1. - Lucy Lawless, Xena: Warrior Princess, TV, 1995-2001.  After Vanessa Angel proved too ill to travel to the New Zealand locations, Roma won the role but preferred  to be  Monica in Touched By An Angel, TV, 1994-2003.  (Her co-star, singer-actress Della Reese, officiated  at two of her three marriages).

2. - Eva Longoria Parker, Desperate Housewives, TV, 2004-08. Creator Marc Cherry loved the idea of having a TV Jackie Kennedy (A Woman Named Jackie, 1991) as a desperate housefrau..!