Chloe Sevigny: Stunning in Sequin Bra, Shares Struggles

Hairstylist Louis Ghewy coiffed Sevigny's signature blonde locks and make-up artist Karin Westerlund defined her brows and brought out her lashes for the shoot

The New Englander has been modeling since age 17 in 1992 for Sassy magazine and Kim Gordon's fashion label X-Girl, but she's always considered herself an 'alternative, unconventional beauty'

'I never felt pretty my whole life,' Sevigny confessed in her Harper's Bazaar cover story hitting newsstands May 5. 'There were very pretty girls in my class, very conventionally pretty, especially within the 1980s standards of what that meant. I knew that I wasn't'

The Emmy nominee definitely feels 'pressure to maintain' her appeal in Hollywood, and she appeared to hint at getting the occasional face filler: 'I'm going to do all the little things. I just haven't done the major things'

'But I think also for women, if you were always touted as "the most beautiful woman in the world," it must be just really, really challenging,' Sevigny said. 'I don't have that. I've never felt that'

The Miu Miu FW/26 catwalker revealed one of her 'tricks' on the red carpet and runway is to crack a little smile: 'Otherwise I have a resting-bi***, dour, whatever, old-lady face, so I also have to just bring a little joy'

Sevigny noted that cell phone fan footage and the lighting on red carpets and runways is not 'doing anybody any favors' these days

'There's no more glamour or nuance to it,' the Ryan Murphy regular said. 'As an aging woman, it sounds less enjoyable to be a part of all that, because it just feels really vulnerable and exposed, and then you're just being picked apart on the internet'

Sevigny will next portray Tatum McKenzie opposite Jennifer Garner's (L) food blogger in Minkie Spiro's eight-episode drama The Five-Star Weekend, which closes the 31st annual Nantucket Film Festival on June 22 before streaming on Peacock July 16

'My agents sent it to me, and I was like, "This is too mainstream. My fans are not going to like it,"' the Golden Globe winner said. '[But the scripts were] really strong'

Sevigny will also star opposite FKA twigs in electronic duo Boy Harsher's (Jae Matthews and Augustus Muller) upcoming erotic horror thriller, The Lonely Woman (pictured November 25)

On the personal front, the Atropia actress has been married to Karma Art Gallery director Siniša Mačković for six years, but they began dating in 2018 (pictured December 16)

Sevigny and the Croatian 44-year-old will celebrate their son Vanja Sevigny Mačković's sixth birthday on May 2 (pictured in 2024)