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Gillian Anderson replicated her 2024 Golden Globes gown that was memorably covered in vulvas for her wax figure at Madame Tussauds London
The Sex Education actress shared details on the design when speaking with Jimmy Kimmel on his late-night show on Dec. 2
Anderson explained why she chose to be waxed in that dress specifically
Gillian Anderson reproduced her vulva-covered gown.
The Sex Education actress, 57, revealed on Jimmy Kimmel Live! that she duplicated the dress she wore to the 2024 Golden Globes that was memorably detailed with several (several hundred, that is) motifs of the female reproductive organ.
Anderson, whose headline-worthy dress was custom-designed by Gabriela Hearst, explained to Jimmy Kimmel that the gown was unconventionally replicated for her wax figure at Madame Tussauds London.
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Gillian Anderson’s wax figure at Madame Tussauds London.
“It’s a dress that Gabriela Hearst made for me to wear to the Golden Globes, and it has hundreds of vulvas,” she explained of the dress that was recreated for the lifelike, three-dimensional sculpture that stands in the U.K. wax museum.
“Many, many artisans took many hours to create those vulvas on my dress,” she told Kimmel. “The actual dress was a piece of couture, and the same woman who created it created a second one to live at Madame Tussauds.”
Kimmel also asked Anderson for her initial thoughts upon seeing the near-identical replica of herself for the first time.
“The weirdest thing is that it looks exactly like me in person, and it looks nothing like me at the same time,” she shared. “Sometimes you stand in front of it and you gasp because it feels like it’s alive, it’s looking back at me. It’s really creepy.”
The mom of three went on to reveal her family’s first impressions.
“We were all freaked out, but we all liked it at the same time. We were gasping,” she recalled.
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Anderson’s wax figure was introduced in November, and she shared the backstory behind why she opted to be immortalized in the iconic vulva dress on the launch day at Madame Tussauds.
“When I got the call from Madame Tussauds to say they wanted to create a wax figure of me, I thought, really? Who would want to see a figure of me on a carpet rather than as a character?” she said, per the museum’s website.
“Then I thought about this dress and realized, yes, it makes sense to re-create this moment at the Golden Globes,” she continued. “The dress became a much bigger conversation than even I had anticipated, with so many people reacting positively for different reasons.”
Anderson concluded, “I think this dress represents empowerment for women, celebrating bodily autonomy and freedom from shame. I wanted to give people the chance to stand next to it and revel in the audacity of it.”
At the 2024 Golden Globes, Anderson told PEOPLE exclusively that the dress has a floral inspiration, noting what she loved most about it was that “it’s covered in peonies!”
On the red carpet at the event, she shared with reporters that the dress was covered in “vaginas.”
“[I wore it] for so many reasons,” the actress told Deadline of the female anatomy design, adding, “it’s brand appropriate.”
According to the label, each motif on the dress took three and a half hours to embroider.
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