Gwyneth Paltrow has had a glittering career in Hollywood which has spanned more than two decades.
The 50-year-old has landed roles in a variety of different genres including rom-coms, period dramas and dark thrillers, proving that nothing is off the cards.
Her incredible versatility has regularly been proven and at just 26, she took home the Academy Award for Best Actress for her role in Shakespeare in Love.
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Unlike many other stars, Gwyneth is no stranger to going nude on camera and has stripped off for racy scenes in several movies.
Despite her acting career slowing down in recent years, she will always be regarded as one of the sexiest women in Hollywood and has put on a smoking-hot display on many occasions.
Lingerie strip tease and lap dance
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After turning 40, Gwyneth still looked the picture of confidence when she stripped down to a lacy black underwear set in Thanks For Sharing.
The 2013 film tells the story of Gwyneth’s character Phoebe who is struggling with her boyfriend’s sex addiction.
Oozing sex appeal, Gwyneth ramped up the heat when she gave her boyfriend, played by Mark Ruffalo, a lap dance in the racy outfit which included stockings and suspenders.
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The scene is just another to add to the list of what proves she is amongst the best as she confessed to E! News: “Doing the lingerie striptease, I’m not sure exactly how you would classify that, but it was very embarrassing.
“I was not comfortable at all, but, you know, it was a good challenge for me to put myself in a situation that I would never be in in my own life.
Stripping naked
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Gwyneth played 300-pound Rosemarie in the 2001 rom-com Shallow Hal opposite Jack Black.
Jack Black’s character Hal is a superficial man who falls in love after being hypnotised into seeing people’s inner beauty reflected in their physical appearance.
Unaware of his hypnosis, Gwyneth’s self-conscious character approaches Hal in the bedroom wearing a mesh night gown which exposes her skimpy underwear.
Taking things to the next level in the steamy scene, the blonde bombshell removes all her clothes including her thong, revealing her perky derriere as the camera captures her body from behind.
Daniel Craig romp
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Sylvia tells the story of the passionate relationship between two poets, Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes.
A pre James Bond Daniel Craig plays the role of Ted who falls in love with and marries Gwyneth’s Sylvia in 1956.
The film is filled with many raunchy scenes including one showing the pair as they tear each others clothes off and enjoy a passionate romp.
From one naked scene to the next, the pair lay intertwined in each other’s naked bodies after their hot and steamy session on the sofa.
Nude portrait
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Great Expectations stars Ethan Hawke as artist Finn who falls in love with Estella, a girl with a strict reputation of breaking men’s hearts.
After first crossing paths in their youth, Estella, played by Gwyneth, returns to Finn’s life several years later and he falls madly in love.
Despite being engaged to another man, Estella can’t help herself and continues her flirtatious behaviour around Finn, posing naked in his apartment for a portrait.
In the racy scene, Estella begins to slowly remove her clothing, unbuttoning her silk shirt and exposing her lace black underwear, all the while keeping her eyes locked with Finn.
Flaunting her impeccable figure in front of him, she removes what’s left of her clothes entirely and poses nude in a variety of different positions for him to sketch her.
Naked in the bath
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Gwyneth starred alongside Johnny Depp in the 2015 comedy Mortdecai.
She plays the wife of charismatic British aristocrat and part-time shady art dealer Charlie Mortdecai.
In this particular scene, Gwyneth removes her dressing gown and gives her husband a full glimpse of her naked body.
Hopping into the bath for an intimate conversation with her spouse, she gives him a “look” to which he responds: “That is the look that softens every bone in my body, except one.”
Steamy romp
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Gwyneth’s Oscar-winning performance came in the 1998 period drama Shakespeare in which she disguises herself as a man in order to star in a play.
A serious case of star-crossed lovers leads the wealthy Viola de Lesseps into a forbidden affair with William Shakespeare, played by Joseph Fiennes.
Suffering from writers block, Shakespeare is in need of a muse and finds himself infatuated with the free-spirited yet unavailable Viola, not realising she is the “man” currently starring in his play.
Immediately after discovering Viola’s identity, Shakespeare climbs into her room and the pair confess their love for each other.
The pair remove their clothes, which includes Shakespeare taking off Viola’s breast binds and the pair enjoy a steamy yet forbidden romp in her bedroom.
Lesbian kiss
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In 2001’s The Royal Tenenbaums, Gwyneth played Margot who remains a style icon more than 20 years later.
Taking the audience through different periods in her life, one scene reveals Margot spent part of her early 20s in Paris.
In the sexy scene, Gwyneth slips into a white lingerie set as she stands in her hotel room with the Eiffel tower in view.
Behind her comes an unknown character who is wearing nothing but pants and seductively looks into Margot’s eyes.
Margot then pulls the topless woman in for an embrace and the two share a steamy kiss in the racy clip.
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