Actress Jennifer Lawrence says the celebrity nude photograph leak was "all pain and no gain".

The star was targeted in August 2014 by hackers who leaked photographs of her and other celebrities online, which quickly went viral on social media.

Now she has opened up about the scandal, as she stuns on the cover of the December issue of the Vogue magazine, reports mirror.co.uk.

Posing in green, the actress wears minimal make-up and appears natural for the shoot, putting on another confident front following the incident.

Speaking of the incident, she admitted: "It was all pain and no gain. But I don't dwell on it unless someone brings it up. Have you seen me naked?"

The star revealed she first found out about the hack when her mother visited her with her new puppy.

She said: "I was outside crying, and Pippi jumped up on my lap and started licking up all my tears, and I couldn't put her down for hours. And I mean, hours. I was like, 'Well, obviously, you're mine'."