The Naked Truth
Reported by Kate Sullivan
Photographed by Patrick Demarchelier


At 43, Messing's decision to pose nude came from a natural process of self-acceptance.

"Once you have a child, once you pass 40, you have a different relationship with your body," she said.

"I love my body in a way I never have before." And the parts she loves the most? "My shoulders, clavicle, and chest," she explains. "I started out in dance—there's something beautiful about a dancer's upper body. I love strapless dresses."

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