The 'Supergirl' says her ink collection is a reminder of who she is beneath her costumes
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NEED TO KNOW
- Milly Alcock has 20 tattoos and sees them as personal expressions of her identity
- The actress views her tattoos as snapshots of different life chapters and a grounding reminder of who she is
- Alcock admitted tattoos are addictive and joked about getting another one after her interview on Last Meals
Milly Alcock may be preparing to introduce a new version of Kara Zor-El to audiences in Supergirl, but off-screen, one of the most personal expressions of who she is can be found written all over her skin.
During a recent appearance on Last Meals, Alcock, 26, revealed that she has 20 tattoos and they are more than just body art.
When host Josh Scherer pointed out that she has “a fair amount of tattoos,” Alcock casually dropped the number.
“Twenty,” she told him, with a shoulder shrug and a big teasing smile.
The revelation surprised Scherer, 34, who replied, “You have 20 tattoos. Hell yeah!”
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While some people avoid tattoos because they worry they'll change over time, Alcock sees things differently.
“Being an actor, my body is my tool,” she explained. “But also my body's in service of other people and a character and whoever I need to be.”
With House of Dragon launching her to international fame and Supergirl her biggest role yet, Alcock has spent the past few years stepping into increasingly high-profile characters. Her tattoos, she explained, are one thing that remains entirely her own.
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“There's something very grounding about at the end of the day, taking it all off, and it's my skin, you know?” she said. “It's personalized to me.”
The actress also connected her love of tattoos to the way her life has evolved in the past few years. Since leaving Australia and spending much of her time traveling and working abroad, Alcock has come to see identity as something that's always shifting.
“I think that living in a different country and traveling so much, you become this collage of everywhere that you're from and who you are in the center of that,” Alcock told Scherer. “So I think we're always in flux.”
That outlook appears to be exactly why tattoos resonate with her. Rather than seeing them as permanent markers that lock a person into a specific version of themselves, Alcock views them as snapshots of different chapters, experiences and moments along the way.
Of course, there's another reason she keeps adding to the collection.
“They're also just really addictive,” she admitted, with a laugh. “I want to get another one.”
“What are you doing after this?” Scherer joked.
“Getting another tattoo,” Alcock replied with a laugh.
Supergirl hits theaters on June 26.
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