When most people look at actresses they see beautiful women, what most people don’t know is that a lot of these women are also very intelligent, and would be living comfortably if they had chosen not to become actresses because of the college degrees they have. If you are interested in finding out about which country has the most beautiful actresses with a brain, check out this list of the top 10 countries with the most beautiful and smartest actresses.
10. France
France is known for its wine, romantic cities and beautiful women, a couple of the smartest and most beautiful women to come from France are Eva Green, who studied Egyptology at the American University of Paris before becoming an actress, and Melanie Laurent, who is also a writer, director and activist for Greenpeace.
9. Netherlands
Holland hasn’t produced a lot of famous Hollywood actresses, but of the few that have made it to Hollywood, the smartest and most beautiful are Carice von Houten who starred in the most commercially successful Dutch movie, and recently in HBO’s Game of Thrones. Not only is she an intelligent actress, she is also an accomplished musician, scoring a number 1 hit with Dutch band Kane. Famke Janssen is another intelligent Dutch actress, she is famous for her work in the X-Men and Taken, she speaks four languages fluently, she studied economics in Amsterdam for a year, and also enrolled in Columbia where she studied literature and creative writing. She is also a United Nations Goodwill Ambassador.
8. Germany
Germany has also produced its share of smart and beautiful actresses, some of whom are Heike Makatsch. She is known for her roles in the Resident Evil movie franchise and “Love Actually.” what most people don’t know about this German beauty is that she studied sociology and politics at the University of Dusseldorf, and was also a dressmaker’s apprentice at one point in her life. Franka Potente fist gained international attention for her performance in “Run Lola Run,” she is best known for her performance in the first two movies of the Bourne franchise. She spent some time in the United States as an exchange student, and is fluent in three languages. She is also a singer, and she performed on the soundtrack of her movie “Run Lola Run.”
7. Italy
Italy is the home of Sophia Loren, one of the most renowned actresses in Hollywood history. She is one of the few performers to have won an Academy Award and Grammy Award. Italy has also produced actresses who are both beautiful and smart, like Isabella Rossellini, who was briefly married to American director Martin Scorsese. She is a writer as well as an activist, and is a board member of the Wildlife conservation Network, and is also the president of the Howard Gilman Foundation, an institution that focuses on arts, dance, photography, and wildlife preservation. Monica Bellucci is another smart Italian actress, she is known for her roles in the Matrix films, and in “The Passion of The Christ,” she is a very vocal advocate for providing a residence for young cancer patients and their parents, she is also fluent in four languages.
6. Spain
There are countless beauties that have come from Spain, a couple the smartest and most beautiful actresses that have come from there are Elsa Pataky, who is known for her role as a tough Brazilian cop in the Fast and Furious franchise, she studied journalism and acting in college, and can speak five languages fluently. Penelope Cruz is perhaps the most famous Spanish actress, and she is as smart as she is beautiful. She studied classical ballet for nine years, and also had four years of theater training in New York. Cruz also spends a lot of time as a philanthropist, and spent a week working with Mother Theresa in Uganda and India; she even donated her first Hollywood paycheck to Mother Theresa’s mission.
5. Israel
The most recognizable face from Israel is Natalie Portman who was born there and raised in the United States. Portman is not only one of the most beautiful women in Hollywood; she is also one of the smartest. She went to Harvard University where she studied psychology, she has also had two research papers she co-authored published in scientific journals.
4. India
Indian actresses are known for both their beauty and intelligence, because of their culture they are very well educated just in case their acting dreams don’t pan out. One of the most beautiful Indian actresses is Freida Pinto, who got a lot of recognition for her work in the Academy Award winning movie “Slumdog Millionaire.” She also has a Bachelor’s degree in English literature, while she minored in Economics and Psychology at the St. Xavier’s College in Mumbai, India.
3. Canada
Canada is another country that has a lot of smart and beautiful actresses, one of whom is Cobie Smulders, she is known worldwide for her role in the television show “How I met your mother,” and has also had roles in movies like “The Avengers.” After a brief modeling career, she enrolled in the University of Vancouver to study marine biology, before giving acting a go.
2. United Kingdom
There is a long list of smart and beautiful English women; one of the most notable is Emma Watson. The 23 year old beauty is known for her role in the Harry Potter movies, and she is also very smart. She was accepted into Brown University, an Ivy League school where she is expected to graduate from soon.
1. United States
Not surprisingly, the United States has a lot of smart and beautiful women, the most notable of which is Jodie Foster. Foster began her acting career as a child, unlike most of the child stars in Hollywood; she didn’t go off the deep end. Instead she managed to earn a Bachelor’s degree in Literature at Yale, and also received an honorary doctorate in fine arts at the university. She is fluent in French, Italian, German, and Spanish, and has actually dubbed her movies in French because she is very fluent in it.