Kate Winslet, Lupita Nyong'o, and Penelope Cruz Star in 2017 Pirelli Calendar

published 28 August 16

Pirelli has announced the stars of its 2017 calendar—an impressive assemblage of A-list actresses. Peter Lindbergh shot Helen Mirren, Kate Winslet, Nicole Kidman, Robin Wright, Uma Thurman, Alicia Vikander, Juliane Moore, Rooney Mara, Penelope Cruz, Jessica Chastain, Lupita Nyong'o, Charlotte Rampling, Lea Seydoux, and Zhang Ziyi. Anastasia Ignatoya, a political theory professor at Moscow State University, is the last face in the calendar—a special guest and the only person not in the film industry.

The first behind-the-scene images were also released:

Like last year, the women are clothed—the second time Pirelli has done a calendar that isn't all nude (opens in new tab).

Earrings, Cap, Jewellery, Photographer, Jacket, Camera, Digital camera, Single-lens reflex camera, Reflex camera, Eyelash, — Nicole Kidman

Hand, Single-lens reflex camera, Comfort, Tooth, Camera, Wrist, Film camera, Photographer, Digital camera, Digital SLR, — Uma Thurman

Lindbergh photographed the women in five locations: Berlin, London, Los Angeles, New York, and France's Le Touquet (north of Paris). He has shot the calendar two other times, in 1996 and 2002.

Alyssa Bailey

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