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Stars in Music Videos

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By Antoinette Bueno

9:37 AM PDT, September 7, 2011

Matthew McConaughey starred in Trisha Yearwood'sWalkaway Joein 1992.

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Matthew McConaughey

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Matthew McConaughey starred in Trisha Yearwood's Walkaway Joe in 1992.

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Sarah Michelle Gellar

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Sarah Michelle Gellar showed off her darker side in the music video for Sour Girl by Stone Temple Pilots.

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Eddie Murphy

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Eddie Murphy appeared in Michael Jackson's 9-minute music video for Remember the Time.

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Johnny Depp

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A-lister Johnny Depp starred in music legend Tom Petty's Into The Great Wide Open.

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Heather Graham

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Heather Graham was the quintessential "American Woman" in the Lenny Kravitz video.

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Elisha Cuthbert

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Elisha Cuthbert rocked out in Weezer's Perfect Situation.

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Jennifer Love Hewitt

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Enrique Iglesias was Jennifer Love Hewitt's "Hero" in his memorable music video also starring Mickey Rourke.

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Pamela Anderson

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Pamela Anderson literally played a man-eater in Lit's Miserable.

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Keanu Reeves

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Many forget that Keanu Reeves was the hot guy in Paula Abdul's 1991 Rush, Rush video.

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Kristen Stewart

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Kristen Stewart recently appeared in Robert Pattinson's friend Marcus Foster's music video for I Was Broken, playing the angst-ridden role she's become known for to perfection.

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Christopher Walken

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Christopher Walken showed off his dancing skills in Fatboy Slim's music video for Weapon of Choice, which won six MTV Video Music Awards in 2001.

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Bruce Willis

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Bruce Willis made waves when he starred in the Gorillaz video for Stylo, which featured the famed action star in a car chase down a deserted highway.

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Ben Affleck

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Ben Affleck later admitted to regretting starring in ex-fiance Jennifer Lopez's Jenny From the Block in 2002.

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Alicia Silverstone

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Few music videos are as memorable as Aerosmith's Crazy, which features Alicia Silverstone and Liv Tyler as school girls who ditch school to go on an epic joy ride that includes pole-dancing and skinny dipping.

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Scarlett Johansson

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Scarlett Johansson and Justin Timberlake made a sexy pair in the music video for his 2007 hit What Goes Around … Comes Around.

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Alexander Skarsgard

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True Blood hottie Alexander Skarsgard starred as the handsome villain in Lady Gaga's epic music video for her hit Paparazzi.

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Mila Kunis

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Mila Kunis starred in Aerosmith's Jaded in 2000.

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Macaulay Culkin

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Who can forget Macaulay Culkin in Michael Jackson's classic Black or White?

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Chloe Moretz & Miranda Cosgrove

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Tween stars Miranda Cosgrove and Chloe Moretz are just two of the celebrities director Drew Barrymore tapped to star in her mini movie set to Best Coast's Our Deal. Other notable faces in the music video include The Secret Life of the American Teenager's Shailene Woodley, Whip It star Alia Shawkat, Teen Wolf's Tyler Posey and Community's Danny Glover.

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Kirsten Dunst

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Kirsten Dunst played singer Darren Hayes' dream girl in Savage Garden's sappy I Knew I Loved You in 1999.

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Evan Rachel Wood

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Evan Rachel Wood and Jamie Bell played a pair of doomed lovers in Green Day's Wake Me Up When September Ends.

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Courteney Cox

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Pre-Friends, Courteney Cox was known as the cute girl with the boyish haircut in Bruce Springsteen's Dancing in the Dark.

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Olivia Wilde

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Olivia Wilde starred in Dashboard Confessional's music video for their single Stolen in 2007.

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Stars in Music Videos

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Though the hybrid of music and acting doesn't always yield the best results (sorry Keanu Reeves), the stars usually thrive when they get to do what they do best -- actually acting in music videos! Though the list of actors and actresses turned musical muses is long, here are some of the best vids starring your favorite celebs. From Courteney Cox's adorable dancing to Matthew McConaughey's surprising turn in a 1992 Trisha Yearwood video, let's take a musical walk down memory lane!

tags:

  • Ben Affleck
  • Kirsten Dunst
  • Alexander Skarsgard
  • Olivia Wilde
  • Evan Rachel Wood
  • Bruce Willis
  • Christopher Walken
  • Alicia Silverstone
  • Mila Kunis
  • Macaulay Culkin
  • Miranda Cosgrove
  • Matthew Mcconaughey
  • Courteney Cox
  • Kristen Stewart
  • Keanu Reeves
  • Pamela Anderson
  • Jennifer Love Hewitt
  • Sarah Michelle Gellar
  • Eddie Murphy

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