# Now that Natalie Portman's off the list... **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 25, 2007, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-natalie-portmans-off-the-list/423971 "2007-10-25T15:28:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2007, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-natalie-portmans-off-the-list/423971/41 "2007-10-25T23:26:21Z")
[QUOTE=zamboniracer] Jennifer Garner, Alyson Hannigan, Gabrielle Union and Lucy Liu, unless I’ve missed their showings, which is entirely possible. Honorable mention: Michelle Yeoh and Raquel Welch. [/QUOTE] [Lucy Liu](http://www.celebritymoviearchive.com/tour/name.php/124) (the link is to a page that may not be SFW, but there is no nudity on the page linked.) ---
**Author:** ![Merijeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Merijeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merijeek)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2007, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-natalie-portmans-off-the-list/423971/42 "2007-10-25T23:34:15Z")
[QUOTE=zamboniracer] Jennifer Garner, Alyson Hannigan, Gabrielle Union and Lucy Liu, unless I’ve missed their showings, which is entirely possible. Honorable mention: Michelle Yeoh and Raquel Welch. [/QUOTE] Lucy Liu has done a whole lot of nudity, both in film and magazines (specifically, GQ). Garner has had some behind-the-scenes accidental nudity from a modelling shoot leaked. -Joe ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2007, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-natalie-portmans-off-the-list/423971/43 "2007-10-25T23:37:27Z")
[QUOTE=Merijeek] Garner has had some behind-the-scenes accidental nudity from a modelling shoot leaked. [/QUOTE] Including some shots where she is sporting some serious 70s bush. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2007, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-natalie-portmans-off-the-list/423971/44 "2007-10-26T02:59:00Z")
Sorry, but for me, screen nudity doesn’t count unless you know it’s there - no “you can sort of see what might be a nipple if you freeze frame the shot and look closely”. It can be brief - Katie Holmes in _The Gift_ or Meryl Streep in _Silkwood_ count even if their nude scenes were literally flashes. ---
**Author:** ![Mesquite-oh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a183cd/32.png) [@Mesquite-oh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mesquite-oh)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2007, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-natalie-portmans-off-the-list/423971/45 "2007-10-26T03:57:16Z")
You know what would be a good idea for a website? One that listed the movies in which you could find specific actresses’ nude scenes. My buddies and I could get rich. ---
**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2007, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-natalie-portmans-off-the-list/423971/46 "2007-10-26T04:26:34Z")
Janel Moloney, who played Donna Moss on _The West Wing_, hadn’t done anything until this week’s episode of _Brotherhood_. It was brief, but pretty hot. **Mesquite-oh** : I suspect you’re joking, but one such site is [Home :: Celebrity Movie Archive](http://www.celebritymoviearchive.com/tour/). (The link is kind of work-safe – a racy, but non-nude picture of a woman – but pages beyond it are probably not.) You have to pay to see the clips, but you can see stills for free. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2007, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-natalie-portmans-off-the-list/423971/47 "2007-10-26T04:37:36Z")
[QUOTE=Little Nemo] Sorry, but for me, screen nudity doesn’t count unless you know it’s there - no “you can sort of see what might be a nipple if you freeze frame the shot and look closely”. It can be brief - Katie Holmes in _The Gift_ or Meryl Streep in _Silkwood_ count even if their nude scenes were literally flashes. [/QUOTE] Katie Holmes’ scene was more than a flash. It might have been brief, but it wasn’t just a tease. ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2007, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-natalie-portmans-off-the-list/423971/48 "2007-10-26T06:44:15Z")
I was under the impression that while Natalie Portman was nude, you couldn’t actually see anything. Maybe a little butt shot. And I’m not sure that counts. I’m also not sure if it counts since it’s a short film that the majority of us would never see were it not for an Internet leak. Does anyone know the details? ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2007, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-natalie-portmans-off-the-list/423971/49 "2007-10-26T13:22:14Z")
[QUOTE=commasense] **Mesquite-oh** : I suspect you’re joking, but one such site is [Home :: Celebrity Movie Archive](http://www.celebritymoviearchive.com/tour/). (The link is kind of work-safe – a racy, but non-nude picture of a woman – but pages beyond it are probably not.) You have to pay to see the clips, but you can see stills for free. [/QUOTE] I believe he’s referring to the guys in \*\*Knocked Up \*\* who have just this idea, but realize it already exists. Katherine Heigl gets drawn in and starts vetting movies for them. Speaking of someone who always keeps her bra on. ---
**Author:** ![Wee\_Bairn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/90db22/32.png) [@Wee\_Bairn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wee_Bairn)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2007, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-natalie-portmans-off-the-list/423971/50 "2007-10-26T13:24:53Z")
[QUOTE=gigi] I believe he’s referring to the guys in \*\*Knocked Up \*\* who have just this idea, but realize it already exists. Katherine Heigl gets drawn in and starts vetting movies for them. Speaking of someone who always keeps her bra on. [/QUOTE] When she was like 14 or so she was in some movie as Gerard Depardieu’s daughter, and there’s a shot of her ass in a thong bikini that while not a nude scene, was definitely…interesting, and a bit surprising, considering her age. ---
