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    Since 1999, Mr. Skin has been the world’s #1 resource for celebrity nudity from movies and TV. Now, to celebrate those 10 years, Mr. Skin is counting down the 100 Greatest Celebrity Nude Scenes of All Time.

    So what made the list and why?

    First, each scene had to come from a movie or TV showno paparazzi shots or homemade sex tapes. Other factors included:

    • Star power of the naked celeb
    • Quality of nudity (i.e., what gets shown, how long it lasts)
    • Overall impact on popular culture and skinema history
    • One movie per actress (for oftennude stars, we chose their one alltime best scene)
    • One scene per movie (in a film that contains many nude scenes, we picked the best)

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  • #50 Jennifer Aniston nude in The Break-Up (2006)

    (0:57) Taunting ex-lover Vince Vaughn in his own living room, Jennifer nakedly struts past him, making sure to point her world-famous posterior right at him (and us too!).

    • Although Jennifer flashes a bit of tit in The Good Girl (2002) in The Break-Up, Jen gave the crack up.
    • See the full-screen DVD of The Break-Up for the best rear view of Jen. The widescreen edition cuts off some vital cheek footage.
    • “There's something liberating about walking around completely nude," Jennifer said. "I am comfortable being naked.”

  • #49 Chlo Sevigny nude in The Brown Bunny (2003)

    (1:21) Chlo drops to crotch level in front of Vincent Gallo, orally expressing deeply penetrating passion in a manner that’s way more than a mouthful. Their love is hardcore!

    • Chlo’s open-mouth acceptance of Gallo’s pole is the most sexually explicit act ever in a commercial film with a mainstream Hollywood actress.
    • The Brown Bunny ignited controversy when Roger Ebert proclaimed it the worst film he had ever seen.
    • Before Bunny, Chlo worked mainly in obscure and independent films. She has since scored a lead role on HBO’s Big Love.

  • #48 Lizzy Caplan nude in True Blood (2008)

    Lizzy gets hopped up on vampire blood and rides the wooden stake of her boyfriend. Together they trip on pure sexual ecstasy, with her all-points nudity providing the headiest rush of all.

    • On True Blood, Lizzy follows in the boob-prints of series star Anna Paquin.
    • Lizzy played Sara on Freaks and Geeks. She then hit the big screen in Mean Girls (2004) and Cloverfield (2008).
    • With 1st and Ten, The Hitchhiker, and Dream On, HBO established nudity as a key ingredient. True Blood richly builds upon this tradition.

  • #47 Julie Andrews nude in S.O.B. (1981)

    (1:20) On a mirrored movie set, Julie tears off the front of her dress, reflectively revealing her rack multiple times. Her hills are alive!

    • As the star of Mary Poppins (1964) and The Sound of Music (1965), Julie Andrews was the very picture of wholesomeness.
    • Julie’s nakedness overshadows even the first topless scene by her S.O.B. co-star Rosanna Arquette.
    • Julie actually slips nip in the family musical Darling Lili (1970), the film that S.O.B. directly parodies.

  • #46 Maggie Gyllenhaal nude in Secretary (2002)

    (1:41) After submitting to his kinky sex domination throughout the movie, Maggie eases back in a bath as James Spader lovingly washes every inch of her full-frontal form.

    • Secretary instantly made Maggie a household name.
    • Maggie undergoes more nude manhandling in Strip Search (2004).
    • Of Secretary, Maggie said: “It is about sex, and there's a lot of sex in it, sex is the key.”

  • #45 Gina Gershon and Jennifer Tilly nude in Bound (1996)

    (0:19) Gina and Jennifer come together (literally) in naked lesbian embracegrinding, kissing, and fingering, breast to breast, in a moment of electrifyingly credible Sapphic bliss.

    • Bound was Gina Gershon’s follow-up to Showgirls (1995) and Jennifer Tilly’s first lesbian sex moment (on film, at least).
    • TV and radio promos for Bound sold the film's “girl-girl action.”
    • Bound enabled co-creators Andy and Larry Wachowski to film The Matrix (1999).

  • #44 Julianne Moore nude in Short Cuts (1993)

    (2:17) While arguing with Matthew Modine, Julianne wears a long white shirt that, fantastically, is not quite long enough to cover her luscious red muff. She also turns several times to show off her pinchably pink tush.

    • Pants-down, this is the greatest bottomless-only scene in all of cinema.
    • Julianne’s repeated revelation runs an astonishing two and a half minutes.
    • Short Cuts director Robert Altman's other celebrity-skin-packed films include Ready to Wear (1994) and Dr. T and the Women (2000).

  • #43 Jane Fonda nude in Barbarella (1968)

    (0:03) Floating in zero gravity amidst the opening credits, Jane reveals her out-of-this-world body while donning a spacesuit.

    • A star of Jane Fonda's caliber appearing nude in a major motion picture was unprecedented.
    • Jane was married to Barbarella director Roger Vadim.
    • In the 2006 memoir Prisoner of X, former Hustler editor Allan MacDonell claims he saw a sex tape involving Jane, her ex-husband Ted Turner, and another woman.

  • #42 Charlotte Ross nude in NYPD Blue (2003)

    As Charlotte disrobes for a shower, a lucky youngster walks into the bathroom, getting a glorious gander at her butt and boobs. Talk about a morning eye-opener!

    • If Charlotte’s nakedness here were to appear in a big-screen release, it would be rated R. Obviously this is the greatest nude scene to ever air on network TV.
    • Fittingly, the title of this episode is “Nude Awakening.”
    • Charlotte’s exposure provoked a $1.4 million fine from the FCC, five years after it aired.

  • #41 Lisa Bonet nude in Angel Heart (1987)

    (1:27) Voodoo vixen Lisa seduces Mickey Rourke on a rickety bed, with her stiff nipples in full view and chicken blood sprinkling down on their pounding bodies.

    • The Cosby Show made Lisa a star. But Bill Cosby was so rattled by Angel Heart he spun Lisa off into her own sitcom, A Different World.
    • Angel Heart initially earned an X rating.
    • Director Alan Parker also oversaw the all-star nakedness of Lara Flynn Boyle, Bridget Fonda, and Camryn Manheim in The Road to Wellville (1994).

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