Olivia Cooke found nude scenes in The Girlfriend unsettling

The Girlfriend star Olivia Cooke says her insecurities were exposed when she shot nude scenes for the TV series.

Olivia Cooke felt “insecure” filming nude scenes in The Girlfriend.

The 31-year-old actress appeared in the buff as Cherry Laine in the Amazon Prime Video series and confessed that she found it challenging not having clothes on in a public setting.

Olivia told The Sunday Times newspaper: “It’s so hard not to feel insecure when only yourself and your partner and your doctor see you like that.”

The House of the Dragon star recalled how she skipped breakfast on the day she was due to film a nude scene, a decision she later regretted as the sequence kept getting delayed.

She said: “I felt like I was gonna faint… I was like, ‘I’m not doing this any more, no way. Give me a croissant!'”

Olivia explained that she opted to delete Instagram from her phone because she feels a sense of insecurity about her body.

The Sound of Metal star said: “To not be inundated with endlessly shrinking bodies has been a relief.

“I don’t think I’ve ever navel-gazed that hard about my own body until now. Not to blame this on the patriarchy, but it does just feel like another way to suppress women (and) make them even more anxious and scared about just being in a bigger body.”

Olivia also opened up about the traumatic experience of suffering a mental breakdown in her early 20s.

She said: “Panic attacks every day for three weeks.

“I wouldn’t wish it on my worst enemy. It was like you’re being tortured from within.”

Cooke added: “I don’t want to be too dramatic, but it got to the point where I was, like, ‘I don’t want to be here any more.'”

However, the star found an escape from her torment through her roles in the TV series Bates Motel and other films.

Olivia said: “Between action and cut, that was like heaven.”

The actress grew up in the northern English town of Oldham and admits that her working-class background meant she had to work even harder to make it in the industry.

She explained: “You have to work twice as hard just to have that door opened for you. If you’re growing up with no connections and no money, how are you gonna get down to London for an open audition?”