It’s a happy birthday to erstwhile Clueless BFF Stacey Dash, who is somehow 42 years old today, a fact that I cannot really fathom, especially when I look at the below picture from her August 2006 Playboy spread. Still, it’s the green eyes that really do it for me. No, seriously…

It’s been a while since I’ve seen Dash in something; I know that the Clueless television series was decent work for her, but I always felt it stole her away from Maura Tierney-type roles — hot, no-nonsense professional women parts with comedic and/or exasperated inflections. Maybe that was Clueless, though, and the ceiling for her. Regardless, I do look forward to seeing Dash in the long-delayed I Could Never Be Your Woman, opposite Michelle Pfeiffer and Paul Rudd… if that ever sees the light of day. Honestly, it’s been scheduled so many times now, I can’t remember if it got bumped to 2008 again or just given the two-city (dis)courtesy release, and is now in line for a DVD release.