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Nell (1994)

As We Count Down to the 81st Annual Academy Awards on February 22nd, Mr Skin Pays Tribute to the Twenty Actresses Who Took Home Oscar Gold for Films in Which They Flashed Flesh

Few actresses make nude debuts as explosive as Jodie Foster’s in The Accused. (Jodie’s earlier nude scenes in The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane were actually doubled by her older sister, as Jodie was underage during filming.) Though she does offer up a good amount of boobage in The Accused, it all comes during a brutal rape scene. Still, the Academy awarded Jodie’s efforts—as they would three years later for Silence of the Lambs—with an Oscar for Best Actress in a Leading Role. Luckily Jodie followed up her win with more-pleasant nude scenes in Backtrack and Nell, but neither brought her Oscar gold, though Nell did score her a fourth nomination.