‘The Undoing’ Star Matilda De Angelis Shared a Vulnerable, Makeup-Free Photo of Her Acne
Matilda De Angelis shared a vulnerable Instagram about her experience with acne.
The Undoing star posted an unfiltered picture of her skin and said she struggles to feel confident on set when filming.
Like many of us, Matilda de Angelis struggles with acne—and she’s done hiding it. In a new Instagram post, The Undoing actress shared a makeup-free photo of her skin, along with a vulnerable caption about self-acceptance.
“There are things that cannot be controlled and this year taught us well,” De Angelis wrote. “There are changes that we must accept in our life and with them, the perception of ourselves and the world around us. Paradoxical things happen in life, don’t they? Well, for me, being an actress and working with a face eaten by acne is one of them.”
The 25-year-old said she struggles to feel confident in her work due to her skin. “Every day I have to wake up and present myself first in front of the mirror and then in front of the camera with all the emotional load that already entails and being ‘splendid,’ ‘in part,’ and concentrated together with all my fears and insecurities literally on the skin,” she wrote.
She noted that there are “much bigger” problems in life, “but I wanted to share this little truth perhaps to feel stronger, perhaps to accept myself better. Our fears can paralyze us or they can become a great force, it is up to us to choose the path.”
On Wednesday, the actress shared another no-makeup video on her Instagram Stories, Yahoo reported. “Grazie a tutti, mi avete dato una grande forza. Allora vado sul set, ciao,” De Angelis wrote, which translates from Italian to: “Thank you all, you have given me great strength. I have to go to set, bye.”
In an interview with Harper’s Bazaar, De Angelis also opened up about her confidence and learning to “overcome boundaries” while filming nude scenes for The Undoing.
“It’s something that we learned to be ashamed of or [consider as] something really weird. But if you start thinking about nudity and about your body as a tool to express yourself and express emotions, suddenly nudity is not that big a deal anymore,” she said. “And it’s actually liberating. I’ve learned how to be even more proud and even more bold and even more confident while naked.”
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