Aimee Lou Wood wraps up on snowy festive set as she films exciting new Christmas advert

Aimee Lou Wood has been pictured on a picturesque set of a Christmassy street filled with festive decorations and the streets lined with snow as she takes on her latest filming project.

The White Lotus and Sex Education star, 31, is currently filming for the new Marks & Spencer Christmas advert, and will need to channel her acting skills for imaging the climate is much chillier than the current scorching August heatwave. The upmarket food and lifestyle shop's Christmas adverts have become somewhat of a staple around the festive period – rivalling the likes of John Lewis, Aldi and other brands with its Christmas campaigns.

And it seems M&S are pulling out all the stops once again and have this time recruited actress Aimee to be at the helm of this year's festive offering.

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Photos show Aimee shunning the scorching heatwave and imagining a chillier climate as she is dressed in a faux-fur, cheetah print inspired jacket with a collar and long sleeves. The gorgeous jacket is paired with some fashionable, black wide leg trousers and heeled boots with a pointed toe.

Aimee had her long brunette locks styled down and in soft waves with a middle parting to frame her face. The actress looks to be getting into the festive spirit on set as she's seen pulling a funny face and pumping her hands up to the sky – in clear excitement over her next filming project.

In other snaps, Aimee appears to be taking a break from wearing the thick furry jacket in the middle of the August heatwave as she folds it over her arms while standing with other actors on set.

Aimee was embracing the cameras snapping photos of her on the set as she was seen holding two peace signs up and confidently pouting as a photographer snapped away.

Other snaps see her with hair and stylist specialists to ensure her look for the highly-anticipated festive ad is seamless.

Meanwhile, a broader view of the magical set gives us an early idea on what to expect from this year's advert. A festive, traditional high street is laden with massive baubles, traditional lamp posts decorated with snow and festive wreaths while a number of snowy trees are also pictured on the set.

Finally, a shop is decorated with green busy garlands, bows and festive green wreaths while the floor is covered in a layer of snow.

The stunning actress rose to fame on Netflix’s hit series, Sex Education, where she played the loveable Aimee Gibbs. She went on to become a massive star with a legion of loyal fans.

Fans were over the moon when she was announced as a main cast member for series three of The White Lotus. She played Walton Goggins' young girlfriend, Chelsea, and became a huge hit with international audiences.

She also stars in Netflix's Toxic Town and co-created BBC's upcoming series, Film Club.

The Stockport-born star has been open about her life and previously opened up on learning to love herself while overcoming issues with low self esteem.

While Aimee was still at school, her parents split up, and her mother's new partner paid for her to attend a fancy private school. However, she was the target of bullies and it further dented her confidence.

Despite her difficulties, however, Aimee found solace in acting, studying for a drama A Level at Cheadle Hume School before studying at the Oxford School of Drama, and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA).

Barely two years after graduating in 2017, she got the role in Sex Education and the rest was history. She even scooped up the British Academy Television Award for Best Female Comedy Performance.

In a 2020 interview with Glamour, Aimee shared how she had suffered from body dysmorphia all her life, revealing: "When I think back now, I was so harsh to myself. I actually wrote on my mirror when I was younger, "fat," in lipstick so that every day I'd go to it and go, "Okay, just remind yourself that that's what you are."

Despite struggling with confidence issues, she threw herself into Sex Education’s explicit scenes and made her first topless appearance.

She said of her decision: "With the masturbation montage, even with all the unflattering angles I thought, 'Think of the young girls that are going to be watching this and going, ‘Oh thank God, that's what I do,’ or, ‘we don't always look perfect'.

"I remember before the first sex scene, I thought, "Right, okay. I'll start eating salads every day," and I just didn't. That was such a turning point for me, making that decision to go, ‘Actually, I'm not going to alter how my body looks before this scene because this is how my body looks'."