Some actresses fight to get on the cover of Playboy. Others, like Jessica Alba, take legal action to avoid appearing in its pages.
Only rarely, however, does a Playboy cover appearance hurt an actresses' career.
Since Hugh Hefner published the first American edition of the magazine in 1953, hundreds of stars have been on the cover.
Some of the names are unsurprising (Pamela Anderson, Anna Nicole Smith), others like Barbara Streisand came as more of a surprise.
Marilyn Monroe was famously the first model on Playboy's cover and probably the single most famous woman to appear in the magazine. But she didn't appear in it the most.
This gallery ranks actresses by number of cover appearances over time, including international editions.
[1 cover] 2007: Mariah Carey appeared on her first (and only) Playboy cover the same year she began recording her 11th album, 'E=MC²,' which earned her the title of solo artist with the most No.1 singles, surpassing Elvis Presley.
[1 cover] 2009: Chelsea Handler's first, and only, cover came out the same year she appeared on Maxim's Hot 100. Her cover also came out shortly after her second book "Are You There, Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea?" was released.
[1 cover] 1978: Dolly Parton made her single Playboy cover debut the same year her 20th album, "Heartbreaker," was released.
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