Kate Walsh Poses Nude On Shape Magazine Cover (PHOTO)

Kate Walsh may be 44 years old, but she's not afraid to show some serious skin. In fact, the "Private Practice" star leaves little to the imagination on the cover of Shape magazine's March issue.

"Right now, I feel really healthy, confident, and sexy," she said about her decision to pose nude for the cover. "I’m enjoying my 40s and wanted to share that. Is it a mid-life crisis? I do drive a Porsche, so maybe it is!"

Although she plays a doctor on TV and finds herself working with faux plastic surgeons on the small screen, don't think Walsh is ready to go under the knife in reality any time soon.

"Everyone has her line in the sand. I draw mine at facials and laser treatments," she said. "But if others want to go a step further, it's their call."

Plastic surgery may not be her thing, but creating fragrances is definitely something Walsh has taken an interest in. She introduced the follow up to her "Boyfriend" scent -- "Billionaire Boyfriend" -- in January.

For more, head over to Shape, and don't miss the March issue, on newsstands February 27.

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[mamacat]

04:01 AM on 02/28/2012

I pray for the day when the disfiguring plastic surgery procedures go the way of the dodo bird.

[Jeff McConnell]

07:25 PM on 02/23/2012

What a bunch of bitter, unhappy people. The woman is beautful. Does it make you feel better about yourselves to cry "airbrush"! or to find some other criticism of her?

[dboiani]

10:17 PM on 02/23/2012

She's gorgeous, but it's not a critique of her, it's of the magazine industry. They can't accept a person's natural beauty, and have to enhance it with digital trickery. Why? To create an artificial sense of what's beautiful? To sell more magazines? Both? She's pretty without the photoshop. But they still photoshopped her, for sure.

[Jeff McConnell]

02:53 PM on 02/25/2012

Thank you for clearing that up for me. FF

[ranspears]

06:16 PM on 02/23/2012

What a bunch of BS! Don't pose "nude" if your going to cover up the good parts!

[dboiani]

10:17 PM on 02/23/2012

What do you mean? Her eyes are clearly visible.

[Bret W Michael]

05:53 PM on 02/23/2012

This has been Photoshoped cause I am sure you could see her Vagina in natural lighting

[SuzyScorp]

05:09 PM on 02/23/2012

Who is she? Is she an actress, singer, etc?? I've never heard of her before, for real...

[Azbo61]

05:07 PM on 02/23/2012

Again with the crappy headlines HP......doesn't look like she is "baring everything" to me...

[red4182]

07:55 PM on 02/23/2012

Of course she bared everything, everything that wasn't covered up.

[bucktownboy]

04:16 PM on 02/23/2012

Pretty with a nice smile and beautiful skin, just a little skinny. But not as good as that other 40 year old , Jennifer Annistin.

[ibe1grump]

04:02 PM on 02/23/2012

A little leg photochopping certainly cleaned that up!

[Teach1996]

03:04 PM on 02/23/2012

Hey Katie.......... Whats with the Ring!!!!

[dawglover704]

05:09 PM on 02/23/2012

That's what I was thinking

[fattrucker]

02:54 PM on 02/23/2012

her feet are kind of large

[BlackJAC]

02:28 PM on 02/23/2012

I will be supremely surprised if that doesn't wind up as a college kid's wall poster somewhere.

[chanelxx]

02:21 PM on 02/23/2012

She's beautiful and she doesn't look 44."If you got it, flaunt it"! Plus 40's is hot if you taking care of your figure.

[dawglover704]

05:10 PM on 02/23/2012

True that !
If I had that body at 40, I would do it too

[bucketbotman]

01:18 PM on 02/23/2012

That is not what I call naked. Naked is when you can see the areas that the sun does not shine on! Another misleading AOL headline.

[Tim Day]

12:53 PM on 02/23/2012

shes got that brown around her chute

[SmurphIt]

12:07 PM on 02/23/2012

Well I guess the old saying "If you got it, flaunt it" rang true for her