The early 2000s were an exciting time with the dawning of the new millennium, and many young actresses were cashing in on the changing of an era. But some of the budding starlets didn’t quite make the cut to stay on the radar into the next decade. This list takes a look back at some forgotten faces that were once plastered everywhere and that may evoke that sense of nostalgia for a time of cropped tops, streaky hair highlights, and flared jeans!
10. Elisha Cuthbert
Elisha Cuthbert hasn’t quite disappeared from Hollywood, but her popularity has definitely waned since the early 2000s. Cuthbert got her start in her native Canada as a host on the television series Popular Mechanics for Kids in the late 90s. By 2001 she landed a gig on the hugely successful series 24, and began starring alongside fellow Canuck, Kiefer Sutherland. This helped raise her profile and from there she became the hot chick in The Girl Next Door, Old School, and House of Wax. Cuthbert continued to score television roles into the latter part of the decade and played Alex Kerkovich on Happy Endings. The show debuted to poor critical acclaim; however, the second and third seasons were highly praised despite poor ratings. Rolling Stone even declared the show was “the most underrated, under-watched series on TV, that may also be the funniest.” Cuthbert went onto One Big Happy produced by Ellen DeGeneres, but the show was cancelled after six episodes. This year we will see her in a Canadian film, Goon: Last of the Enforcers, but no one watches Canadian movies…
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