Apparently, the formula for Hot is 1 part Spanish, 1 part Iranian with a history of sexual confusion just for good measure. Actress Sarah Shahi is all three of these things– her Iranian and Spanish heritage gave her the looks, but her long-standing role on Showtime’s The L Word made her a sex symbol. Why haven’t you heard of her? Her sex symbol status was only worshipped in some rather feminine social circles, if you get our meaning. Since her lustworthy lesbian performances as Carmen de la Pica Morales in The L Word, she’s taken smaller roles, but remember this face– we hope to see her on some much bigger stages in the future…