Yeah 2008 ended well and great, albeit a poor economy. Well, apart from all that, it’s a unique list from Wired, with pretty geeks.

*whistles*

20. Anna Paquin

She plays a psychic, not a physicist, on HBO’s vampire hit “True Blood.” Her nude scenes on the show, plus her leftover geek factor from the “X-Men” flicks, make her a rising star.

19. Jo Garcia

Jo Garcia is an American adult model. She was Playboy’s Cyber Girl of the Year for 2008. It was revealed to the public from an interview with Kotaku that she is also an avid gamer listing favorites such as the Radiata Stories, Xenosaga trilogy and up to “100 hours into FFXII”. Garcia has a video blog at Playboy.com called “The Gamer Next Door”.
A Cyber Playmate that games Xenogears? BAM!

18. Jewel Staite

Starred in Firefly/Serenity and Stargate Atlantis. Hell yeah!

17. Scarlett Johansson

In comic-book flick “The Spirit,” she sports glasses and talks in a clipped, clinical laboratory assistant style. Very hot.

16. Summer Glau

She currently kicks it as a cyborg not to mention that she was flying around in “Firefly” and “Serenity.”
Sexy Terminator, great actress, knows how to handle heavy artillery

15. Felicia Day

Felicia Day is a professional actress who has been in numerous movies, tv shows and commercials. Check out her IMDB or Wikipedia pages for credits. She also created “The Guild”, an independent web series with over 6 million hits web-wide. Her passions include video games, fantasy novels, web 2.0, wordpress, cooking, playing with her cats and making people laugh.

14. Morgan Webb

Morgan Ailis Webb is host of the podcast WebbAlert, a co-host and senior segment producer of the G4 show X-Play, and was a monthly columnist for the United States edition of FHM, where she contributed a monthly video game column entitled “Tips From The Gaming Goddess”.

13. Rosario Dawson

Comic collector, fangirl, geek with the cred she deserves: Kevin Smith says of his star: “A true fangirl.” and “The hottest geek on Earth.” Discovered on her front stoop by Kids Director Larry Clark. Her looks and her brains have managed a career of bold parts and chances. Her ability to quote star wars and trek as well as comics like JTHM make her a sexy geek.

12. Lala From Tiki Bar TV

If you haven’t watched an episode of Tiki Bar TV, you must have been living under a rock with your eyes shut and fingers in your ears. One of the main reason that show is such a success is the sexy, enjoyable, and incredibly funny Lala. Definitely one of (if not THE) hottest geek ever!

11. Stephen Colbert

Truthiness has never been hotter. In 2008, faux newsman Colbert rubbed shoulders with Spider-Man and Willie Nelson, got a spider named after him, made a “2001″-style DNA power play and wound up in the Smithsonian

10. Alyson Hannigan

An American actress who can currently be seen as a kindergarten teacher on How I Met Your Mother and also played Willow on Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Michelle from the American Pie trilogy.

9. Zooey Deschanel

Zooey Deschanel, was born into a family of show-biz, however she is naturally able to make a character in a film that is suppose to be a know-it-all, self-confident, geek but also makes her characters sexy and hilarious who makes you laugh about the nuances of life, and being a geek. She has been in Tin Man, The Hitchhikers Guide to the Universe, Elf, The Happening, The Simpsons, Weeds, Failure to Launch, Almost Famous, and more.

8. Danica McKellar

Danica Mae McKellar (born January 3, 1975), is an American actress and mathematical education advocate. She is best known for her role as Winnie Cooper in the television show The Wonder Years, and now as author of the two New York Times bestsellers, Math Doesn’t Suck, and Kiss My Math, which encourage and empower middle-school girls with mathematics know-how.

7. Tina Fey

Funny is undeniably sexy, and “30 Rock” laughmaster Tina Fey makes endless fun of herself for being a nerd who never fits in with the cool kids. Plus, she capped 2008 with her uncanny Tina Palin impersonations on “Saturday Night Live.”

6. Olivia Munn

G4′s geek goddess; Olivia Munn brings your daily dose of tech, viral videos, and JapPop weirdness as only she can.

5. Mila Kunis

Sexy actress originally from That 70s show, she is also a huge WOW fan and, most recently, talked about her love of video games on Jimmy Kimmel live:

4. Jade Raymond


Lead Producer at Ubisoft, most recently Assassin’s Creed.

3. Kari Bryon

Kari Byron is well-known for her ability to carry out fun and interesting experiments on the Discovery show Mythbusters, and be super sexy at the same time. Perhaps the most sexy geeky girl on TV?

2. Marina Orlova

This vlogging philologist drops the nerdy word science at HotForWords. In 2007, she added Wired Sexiest Geek to her resume to go with her language degrees.

1. Philip DeFranco

Philip DeFranco makes awesome Monday to Friday, talking about news, tech, geek, awesome, and all that is douchetastic.

[from Wired.com]

Phew, long list. First time i’ve seen a guy coming out top in terms of sexiness in a normally girls dominated list. Cool.

Who do you think is your sexist geek?