Malin Akerman reveals how she battled her own 'worst critic' ahead of stripping off for lesbian sex scenes on Hunting Wives

Malin Akerman may be one of the most beautiful woman in Hollywood, but even she struggles with society's impossible body standards. 

The star, 47, stripped off for steamy scenes with Brittany Snow in The Hunting Wives - with their very first intimate moment forcing her to come face-to-face with her own 'worst critic.' 

Now Akerman has revealed more about how she silenced the negative self-talk for the show in an exclusive interview with The Daily Mail.

'I worked hard for this body, I'm not gonna lie. I work out. I eat right. Try to stay healthy and full of energy,' she told The Daily Mail at Clarins' Night of Extra soiree at the Academy Museum's Dolby Terrace on Friday.

'So I feel good, but I also feel like, you embrace what you've gotten, what you worked hard for and it's really hard because we're our own worst critics, and we can all look at our bodies, no matter how great we look, no matter what we see, we have to remember to just say thank you, because this body gives us everything we need.

'And it's hard. I can absolutely see things in the mirror, and I can critique myself left, right and center, but I really try to change, shift that narrative in my mind and just say thank you for all the hard work that I've been putting into it.'

Akerman was one of many celebrities attending the Clarins soiree, thrown to celebrate the cosmetic company's new Extra-Firming Energy cream. 

She absolutely stunned in a floorlength black gown with thigh-high slit, a look that flashed a hint of leg and her toned arms.  

Fans may be surprised someone as gorgeous as Akerman struggled with body insecurities - which she candidly described last year. 

She revealed how she and Snow picked apart their own bodies ahead of filming their first  intimate scene on The Hunting Wives. 

'Before our very first intimate scene together, there was a lot of nerves and we're so used to dissecting our own bodies and looking in the mirror and finding all the things that were wrong with our bodies and it's terrible,' she said at the She Sees Me: The Power of Female Friendship (in Life and Art) panel, according to People. 

'And we saw it in each other firsthand as we were like, 'Oh my God.'"

"I just went, 'Britt, you know what? We're f***ing beautiful. We've worked hard for these bodies. We've worked hard our whole lives and you're a beautiful f***ing person and let's not do this,' " Akerman continued. "'Let's just go out there and have a great time — as much as you can with all these cameramen. 

'It's a weird time, but let's just be in it together and let's support each other right now and let's just feel great about ourselves and let's just, I look at you and you're beautiful, and let's celebrate our bodies right now."'

The Hunting Wives has cemented itself as one of the most provocative shows on television. 

Adapted from May Cobb’s bestselling erotic thriller, the series mixes murder mystery with erotic drama, unflinching in its depictions of full-frontal nudity, same-sex encounters, and messy, no-holds-barred passion.

Critics have compared it to Big Little Lies and Desperate Housewives, but with far more explicit scenes.

Forbes reviewer Dana Feldman said there hadn’t been a 'book-to-screen adaptation this salacious' since Fifty Shades of Grey.

In one scene that alludes to the sexual politics, Margo says: 'Open marriages are for liberals, Jed and I have an arrangement.'

The series was picked up by Netflix after its original home, Starz, dropped the project, the series debuted July 21 and became an instant streaming hit.