.” It’s the saddest story we’ve heard all week—when we look at April, our impulse is to give her things for free. But she has hope. “I’m learning to play my character. Orcs don’t need to negotiate. Just kill the person and take what you want.” Spoken like a true Klingon.