Anna Maxwell Martin Stuns in Racy Mini Skirt

Motherland star looked unrecognisable in racy look as she attended the launch of her new Apple TV show on Wednesday. 

The actress, 48, rocked a black lace mini skirt which she teamed with a leather shirt that featured fluted sleeves. 

She topped off the edgy ensemble with a pair of opaque stockings and suede stiletto heels. 

Rounding everything off, Anna opted for a glamorous makeup look and styled her hair into a sleek updo. 

Her new TV series, Star City, is a spin-off of For All Mankind, and will drop on the streaming service on May 29. 

It follows cosmonauts, engineers, and intelligence officers as they work on the Soviet space program.

Anna will star alongside Rhys Ifans, who joined her on the red carpet, as well as Lyudmilla Raskova. 

Among the acclaimed actress' huge variety of performances, her role as Julia in BBC comedy Motherland is perhaps her most loved, but the star looked worlds away from her harried character as she made a dazzling display on the red carpet.

Anna previously admitted she almost lost out on the career-defining part in Motherland, thanks to her own 'horrible' attitude.

'When I auditioned for Motherland I was livid. I was horrible. I had reached a bit of a nadir with my career and I was in the early years of motherhood, and exhausted,' she remembered during an interview with The Guardian.

'What I really wanted was to be at home with my kids. As a result I was surly in the room. To my shock, I got a phone call the next day from my agent saying: "They really like you. They want to see you again." I said: "No. Not going in again. Why do I have to go in again?"'

'They said: "Graham Linehan [who helped develop the pilot] is a bit scared of you." Thankfully, it turns out that's what they wanted from my character Julia.'

Anna gushed of her pride for the show and what her co-stars have gone onto achieve in their careers, singling out the success of Lucy Punch and her spin-off series Amandaland, which returns for an anticipated Christmas special this month.

'I’m so proud of what everyone’s doing now. Diane [Morgan] has her own show, and Paul [Ready] is in it with her. Amandaland is fantastic. I do sometimes wonder, though: why is everyone else working together?' she laughed of her lack of involvement in the new show. 

'I even asked Lucy [Punch] recently, "Can I come along to the Amandaland set, just for the day?" But she said no.'

In February 2024, Diane Morgan, 50, one of the shows leading women who plays single mother Liz, revealed that the critically-acclaimed and hugely popular comedy would not return.

The actress told RadioTimes: 'I hate to say it because I still get women running up to me with prams in the street asking me when it’s coming back.'

Spin off series Amandaland hit screens last year, with a second series coming soon.