Sarah Jayne Dunn put on an eye-popping festive display when she posed topless by the Christmas tree.

It might be cold outside, but the former Hollyoaks star made sure temperatures soared indoors with her steamy holiday shoot. The 42-year-old looked gorgeous and left little to the imagination, covering up her assets using a long wrapped present with a red bow.

The soap beauty showed off her killed figure, having stripped to some festive red and blue underwear. She looked playful as ever as she shot a cheeky stare away from the camera in front of the decorated tree

Another saucy snap showed her beaming into the camera as she clutched the present. She let her beautiful blonde locks roam free in loose, wavy tresses and was perfectly dolled up for the camera, with bright red lippy to compliment her Christmas look.

Other snaps saw her stunning in a skimpy red bra and matching underwear, suitably printed with candy canes and snowflakes. This time, she kneeled by the tree in her outfit, which exposed her cool thigh tattoo.

Sarah says she wants to inspire other women to feel like they can be “sexy” regardless of age. She told Daily Star: “I want to be an inspiration to other women. I want to show that we can be in our 40s, 50s, 60s and still be strong and sassy and sexy and not be disregarded when you get to a certain age. It’s bull***t and old fashioned.”

But she’s not only demonstrated her modelling skills in her glamorous photoshoots. Last year, she turned her talents to directing them as she had creative control over her amazing 2023 calendar.

She said: “It was the first time I’ve done a calendar on my own, but it’s the first time I’ve done the calendar and have full creative control of it. So it was a really important thing for me to do. I wanted to tick a list for myself and go ‘Right, I’ve done that’. It feeds back into everything that I’ve done in the last year. The sole purpose of the last year has been me taking back control of what I’m doing, my schedule, my life, my image, my body. Everything.”

So for me, doing the calendar myself was really important. I got to choose my creative team, I got to choose how the calendar looked, I got to choose where we shot it, the vibe of the whole thing. I really wanted it to be a female-heavy crew and it was. And we had an amazing photographer who was based out in Marbella, and he was great. Really laid back. We just had a really nice time and it felt there was no pressure to produce something that was on someone else’s terms.”