Birthday: November 12, 1974

Hometown: Pasadena, California

Where You've Seen Her: You may recognize actress Tamala Jones from movies Can't Hardly Wait, Booty Call, and Dangerous Minds, three of the most important films ever made. (Perhaps we're overstating that a bit, but Booty Call is da bomb!) Most recently, we've seen her on Everybody Hates Chris, My Name is Earl (R.I.P.), Up in the Air, and Party Down. Since 2009, she's starred on Castle, making Monday nights much sexier than they've ever been.

Random Fact: She used to date rapper Nate Dogg.