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As the Cylon seductress known as Number Six on "Battlestar Galactica," Tricia Helfer may be the sexiest piece of electronics not kept in a bedside drawer.

With the last episode of the season coming up, we got a chance to ask Helfer the questions we all want the answers to: Does she really have webbed toes? What's the sexiest part of her (other than her webbed toes)? And most importantly, how does she feel about geeks?

Needless to say, our palms were sweating when we asked whether or not she had any interstellar ice shearing when she moved from a small farm in Alberta, Canada, to the outer limits.

Check out the gallery below to see what she said.



Tricia Helfer Interview

    You were discovered in line for a movie when you were 17. Weren't you worried the guy was a perv?
    [Laughs] Actually, it was a girl who went to school with my older sister. She was doing some modeling for this agent and asked if she could give him my number. I said no, but she did anyway. So we checked this agent out just out of curiosity and a week later I was in New York.

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    Do you remember what movie it was?
    "Sleeping with the Enemy."
    Ugh, not exactly the movie you want to represent a turning point in your life.
    Right. [Laughs] Modeling was never a goal of mine, so I didn't go into it like, "Wow, gosh!" Looking back, yeah, my life took a totally different direction from that point. After about eight years, I said, "You know, I'm gonna give this another year or two." I needed more of a challenge that's when I took an acting class and fell in love with it.

    Now you're every geek's wet dream. How creepy have the fanboys been?
    Maybe it's because they're a little scared of Six, but I find people to be quite reserved and respectful. I don't get the feeling that I can't walk around by myself. And fans of "Battlestar" are really intelligent, because it's not a couch-potato show. You have to be paying attention.

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    Were you a sci-fi fan before this?
    Yes and no. I grew up without a TV, so you don't really become a fan of anything. But if we did go to a movie theater, which was quite far away from the farm, my dad liked all the "Star Wars" and "Star Trek" movies. I remember thinking my dad was going to be so excited when I got the job and funny enough, it's my mom who's a huge fan. She rewatches each episode like five or six times. She loves it.

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    Six has had some scenes I wouldn't want my parents to see.
    I know!
    Six is kind of dirty.
    [Laughs] Luckily, it's not just my character. Everybody blames Six for the sexuality for the show because she's in sexy dresses, but Starbuck has had more sex than Six has!

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    She has angry soldier sex. You have 'let's end the world' sex.
    Yeah. Granted, you don't really want your parents to watch those scenes, but at the same time, it hasn't been so bad that you say, "OK, mom and dad, you can't see this."

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    You seem to be on every magazine's sexiest list.
    I think those lists are kind of funny. They're really just a publicity [thing]. Whose publicist is kicking butt, or who has the hit record that year. I find it hilarious that Angelina Jolie can make a list one year and not the next. Or you see some of the people who are high on these lists and you go "really?" I don't put too much stock in those things.

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    We heard you're kind of a tomboy.
    I am, yeah. I grew up riding tractors and fixing farm machinery. I mean, I like to dress up pretty, but I also love riding motorbikes.

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    Did you rock the Daisy Dukes?
    [Laughs] No, I did real farm work and Daisy Dukes can be kind of dangerous.

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    We also heard you have webbed toes.
    I do! I'd mentioned it before and then had all these doctors hounding my agents offering to fix them. But I don't want them fixed. I like my toes! It's just the second and third toe, not the whole foot.

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