Anya Taylor-Joy Nude: The Northman

Anya Taylor-Joy nude is The Northman. A grey Icelandic hillside, a steaming hot spring, and Olga walking straight into it without a stitch on while Alexander Skarsgård just watches. Then the forest, the two of them covered in ash and moonlight. She rarely goes this far on screen, which is exactly why everyone keeps searching it. Peaky Blinders, The Queen’s Gambit, Emma, Lucky and Last Night in Soho are what keep me here after.

The Northman (2022): The Hot Spring

Film: The Northman | Year: 2022 | Character: Olga of the Birch Forest | With: Alexander Skarsgård (Amleth) | Nudity: full rear nudity walking into the hot spring.

Amleth is soaking in a steaming spring in the middle of nowhere and Olga drops her cloak on the rocks and walks in, completely naked, her back to the camera the whole way down. Pale skin against all that green, her hair falling to her waist. Eighteen seconds and the most-paused moment of her career.

The Northman (2022): The Forest

Film: The Northman | Year: 2022 | Character: Olga of the Birch Forest | With: Alexander Skarsgård (Amleth) | Nudity: breasts and bare body, covered in ash, in the forest.

Night, the forest floor, and Olga on top of Amleth with both of them smeared in grey ash so they look like statues coming to life. Her hair swings over him, she arches back, then lies in his arms staring up at the trees. A full minute of it, shot in that silver light that makes every curve look carved.

The Northman (2022): The Fire Ritual

Film: The Northman | Year: 2022 | Character: Olga of the Birch Forest | Nudity: full-body nudity in firelight, at a distance.

The women gather naked around a fire in the dark for a pagan ritual. Olga is the pale one in the middle, lit only by the flames, moving around the fire with the others. Far away and shadowy, but you will find her.

Lucky (2026): The Bathtub

Series: Lucky (Apple TV+) | Year: 2026 | Character: Lucky | Nudity: none; bare shoulders in the bath.

Her face floating just above the bathwater, eyes wide, lipstick smeared, then lying on her side with her hair everywhere and her shoulders bare. The newest Anya and already one of the most-searched.

Lucky (2026): The Shower

Series: Lucky (Apple TV+) | Year: 2026 | Character: Lucky | Nudity: none; bare shoulders and wet hair in the shower.

Lucky washes a very bad night down the drain. Hot water, steam, wet blonde hair stuck to her face and that thousand-yard stare through the glass. Brutal and beautiful at the same time.

The Queen’s Gambit (2020): Benny’s Apartment

Series: The Queen’s Gambit | Year: 2020 | Episode: 1×06 Adjournment | Character: Beth Harmon (18) | With: Thomas Brodie-Sangster (Benny Watts) | Nudity: bare back and side, in bed.

New York, Benny’s basement flat, and Beth decides the chess lesson is over. She tells him what she wants, then it’s the two of them in bed in warm lamplight, her face pressed into the pillow and her bare shoulders and back on show. The scene that made the whole internet re-watch episode six.

The Queen’s Gambit (2020): The Moscow Hotel

Series: The Queen’s Gambit | Year: 2020 | Episode: 1×07 End Game | Character: Beth Harmon (19) | Nudity: none; black bra and skirt.

Alone in her Moscow hotel room, Beth peels off her dress down to a black bra and leans over the bed. Eight seconds of red hair, pale skin and that 1960s lingerie. Short, and you’ll still play it three times.

Peaky Blinders (2019): The Bed

Series: Peaky Blinders | Year: 2019 | Season: 5 | Character: Gina Gray | With: Finn Cole (Michael Gray) | Nudity: nude on the bed, bare back and side.

Gina is sprawled across the bed with nothing on, platinum waves, red lips, while Michael climbs in beside her. She props herself up and gives the camera that look. The blue walls make her skin glow like porcelain.

Peaky Blinders (2019): The Slip

Series: Peaky Blinders | Year: 2019 | Season: 5 | Character: Gina Gray | With: Finn Cole (Michael Gray) | Nudity: none; silk slip, dancing.

Gina in a silk slip, dancing alone in the smoke, hair flying, then draped over Michael’s shoulder while he works. American trouble in a 1920s nightie and Birmingham never stood a chance.

Emma. (2020): The Fireplace

Film: Emma. | Year: 2020 | Character: Emma Woodhouse | Nudity: bare butt, warming herself by the fire.

Emma gets dressed by her maid, then walks to the fireplace and hitches her nightgown up to warm her bare backside. The most famous butt in any Jane Austen adaptation, and she does it completely deadpan.

Emma. (2020): Getting Dressed

Film: Emma. | Year: 2020 | Character: Emma Woodhouse | Nudity: none; sheer chemise and stays while her maids dress her.

A full minute of Emma being laced into her Regency layers: sheer chemise, petticoats, the stays pulled tight while she stands there bored. Pastel bedroom, golden curls, and the softest light in the whole film.

Last Night in Soho (2021): Jack

Film: Last Night in Soho | Year: 2021 | Character: Sandie | With: Matt Smith (Jack), Thomasin McKenzie (Eloise) | Nudity: none; kissing and sex in the neon bedroom.

Sandie and Jack in the mirrored corridor, a long kiss in her pale dress, then back to the room with the neon sign flashing through the window. Blue light, pink light, and Eloise watching every second of it in the mirror.

