Kristen Bell believes in "authentic honesty"

She said: "For the Emmys, I wore this beautiful dress and you couldn't wear a bra, and I took Leukoflex tape and I taped my nipple to my shoulder. It was beautiful, the image was beautiful.

"I really believe in authentic honesty. I'm going to put this on social media. And I posted a picture and I circled my nipple and I said, 'This is now up here. Thank you Leukoflex.' I got so many questions about it. Which, to be honest, I was very happy to answer.

"What I chose to do at the time was to be very honest and open about it."

Kristen - who shot to fame as the title character in 2004 TV series 'Veronica Mars' - thinks television has grown more appealing in recent years as there is scope for more "risk" taking than there used to be.

Speaking to NET-A-PORTER's digital magazine, The EDIT, about why she thinks TV is more favourable than films in the entertainment world, she said: "In a time where we're more disconnected, we're craving intimacy and there's intimacy in TV. Previously, you wanted to worship the idol; you wanted to go to the movie theater and see the fantasy. But I think a lot of that has worn off and what's interesting now is seeing people take risks."

And the actress admitted she learned a lot about her own acting abilities during her three years on the show.

She said: "'Veronica Mars' was where I learned how to do any version of what I do now. I didn't realise that I could seem strong and vulnerable at the same time. I didn't realise I could play snarky in a way in which people would want to watch."