Actress Gwyneth Paltrow has shared a stunning make-up free selfie to celebrate her 44th birthday.

The Oscar-winner posted the natural photo showing her blonde hair hanging loose and a big smile on Tuesday.

Gwyneth Paltrow on the red carpet
Gwyneth Paltrow (Jordan Strauss/AP/PA)

She wrote in the caption: “#nomakeup for my 44th birthday, embracing my past and future. Thank you for the instalove#goopgoesmakeupfree @goop,” she wrote in the caption.

Gwyneth, who won the best actress Academy Award for Shakespeare In Love in 1999, said earlier this year she was making her lifestyle brand goop her “24/7 focus right now”.

She famously used the website to announce she and Chris Martin were separating or going through a process called “conscious uncoupling”.

Gwyneth Paltrow.
Gwyneth Paltrow (Jordan Strauss/AP)

A judge finalised the divorce of Gwyneth and the Coldplay singer in July.

The former couple married in December 2003 and have two children together, daughter Apple, 12, and son Moses, 10.