<P> E! Online picked her for its "Sizzlin' 16" list of 2002 . She has appeared on the covers of the July 2003 issue of FHM, the May 2007 issue of Stuff and was the December 2007 entry in Stuff magazine's 2006 - 2007 pin up calendar . She was ranked #33 in Stuff magazine's 103 Sexiest Women in 2003, #59 in Maxim ` s Hot 100 Women 2003 and #60 in 2008 . </P> <P> Her breakthrough role was as Nola, a prostitute in Memphis, Tennessee, in the 2005 film Hustle & Flow . Manning was nominated in the Washington, DC Area Film Critics Association Awards for Best Breakthrough Performance . Director Craig Brewer saw Manning's picture in a photography book and was convinced that the actress who played Nola should look just like her . "There are some people who put on trashy like a wardrobe, and Taryn can play those roles with dignity and earnestness," Brewer said of Manning . In a "making of" featurette on the Hustle & Flow DVD, "Behind the Hustle", Brewer talks about how surprised and delighted he was to later realize that the model who had originally inspired his image of Nola's look turned out to also be the actress playing her . </P> <P> Her other subsequent film roles included roles in Unbeatable Harold and When the Nines Roll Over . When the Nines Roll Over is a drama film centred around a jaded hipster A&R executive tries to steal a talented and sexy young singer away from a small label . Her next film was Weirdsville, a dark comedy co-starring Scott Speedman and Wes Bentley . Boomkat's song "It's Not My Fault" appeared on the soundtrack for the film as a duet by Manning and John Rowley . In 2007, she played Ivy Chitty on the short - lived Fox television series Drive, which was a drama about various people competing in an illegal cross-country road race . In After Sex, seven short films within one, Manning played the supporting role of Alanna . She had leading roles in the horror films Cult and Banshee; in the latter, she performed her own stunts . "I got hurt one day during one of the chase scenes, where another car crashed into my car," Manning explained of her stunts . </P> <P> Manning appeared in the romantic comedy Jack and Jill vs. the World . She played Rita Cherry on four episodes of Sons of Anarchy; co-star Katey Sagal called her performance fantastic . At first she made a guest appearance on the show and later rejoined, because her performance was so well received . Later in 2008 she appeared as the female lead in Butch Walker's music video for "The Weight Of Her" and in will.i.am's collage - style music video, "Yes We Can". She co-starred with Bill Pullman in the surreal drama film Your Name Here, in which she played Nikki, who is based on Victoria Principal . The film is based loosely on sci - fi writer Philip K. Dick's life . </P>

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