Maggie Smith
Nude

When a thespian in the prime of her advanced career has retained the versatility to play with aplomb both Mother Superior in the Sister Act flicks and Professor McGonagall in the Harry Potter films, then that far-ranging ham should be awarded some grand prize, like a knighthood, for instance. That’s just the distinction that has been bestowed upon Dame Maggie Smith. A rapid-talking terror on the London stage while hardly out of her teens, Smith has brought her refined, gutsy glory to scores of critically acclaimed films in England and in the United States. She won two Oscars over here, the first as a kooky teacher in The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1969), the second as an Oscar-nominated actress on Oscar night in Neil Simon‘s California Suite (1978). In the latter flick, Maggie treated audiences to a blush of plush Dame flesh, including some side boob. She didn’t show us her goods again until 2003, when she appeared in the drama My House in Umbria and let one pendulous knocker hang out of her robe. If only her robes had been so revealing in the Harry Potter films! Since then, Maggie has gone on to have a storied career, earning parts in films like The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2015), The Lady in the Van (2015), Downton Abbey (2019), A Boy Called Christmas (2020), and even a documentary about Maggie herself that was appropriately titled Nothing Like a Dame (2018). There’s still time for this bold star to let her second sucksack swing out.