Celebrity crush: Billie Piper (revised)

Here's a revised entry featuring one of the original entries in the series, as memory serves.

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Name: Billie Piper (images -- some NSFW | Web site | Twitter)
Hometown: The southwestern England city of Swindon, according to her Wikipedia profile.
Best Known For: Piper is a former pop singer whose largest claims to fame have come in acting -- playing the companion to first Christopher Eccleston and then David Tennant on Doctor Who and, more recently, starring in the racy British TV series Secret Diary of a Call Girl, which aired on premium cable network Showtime in the United States.

Other work include a television production of Mansfield Park and starring as Sally Lockhart in historical thrillers based on a series of novels by Philip Pullman.

Humble Beginnings: Beyond her pop music work, she had an uncredited bit part in the 1996 film version of Evita. Other TV work includes the British series The Canterbury Tales in a modern-day telling of "The Miller's Tale" and ShakespeaRe-Told in a production of "Much Ado About Nothing" re-cast to a television station.

Obligatory Edgy Stuff: Her first husband was 16 years older; she was an unabashed lip-syncer during her musician days; and she got naked a lot on Secret Diary of a Call Girl, as one might imagine. (Though she used body doubles in the second season, filmed while she was pregnant.)
Why Ye Olde Podcaster Likes Her: Her Doctor Who tenure probably holds up as the strongest performance by a companion in the modern era of the series, though comedienne Catherine Tate's turn was surprisingly good. (Her successors have included fellow celebrity crushes Freema Agyeman and Karen Gillan.)

But furthermore, she just oozes sex appeal. Even though her Rose Tyler was less overtly sexual than current companion Amy Pond (Gillan), there was just something naughty in her eyes, in her smile, in her turn of phrase.
Film and TV-movie credits: Truth About Lies (2012) (Amazon | iTunes) * The Raven (2010 short) (Amazon | iTunes) * The Shadow in the North (2007 TV-movie) (Amazon | iTunes) * Mansfield Park (2007 TV-movie) (Amazon | iTunes) * The Ruby in the Smoke (2006 TV-movie) (Amazon | iTunes) * Spirit Trap (2005) (Amazon | iTunes) * Things to Do Before You're 30 (Amazon | iTunes) * The Calcium Kid (Amazon | iTunes) * Bella and the Boys (2004 TV-movie) (Amazon | iTunes)

Music and voice work: Animals United (2010 animated feature) (Amazon | iTunes) * Walk of Life (2000 CD) (Amazon | iTunes) * "Makin' My Way (Any Way That I Can)" (1999) (Amazon | iTunes) * "Thank ABBA for the Music" (1999) (Amazon | iTunes) * "Last Christmas" (1998 non-album single) (Amazon | iTunes) * Honey to the B (1998 CD) (Amazon | iTunes) * "B to the I" (1998) (Amazon | iTunes) * "Call Me" (1998) (Amazon | iTunes) * "What's Missing" (1998) (Amazon | iTunes)
Music videos: "Day and Night" (2000) (iTunes) * "Something Deep Inside" (2000) (iTunes) * "Walk of Life" (2000) (iTunes) * "Honey to the Bee" (1999) (iTunes) * "Because We Want To" (1998) (iTunes) * "Girlfriend" (1998) (iTunes) * "She Wants You (version 1)" (1998) (iTunes) * "She Wants You (version 2)" (1998) (iTunes)

TV and Web video credits: Secret Diary of a Call Girl, season 4 (Amazon | iTunes) * A Passionate Woman (2010 miniseries) (Amazon | iTunes) * Doctor Who (2005), season 4 specials (Amazon | iTunes) * Doctor Who, season 4 (Amazon | iTunes) * Secret Diary of a Call Girl, season 3 (Amazon | iTunes) * Secret Diary of a Call Girl, season 2 (Amazon | iTunes) * Secret Diary of a Call Girl, season 1 (Amazon | iTunes) * Doctor Who, season 2 (Amazon | iTunes) * Doctor Who: "The Christmas Invasion" (Amazon | iTunes) * ShakespeaRe-Told: "Much Ado About Nothing" (Amazon | iTunes) * Doctor Who, season 1 (Amazon | iTunes) * Canterbury Tales: "The Miller's Tale" (Amazon | iTunes)