Eden Sher is eager to unleash her inner Megan Fox. But it won’t happen on “The Middle.”
The vivacious brunette has found a career-defining role playing nerdy, socially awkward Sue Heck on the ABC family comedy, but she’d gladly trade in the fake braces and bushy eyebrows for a chance to show off her sexier side.
“No one ever [calls me] for the role of the pretty girl,” she tells The Post.
“I am always getting the funny girl — the better characters, really — but I just want to sometimes be the pretty girl… I can do it. I swear!”
Though Sher, 20, has found her niche on playing ordinary teenagers, off camera she could easily be mistaken for a Hollywood model or cover girl.
The disconnect between the actress and her plain Jane alter-ego is so great, in fact, many fans don’t even recognize her on the street.
“People are generally pretty shocked when they see me,” she says. “They are like, ‘You are so mature and pretty.’ I just smile and say, ‘Thank you!’”
The daily transformation to Sue — who Sher describes as a “normal, but super-enthusiastic 14-year-old” — is surprisingly easier than it looks, she admits.
“I don’t wear a lot of makeup. It is sort of like I am getting made up like a boy. I just wear cover-up and very little mascara. Then they fill in my eyebrows to make them look a little more unkempt.
Wardrobe selection can be more time consuming.
“Sue’s clothes are quite involved,” she says. “I have the tube socks, the pants and usually four layers of T-shirts.”
“It doesn’t take a long time to do, but once everything is put together, there is a clear shift from Eden to Sue.”
Sher appeared on the short lived ABC dramedy “Sons and Daughters” in 2006 and auditioned for “The Middle” at the tail end of what she describes as her own “big awkward phase.”
“I went in looking extremely average and dowdy,” she remembers. “I also had braces. I think that definitely played a role.”
But show makeup artist Tyson Fountaine thinks the actress is selling herself short.
“Forget all of the makeup and hair. I think it really comes down to the acting,” he says. “We can add braces to anybody, but if they can’t do the dorky faces… I just think it’s Eden who really pulls it off.”
THE MIDDLE
Wednesday, 8 p.m., ABC