Katy Perry and 9 other comely Cleopatras

Katy Perry plays Cleopatra in her new video for her hit song “Dark Horse.” She is the latest lovely lady to indulge in some heavy black eyeliner and play the Egyptian queen, but many have come before her. Here are nine of the most striking Cleopatras who truly ruled the role.

Vivien Leigh

This hypnotic hottie made us drool like an Egyptian in 1945’s “Caesar and Cleopatra.”

Sophia Loren

A decade later in 1953, the sultry Sophia seeped into the goddess’ skin — and also got under the skin of moviegoers around the world — in the Italian film “Two Nights With Cleopatra.”

Theda Bara

Portraying the shrewd, cunning strategist in love and war, Bara sizzled in 1917’s “Cleopatra” — at the time, the most expensive movie ever made at a half-million dollars. The then-32-year-old cinema siren oozed ever-enduring sex appeal.

Piper Laurie

A Hellenic hottie in her own right, the mega-star held her own against the effervescent Maurice Evans as Caesar in the 1959 TV version “Caesar and Cleopatra.”

Elizabeth Taylor

The queen of all Cleopatras. The screen legend was vamped-up and va-va-voom in 1963’s “Cleopatra,” widely considered her greatest role.

Leonor Varela

In the 1999 TV mini-series “Cleopatra,” Varela was nearly as sultry as her predecessors — especially playing alongside Timothy Dalton as Caesar and Billy Zane as Marc Antony.

Amanda Barrie

The British bombshell portrayed the poisoned Ptolemite with aplomb in the 1964 British comedy “Carry On Cleo,” which depicted the usual ancient Egypt mores: power struggles and politics.

Monica Bellucci

The Italian actress took on ancient Egypt in 2002’s “Asterix and Obelix Meet Cleopatra,” a family-friendly (and funny!) take on the queen’s life.

Angelina Jolie

She’s done superheroes and CIA agents, but rumors have swirled for years about Brad’s better half slipping into the role of the world’s greatest seductress, whose charms no man can resist. (Sound familiar?)