The passing of auteur David Lynch at age 78 has hit Hollywood hard, with many artists and fans paying tribute to the surrealist filmmaker and his pop-culture permeating work. But we just don’t owe him for his mind-bending contributions to cinema. Because of David Lynch, there are a handful of beautiful babes that we might not have gotten to see nude if it weren’t for these ladies’ star-making turns in the Lynchian universe.
Naomi Watts Nude
Though she started acting around the same time as her bestie Nicole Kidman, Naomi’s career didn’t catch fire as early as her fellow Aussie’s. It wasn’t until 1999, when Naomi and her knockers appeared in David Lynch’s trippy Mulholland Drive, that the acclaimed actress became a big star. It ended up being the first of thirteen nude roles for Naomi as well, so we owe a big debt of gratitude to Lynch for getting the naked ball rolling.
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Sheryl Lee Nude
Forever the ill-fated Laura Palmer, Sheryl could’ve opened and closed her career playing a corpse and nothing else, but David Lynch saw her potential and breathed life into her career. She made her nude debut when he moved Twin Peaks from the small to the big screen in Fire Walk With Me, and Sheryl would go on to show her twins in several films throughout the 90s.
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Mädchen Amick Nude
Another Skin vet who got her start on Twin Peaks, this future Riverdale MILF went from playing winsome waitress Shelly Johnson (who David Lynch’s own character on the show, FBI agent Gordon Cole, was head over heels for) to baring all three Bs in the thriller Dream Lover in just a few scant years, with a few other nude roles peppered throughout her resume.
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Virginia Madsen Nude
Though she technically flashed her first funbag in her very first film, the overlooked 80s teen sex comedy Class, David Lynch cast Virginia in her first big-budget film role. After playing Princess Irulan in the epic space saga Dune in 1984, she nabbed another nude role the next year with Creator and would continue to go bare, even in the hit horror Candyman.
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Laura Dern Nude
This is a sticky one because as the daughter of two famous people, the Oscar winner would have probably had a successful career either way. But there is no denying that the one-two punch of Blue Velvet and Wild at Heart (the latter of which has Laura’s nude debut) are what really catapulted Laura to stardom. Dern tootin’!
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Isabella Rossellini Nude
Like Laura, Isabella is a nepo babe born for the silver screen. But it’s Lynch we have to thank for her breakthrough role and very first nudie scene in 1986’s Blue Velvet.Though she hasn’t shown all three Bs since, it paved the way for her other topless work, including the 1993 film The Innocent. More like the Skin-ocent!
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