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SUNGlASSESSPECIAL!

r Law & Orderstar strips down for her latest movie rolelisabeth Rohm, bestknown for playingassistant districtattorney Serena

Southerlyn on Law &Order, isshedding the good-girl image- and her clothes - in hernew movie, The KreutzerSonata. The actress, 36, satdown with Lift 'b Style at LA'sMondrian Hotel on June 6 todiscuss her latest body of work- and how she eventually plansto explain the film's graphic sex

-- scenes to her daughter, Easton,who's now just l.

"I've played a lot oflawyers,cops and FBI agents .. .it reallywasn't a part of the job descrip-tion to shake off the uniformand let it all hang out," sheexplains. "But for this movie,the nudity was an essential partof the storytelling."

Finding confidenceBefore she could let the camerasroll on this dark drama ...l!..

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I felt I had overcome whateverbody issues I had. I hopeEaston always feels rcomfortable in her body."

Her nude encounter withco-star Danny Huston didlittle to put her fianceat ease, though. "He'schosen not to see thefilm, and he reallydoesn't intend to,"Elisabeth says."He doesn'tneed thosevisualsin hishead!"

which she plays a pianist dealingwith a jealous husband -Elisabeth had to get vast herstruggles with having what shedescribes as her flat chest, cellu-lite and big butt. "I haven't hadany plastic surgery," she tellsLife & Style. "I'm a real girl. Ihope women who see this willbe happy to see somebodywho they relate to, as opposedto somebody who looks likeshe's been manufactured."

Included in that audience isher daughter with her fiance,entrepreneur Ron Wooster."More than setting an examplefor Easton about not being self-conscious about her body, Ihope that she's incredibly braveas a woman," Elisabeth says.''After the film, I definitely feltempowered by notletting my fears andinsecurities getin theway. Tune in!

The Kreutzer Sonata isavailable On Demand via

IFe Festival Direct on June 17.

MOMS CAN BESEXY TOO!

Kate oftentakes it all offKate Winslet, proudparent of Mia, 8, andJoe, 5, jump-startedher career with anude scene in TItanic

,/ILH~I!!'!;:J. and most recentlywon an Oscar forTheReader, in whichthe 33-year-old againshowed skin. "Kate'sa real beauty becauseshe's natural anduntouched," gushesElisabeth. "She's fitand athletic."

Mary-Louiseboosts ratings"I'm 44, and I look

okay for 44. I'mnot trying to look

34," asserts Mary-Louise Parker, who

bared her chestin an episode ofWeeds and is a

single mother to5-year-old sonWilliam and 2-

year-old adopteddaughter Caroline.

Would Elisabeth doanother nude scene?

"If I found a script thatI absolutely loved,

then I'd have noproblem with it:' she

tells Life & Style. "Idon't think beinga sensual womantakes away fromyour intelligence

or your talent."

PHOTOGRAPHY BY KIMBERLY METZ. PHOTOGRAPHEDAT MONDRIAN HOTEL, WEST HOLLYWOOD