By Rob. Walton

WHO IS SHE?:

Ali Larter is the sole survivor of 2000's campy teen horror flick Final Destination, and she returns as bohemian loner Clear Rivers for Final Destination 2. Ali's best remembered as the cheerleader (barely) wearing a whipped cream bikini to seduce James Van Der Beek in Varsity Blues.

WHAT HAS SHE DONE?:

The tawny-haired, blue-eyed model-turned-actress starred as the aspiring movie executive in The House on Haunted Hill. She was the object of Adrien Grenier's affections in Drive Me Crazy, the exercise guru repped by Reese Witherspoon in Legally Blonde and Jesse James' bride in American Outlaws. She also had a small, but memorable role as a slinky cat burglar in Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back.

WHY DO WE CARE?:

Even though she scorches on the big screen, Ali is a cool, laid-back Jersey girl in real life, content to hang out with the dog and eat a pizza.

Playboy.com: With the Final Destination series and 1999's The House on Haunted Hill, you've made your mark in horror movies. What do you think is the scariest movie of all time?

Ali Larter: I just watched Rosemary's Baby, and for a movie where the only thing overtly scary about it is the lighting, I thought it was amazing. And Silence of the Lambs: It's that nauseating fright where your hands look white and you're tense as hell.

PB: You were a convincing workout guru in Legally Blonde. What's your real-life exercise regimen?

AL: It's up and down. I'm a runner when I get my butt to the gym. It doesn't take first priority in my life, that's for sure. Over the holidays, I'm home in Jersey, eating hoagies, pizza, wine every night. I want to be able to enjoy that.

PB: In Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, you were a prolific jewel thief. What's the most you've ever run afoul of the law?

AL: I can just say that I'm really glad I live in New York City now. In LA, when you have dinner and a couple glasses of wine, you probably shouldn't be driving home, but you do.

PB: Last summer, you made your debut on the New York stage in The Vagina Monologues. Will guys like the The Vagina Monologues?

AL: They'd probably learn things. It gets pretty explicit. And there are funny things, from the 82-year-old woman having her first orgasm down to a woman who named her "poom-poom." It's fun, it's funny and it's real.

PB: Do you have a hobby when you're not acting?

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