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Nicole Kidman, Uma Thurman pose without make-up for 2017 Pirelli calendar

SHE’S one of Hollywood’s most famous — and glamorous — actors. Now Nicole Kidman has shown her natural side in a new shoot.

Nicole Kidman has posed without make-up in a stunning new shoot. Picture: Peter Lindbergh/EPA/Pirelli
Nicole Kidman has posed without make-up in a stunning new shoot. Picture: Peter Lindbergh/EPA/Pirelli

SHE’S one of Hollywood’s most famous — and glamorous — actors.

Now Nicole Kidman has shown her natural side, posing without make-up for the 2017 Pirelli calender, in a shoot described as rallying against “false beauty standards”.

Uma Thurman, Julianne Moore, Robin Wright, Jessica Chastain and Helen Mirren have also ditched cosmetics for the stunning shoot themed around “natural beauty and femininity”.

Nicole Kidman for Pirelli’s 2017 calendar. Picture: Peter Lindbergh/EPA/Pirelli
Nicole Kidman for Pirelli’s 2017 calendar. Picture: Peter Lindbergh/EPA/Pirelli
Uma Thurman also features in the calendar. Picture: Peter Lindbergh/EPA/Pirelli
Uma Thurman also features in the calendar. Picture: Peter Lindbergh/EPA/Pirelli

Lion actor Kidman said the shoot was about empowerment.

“Female power is the courage to be yourself, to be able to walk into a room and be yourself, Kidman said, according to the Daily Mail.

She also revealed her husband, country singer Keith Urban, preferred her natural look.

“My husband totally prefers me with no make-up on and at my most natural,” Kidman said.

“We’re allowed to have that choice and it’s a very important message to give to not only little girls but little boys.

“We’re so used to airbrushing these days so you’re not used to seeing people not have a perfect image.

“There’s an enormous amount of judgment and the more we can strip that away the better.”

It comes days after singer Mariah Carey was slammed for photoshopping her social media posts.

‘Be yourself’. Nicole Kidman has posed without make-up for the iconic Pirelli calendar. Picture: AFP
‘Be yourself’. Nicole Kidman has posed without make-up for the iconic Pirelli calendar. Picture: AFP
Nicole Kidman, Uma Thurman and Helen Mirren pose during a photo call in Paris. Picture: AP
Nicole Kidman, Uma Thurman and Helen Mirren pose during a photo call in Paris. Picture: AP

Moore added: “I had no make-up on, messy hair and puffy eyes from just waking up” when she posed for the shoot.

Meantime, Oscar-winner Mirren joked: “I thought they’d give me a black leotard or bikini and make me (lay) ... on a leopard print rug”.

Robin Wright for the 2017 Pirelli calendar. Picture: Peter Lindbergh/EPA/Pirelli
Robin Wright for the 2017 Pirelli calendar. Picture: Peter Lindbergh/EPA/Pirelli
Julianne Moore also went minus makeup for the shoot. Picture: Peter Lindbergh/EPA/Pirelli
Julianne Moore also went minus makeup for the shoot. Picture: Peter Lindbergh/EPA/Pirelli

Mirren said the shoot made a powerful statement about being a modern woman.

“The reality is we live, we love, we continue, we contribute and that’s the role of women,” Mirren said, according to the Daily Mail.

“It’s incredibly challenging for young girls these days and we must remind them that life goes on for a long time and you’ll be many things in that time.”

Nicole Kidman in glam mode on the set of The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon on November 16. Picture: AFP
Nicole Kidman in glam mode on the set of The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon on November 16. Picture: AFP

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