Last Night in Soho (2021): Café de Paris

Film: Last Night in Soho | Year: 2021 | Character: Sandie | Nudity: none; showgirls on stage around her.

Sixties Soho in purple light: Sandie in the crowd, eyes on the stage, a line of burlesque dancers above her, and the dream of being the one up there. Bouffant, false lashes and a little white dress. Pure fantasy.

The Menu (2022): Slowik’s Office

Film: The Menu | Year: 2022 | Character: Margot Mills | With: Ralph Fiennes (Chef Slowik) | Nudity: none; satin slip dress.

Chef Slowik calls Margot into his office and she walks in like she owns it. Thin straps, a satin slip dress, red hair and a stare that could cut glass while he tries to figure out who she really is. Ninety seconds of Anya winning a staring contest with Ralph Fiennes.

The Gorge (2025): The Tower

Film: The Gorge | Year: 2025 | Character: Drasa | With: Miles Teller (Levi) | Nudity: none; tank top, slow dance and kiss.

Two snipers on opposite sides of a gorge finally in the same room. Candles everywhere, a black tank top, a slow dance that turns into a kiss up against the wall. Then the ending: a white blouse on a sunny terrace and the kiss we waited two hours for.

The Miniaturist (2017): Candlelight

Series: The Miniaturist | Year: 2017 | Character: Nella Oortman | Nudity: bare shoulders, undressing by candlelight.

Night in a dark Amsterdam house: Nella lets her hair down and slips out of her dress in the candlelight, bare shoulders and nervous eyes. Barely lit and completely hypnotic.

The Miniaturist (2017): The Bodice

Series: The Miniaturist | Year: 2017 | Character: Nella Oortman | Nudity: none; low corseted bodice.

Nella leans over her tiny, unsettling miniatures in a tight corseted bodice. Fifty seconds of close-ups that do the 17th century a huge favour.

Red Carpet

Lucky premiere in LA: white draped satin and that face. She looked like the Oscar itself.

Sheer black Dior lace at Paris Fashion Week. The front row forgot there was a show.

Tiffany dinner in black Dior. That waist should be illegal.

Vanity Fair Oscar party: sheer black, a bow in her hair and zero apologies.

Vintage Bob Mackie beads for Miley’s star. Showed up to support and stole the whole street.

Custom Dior mini at LACMA. Those legs did the whole cruise show by themselves.

Princess Peach in Tokyo: blush pink, a giant hat and she somehow made it sexy.

Marrakech in liquid gold. The bun, the shoulders, the attitude. Queen.

White cape at the Governors Awards. Angel on the outside, Margot on the inside.

Sculptural ice-blue satin at TIFF. Only she can wear a ruffle cloud and look this hot.

Feathered Dior mini at The Gorge premiere. Wings out, legs out, everyone down.

Vintage Mugler at SNL50. Black and gold and shaped like a weapon.

Golden Globes 2025 in pale pink satin and diamonds. Old Hollywood called, it wants her back.

Furiosa in Cannes: ivory tulle and a necklace worth more than my street.

Semi-sheer white strapless on the Croisette. The photographers needed a minute.

London Furiosa premiere: black bodysuit, sheer tights and a white feather boa. She knew.

Sydney premiere in a gold sequin mini and a sunburst crown. Furiosa who? She’s the goddess.

Oscars 2024 in silver vintage Dior. That beaded silhouette lives in my head rent-free.

Dune: Part Two premiere in a white hooded gown. Bene Gesserit but make it a centerfold.

Golden Globes 2023 in canary yellow. Still the best look of that whole night.

The Northman premiere in white and a gold collar. Olga came dressed for battle.

Emmys 2021: the yellow Dior moment that broke the internet. Iconic, no notes.

Met Gala 2018 in gold and a flower crown, back before everyone knew her name. We knew.

Bikini

Key Biscayne, black bikini top and shorts, wading out like nobody’s watching. Everybody is watching.

Not a bikini, but her THR beach shoot in Rabanne is as close as she gets: wet sand, bare legs, wild hair.

Paparazzi

Purple bra top in SoHo, cardigan hanging off one shoulder. She just walked around like that. Bless New York.

Leaving the Paris hotel in sheer silver with Malcolm. That dress was not built for daylight.

Black shift and a cape in Paris. Villain energy and we love it.

Light trench over a tiny black mini. The legs come out, the trench is just for show.

Gold Ferragamo outside The View. Morning TV is not ready for this.

Tom Ford grey vest and nothing under it. Plunge game undefeated.

Black halter dress outside Heart Radio in London. Simple, tight, perfect.

Floppy hat, white blouse, shopping bags. Off-duty Anya is still a whole campaign.

Key Biscayne street style in a white tee and black maxi, arms in the air. Vacation Anya is the best Anya.

Matching blues with Malcolm in New York. Married and still acting like teenagers about it.

Leaving the Bowery Hotel in a cream satin slip at night. This is the one, people.

Fur-trim coat in March in NYC. A Bond girl who got lost in Manhattan.

Red and black in NYC with Malcolm. Roses on the dress, heels the same red. Perfect couple, sorry.

Valentine’s weekend PDA with Malcolm in NYC. Some of us are single and had to see this.