Actor's hot wearing ripped panties (8)
I believe the answer is:
thespian
'actor's' is the definition.
(synonyms)
'hot wearing ripped panties' is the wordplay.
'hot' becomes 'h' (abbreviation eg on taps).
'wearing' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'ripped' indicates an anagram (letters ripped or torn up).
'panties' is an anagram of 'tespian'.
'h' going within 'tespian' is 'THESPIAN'.
(Other definitions for thespian that I've seen before include "Actor - neat hips (anag)" , "stage performer" , "Player" , "Dramatic actor" , "Actor; relating to drama" .)