I do a fairly popular female MMA blog, and one day I was kinda at a loss for news and I started looking around at female martial arts stars on TV and in the movies.
Of course I figured a lot of them had no training and they looked good because of very skilled stunt people.
(I have a world of respect for stuntmen and women)
But what surprised me was that a lot of the female stars did have at least some martial arts training.
And some of these actresses and model were actually pretty good.
Of course a lot of actresses and models do the cardio kickboxing to stay in shape (remember Billy Blanks and Tae Bo?) but I tried to find celebrities that had gotten into a martial art and stuck with it.
Some just learned enough to get by for a role (like Michelle Yeoh who was a dancer, but was taught martial arts on the set...by Jackie Chan) , but some have enrolled in schools and devoted time to learning.

So here are some beautiful but deadly actresses and models that you might wanna be careful around when you go up and ask for an autograph.
Paparazzi beware......

Madonna
Madonna takes karate classes and why shouldn't she?
I think she has done everything else in the world.
Her ex-husband Guy Ritchie got her into it, and Guy is no slouch himself. He started training in Shotokan karate at the age of seven, he has a black belt in judo, and a brown belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.
I read that Madonna has a black belt, but I don't have any kind of verification of that .
I have also read that she got tired of martial arts and went back to yoga, so as with a lot of celebrities stories, who really knows?

Jessica Alba
I have read that Jessica practices Tae Bo, but that is more of an aerobic exercise than a martial art.
Although...the creator of Tae Bo, Billy Blanks, was a seven-time world Karate champion, and he has a seventh-degree black belt in tae kwon do.
Since I have never done it, I can't speak to how well a Tae Bo trained person would do with self defense.

Kylie Minogue
I have heard that the Australian actress and singer has studied Taekwondo.
She did play Cammy in 1994's Street Fighter.

Adriana Lima
Victoria's Secret Angel Adriana Lima supposedly takes mixed martial arts classes and Capoeira (an Afro-Brazilian art form that combines martial arts, games, music, and dance).
MMA?
Her?
It's kinda hard for be to believe MMA, I can see Capoeira ...but okay.

Sharon Stone
The Basic Instinct beauty studies (or studied) Taekwondo with master Jhoon Chang in Beverly Hills.

Sarah Michelle Gellar
Well of course Buffy the Vampire Slayer had to pick up a few things after battling the forces of evil from 1997 to 2003.
When she was on Buffy, she kept in shape with a combination of kickboxing, tae kwon do, basic street fighting and gymnastics.
"Basic street fighting" ?
So we are to assume that Sarah can fight dirty should the need arise?
Good girl.

Brenda Song
Disney Channel star Brenda Song has a black belt in Tae Kwon Do, and went into intensive Kung Fu training for the movie "Wendy Wu: Homecoming Warrior."

Catherine Bell
JAG and Army Wives star Catherine Bell does kickboxing, boxing and martial arts.
She also likes to blow off steam at the gun range.
Approach with caution...LOL

Lucy Liu
Lucy doesn't go for the main stream.
She goes for martial arts weapons!
Lucy studies Kali-Eskrima-Silat. (I see the three listed together a lot, but aren't they all three separate arts ?)

Milla Jovovich
The beautiful Milla Jovovich practices Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and various other martial arts.

Evan Rachel Wood
Actress and singer Evan Rachel Wood started Taekwondo instruction at the age of twelve, and has a black belt.
Of course she has been in a lot of movies, but my favorite role of hers was the vampire queen of Louisiana in True Blood.

Laetitia Casta
Another Victoria's Secret model that knows how to take care of herself.
Laetitia has a brown belt in Judo.

Emma Bunton
Now this one kinda caught me off guard.
Did you know that "Baby Spice" is evidently pretty dangerous?
Her mother is a Karate instructor and she said that she trained Emma to a "very high standard".
Emma's mum Pauline runs a Gojukai martial arts school. (Goju Kai Karate is very similar in techniques and Katas to Goju Ryu).
It figures the "cute one" would be the one you'd have to look out for.

Melanie Chisholm
And speaking of the Spice Girls...Melanie Chisholm (Sporty Spice) had to pull out of the TV series The Games (a Channel 4 reality TV show in the UK ) back in 2003, because she injured her knee in a judo competition against 2002 Miss World Azra Akin.
Yes Mel and Azra are both judoka.

Kelly Hu
The stunning Kelly Hu (Lady Deathstrike in X2) has been involved in martial arts since she was a little girl.
Well she kinda had to be.
Her older brother would arrange for her to fight neighborhood boys.
(I just got this weird image of Kelly growing up as an underground pit fighter instead of an actress)
Anyway, she has a black belt in Kanzen Budo Kai (a derivative of Shotokan) and she still trains in karate and kickboxing.

Courteney Cox
The former Friends star and current Cougar Town star trains in Budokon, a fusion of yoga, martial arts and meditation.
The martial arts training in Budokon is derived from Okinawan Karate, Gracie Jiu-Jitsu and Olympic Style Tae Kwon Do.