Someone actually thinks Madeline Zima is attractive?

OK, this is where my superficiality shines through, and there's no delicate way to ease into this so here it is. Madeline Zima, from Heroes and formerly Californication, is so freaking ugly it's distracting. I first saw her on Heroes as Claire's best friend/roommate, and I literally asked my T.V. watching companion, "Why would they cast this girl? She's SO ugly!" I mean, women pay thousands of dollars in their mature years to keep their faces from sagging. Zima is 23 years old and her face already hangs down. What will happen when she's in her forties?

My companion suggests that she must have a father in the industry which is why she continues to get cast, but when I looked up her profile, all it says is that she used to model and that she is a highly commended actress. What? Seriously?

Now, I don't want to think people are ugly. Usually they're on shows that I enjoy watching, and I don't want to have to fast forward through their scenes just because I can't handle their faces. This makes me look at her squinting, imagining if I were drunk and so forth trying to see if there is any moment that I'd think she was the slightest bit attractive. Well, of course there are split seconds where Zima isn't awful, but then she smiles. Yuck! (Loudly) YUCK! Her face is worse than Fergie's. It's just not pleasant.

Fortunately, her role on Heroes was small and rare enough that at one point I thought they had actually come to their senses and written her off. No such luck; she made an appearance in last week's episode. No biggie, don't really like the show anymore anyway, probably not watching it after this season. Keep her around as long as you like. At least it'll keep her from contaminating other beloved shows of mine.

Which brings me to Californication, which people raved about. I've been watching the new episodes from season 3, and no appearances from Zima. We decide we want to get caught up so we rent season one. OMG! Yes I actually just used a text abbreviation to express my utter disgust. Not only is Zima on the show, she's a lead character whose sexual encounter with Hank Moody (David Duchovny) basically initiates the entire theme and story line for season one. I had to watch nearly 8 hours of that face like when she gets out of the pool and smiles, but her wet hair is slicked back so there's nothing hiding the ugliness. I wish I were a dude so I could focus on her body. The worst part is that they mention several times throughout season one AND season 2 (8 more hours) how attractive she is. Again, WHAT? Who are they looking at? Is my entire definition of what's beautiful wrong? This pangs me. What am I missing?

The other difficult part about watching the show, not that this would really make a difference, is that Zima's character isn't even supposed to be likable. She's a sociopathic plagiarizing lunatic. I mean I guess it helps when the villain is ugly, too, but why keep her around for an entire second season?

The truth is, if I hadn't known that she eventually got written off the show by season 3, I probably couldn't have continued watching Californication. I fast forwarded through the majority of Zima's scenes which accounted for a big chunk of the show. If anyone reads this post, please help me see what is so attractive and likable about Zima. And please don't say her body because I'd rather watch a fat Hillary Duff with her angelic face over a skinny monster any day.