Australian actress Nathalie Kelley posed completely nude in an Instagram post on Tuesday about 'true beauty'.

Sharing a powerful message about 'deconstructing and decolonising beauty', Nathalie encouraged others to let go of external and superficial ideals.

The Dynasty star, 34, left little to the imagination as she glanced back at the camera while sitting near a picturesque stream.

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Natural beauty: Australian actress Nathalie Kelley posed completely nude in nature for a powerful Instagram post on Tuesday about 'decolonising' beauty

Natural beauty: Australian actress Nathalie Kelley posed completely nude in nature for a powerful Instagram post on Tuesday about 'decolonising' beauty

'As I work to deconstruct and decolonise my own ideas on beauty, I'm receiving lessons every day about what true beauty is,' she wrote in the caption.

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The Vampire Diaries star, who is based in Los Angeles, described true beauty as 'the interconnectedness of all living things... [in] the natural world'. 

'We must shift our focus from the superficial to preserving the beauty of our earth': Sharing a powerful message about 'deconstructing and decolonising beauty', the Vampire Diaries star encouraged others to let go of external and superficial ideals

'We must shift our focus from the superficial to preserving the beauty of our earth': Sharing a powerful message about 'deconstructing and decolonising beauty', the Vampire Diaries star encouraged others to let go of external and superficial ideals

'As women we must lead the way in shifting our focus from the external and superficial to preserving the beauty of our earth. Then we can truly call ourselves beautiful,' she added. 

In May, Nathalie vowed to go an entire 12 months without buying, accepting or being styled in new clothes.

'Even though I talk a lot about loving the earth, I was a hypocrite when it comes to fashion and clothes,' Nathalie revealed on Instagram at the time. 

'I can no longer feed this ridiculous fashion culture': In May, Nathalie vowed to go an entire 12 months without buying, accepting or being styled in new clothes

'I can no longer feed this ridiculous fashion culture': In May, Nathalie vowed to go an entire 12 months without buying, accepting or being styled in new clothes

She pledged to shed a light on 'the destructive impact the fashion industry has on the environment'.

The Baker and the Beauty star admitted she would often justify new purchases over her fear of 'outfit repeating'.

Nathalie said she had only recently been made aware that two years' worth of drinking water is used to make one cotton shirt and that PVC is made from fossil fuels.

'I was a hypocrite when it comes to fashion and clothes': Nathalie said she had only recently been made aware that two years' worth of drinking water is used to make one cotton shirt

'I was a hypocrite when it comes to fashion and clothes': Nathalie said she had only recently been made aware that two years' worth of drinking water is used to make one cotton shirt

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