**Author:** ![Tristan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tristan/32/18058_2.png) [@Tristan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tristan)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2007, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-natalie-portmans-off-the-list/423971/51 "2007-10-26T13:40:48Z")
[QUOTE=Wee Bairn] When she was like 14 or so she was in some movie as Gerard Depardieu’s daughter, and there’s a shot of her ass in a thong bikini that while not a nude scene, was definitely…interesting, and a bit surprising, considering her age. [/QUOTE] Indeed, I have that scene somewhere on a disc. Quite surprising. I enjoyed it quite a bit until I realized she was… quite young. Gah. I may be an ephebophile, but that was pushing it. Granted, the whole plot of the movie seems to be Depardieu’s attempts to get his astonishingly nubile daughter to keep covered up and such. ---
**Author:** ![Wee\_Bairn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/90db22/32.png) [@Wee\_Bairn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wee_Bairn)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2007, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-natalie-portmans-off-the-list/423971/52 "2007-10-26T13:44:53Z")
[QUOTE=Tristan] Indeed, I have that scene somewhere on a disc. Quite surprising. I enjoyed it quite a bit until I realized she was… quite young. Gah. I may be an ephebophile, but that was pushing it. Granted, the whole plot of the movie seems to be Depardieu’s attempts to get his astonishingly nubile daughter to keep covered up and such. [/QUOTE] Good thing it wasn’t one of his French Going Places era films, or he’d probably have been hot for her. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![zamboniracer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e9a140/32.png) [@zamboniracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zamboniracer)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2007, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-natalie-portmans-off-the-list/423971/53 "2007-10-26T14:21:36Z")
[QUOTE=Mesquite-oh] You know what would be a good idea for a website? One that listed the movies in which you could find specific actresses’ nude scenes. My buddies and I could get rich. [/QUOTE] then there is the certainly not safe for work site, “Mr. Skin”, which I discovered just today www dot mrskin dot com ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2007, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-natalie-portmans-off-the-list/423971/54 "2007-10-26T18:29:00Z")
[QUOTE=Justin\_Bailey] I was under the impression that while Natalie Portman was nude, you couldn’t actually see anything. Maybe a little butt shot. And I’m not sure that counts. I’m also not sure if it counts since it’s a short film that the majority of us would never see were it not for an Internet leak. Does anyone know the details? [/QUOTE] If you go see _The Darjeeling Limited_ in theaters now, you’ll see _Hotel Chevalier_ as a bonus (this wasn’t true when the Wes Anderson feature first opened). I think her nudity definitely counts. She is stripped completely bare from the waist down (so we see her from behind), and she’s seen completely naked later, with some strategic knees/elbows hiding frontal nudity, but her butt still clearly visible. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2007, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-natalie-portmans-off-the-list/423971/55 "2007-10-26T18:31:52Z")
[QUOTE=zamboniracer] then there is the certainly not safe for work site, “Mr. Skin”, which I discovered just today www dot mrskin dot com [/QUOTE] You might also find the Celebrity Nudity Database (cndb dot com) handy as well… ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2007, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-natalie-portmans-off-the-list/423971/56 "2007-10-26T18:42:00Z")
[QUOTE=ArchiveGuy] I think her nudity definitely counts. She is stripped completely bare from the waist down (so we see her from behind), and she’s seen completely naked later, with some strategic knees/elbows hiding frontal nudity, but her butt still clearly visible. [/QUOTE] Yup, I’d say that doesn’t count at all. As soon as you pull out the strategically placed knees/elbows/arms, it’s not “real” screen nudity. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2007, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-natalie-portmans-off-the-list/423971/57 "2007-10-26T18:48:55Z")
Of course, there are all sorts of “candid” shots of her topless, for those who are interested. She just hasn’t bared it all “on screen” yet. ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2007, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-natalie-portmans-off-the-list/423971/58 "2007-10-26T18:59:25Z")
[QUOTE=silenus] Of course, there are all sorts of “candid” shots of her topless, for those who are interested. She just hasn’t bared it all “on screen” yet. [/QUOTE] I don’t understand that at all. Natalie Portman can’t seem to step foot on a European beach without ripping all of her clothes off but as soon as an interviewer asks her about on screen nudity she practically bursts into tears. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2007, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-natalie-portmans-off-the-list/423971/59 "2007-10-26T19:01:56Z")
[QUOTE=Justin\_Bailey] Yup, I’d say that doesn’t count at all. As soon as you pull out the strategically placed knees/elbows/arms, it’s not “real” screen nudity. [/QUOTE] A bare ass is a bare ass. It may not be what you’re crossing your fingers for, but she’s still naked and something private is on display. ---
**Author:** ![SpartanDC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b2d939/32.png) [@SpartanDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpartanDC)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2007, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-natalie-portmans-off-the-list/423971/60 "2007-10-26T19:26:54Z")
[QUOTE=Ellis Dee] Scarlett Johansson needs to get naked, as does Mandy Moore, Anna Paquin, Lacey Chebert, and Elisha Cuthbert. [/QUOTE] Scarlett is the Holy Grail of on-screen nudity. She actually _wanted_ to go topless for a scene in The Island, but Michael F’ing Bay wouldn’t let her. She’s the only actress who could make me see a movie on opening night just for the opportunity to see her take off some clothes. That said, **Ellis Dee** , I agree with all your other suggestions, aside from Anna Paquin. She just doesn’t do it for me. Has Rose MacGowan ever gone topless on-screen? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-natalie-portmans-off-the-list/423971.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-natalie-portmans-off-the-list/423971.md?page=4)