• In a stunning photo for Marie Claire’s September 2019 issue, supermodel-turned-actress Cara Delevingne posed nude for the magazine’s cover shoot.
• She also revealed some intimate and personal moments about her life, including bits about her upbringing, family, and career.

On a green leather sofa, Cara Delevingne lies down on her stomach, a portrait of repose with her head propped against the armrest and her eyes clear and unflinching. And, oh yeah, she’s also completely buck naked.

The supermodel (turned actress, turned mental health and LGBTQ+ rights advocate, turned singer) bared it all for the cover of Marie Claire’s September issue. The stunning photo reveals a laid-back and, yes, very nude Delevingne. This vulnerable and exposed image of her seems to go hand in hand with the various vulnerabilities she herself exposed in her interview.

“I hope people never think I’m complaining,” Delevingne said as she broached the subject of her upbringing. According to the story, she grew up in an upper-class family in London (her grandmother was Princess Margaret’s lady-in-waiting!). Still, the 27-year-old’s mother struggled with heroin addiction.

“I was a nurturing child and wanted to make sure everyone was OK,” she said, referring to her childhood role as a caregiver for her mother. “It didn’t feel wrong. But looking back, I’m like, Oh, maybe I shouldn’t have been put in that position. But I wasn’t put in it; it just happened.”

Delevingne also spent a significant portion of her youth repressing her sexuality because she “didn’t want to feel different, even though from an early age I always felt I didn’t belong.”

When her modeling career began to take off, Delevingne said she used her work as a reprieve from her woes. “Work to me was such an escape. I don’t like using it that way anymore. I want to use it as a platform, where I’m not just running from my problems.”

The Paper Towns actress has a lot to look forward to these days. Pivoting away from modeling, Delevingne has acted in multiple feature films, like Suicide Squad (2016) and Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (2017). She’ll also be starring in Amazon’s new series, Carnival Row, in which she plays a mythical creature who challenges the apocalyptic caste system. The series will be released next month.

As an associate editor at HarpersBAZAAR.com, Chelsey keeps a finger on the pulse on all things celeb news. She also writes on social movements, connecting with activists leading the fight on workers' rights, climate justice, and more. Offline, she’s probably spending too much time on TikTok, rewatching Emma (the 2020 version, of course), or buying yet another corset.