Yellowjackets' Liv Hewson in Bathing Suit is "Revived by the Sea Air"

Liv Hewson is enjoying a well-earned vacation on the open sea. The 26-year-old Yellowjackets star is on a boat with her pals, and looks happy and relaxed in photos posted by her friends. “@liv.hewson being revived by the sea air,” one friend captioned a sweet picture of the actress wearing a swimsuit with a blue shirt over it. How does she stay so fit? Read on to see 5 ways Hewson stays in shape and the photos that prove they work—and to get beach-ready yourself, don't miss these essential 30 Best-Ever Celebrity Bathing Suit Photos!

1. She Has a Beer Occasionally

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Hewson enjoys the occasional beer, especially when she’s with friends. “Believe it or not, you can find medical articles in sources like the New England Journal of Medicine which show that light to moderate beer drinkers decrease their chance of stroke by 20%,” says Jim Collins, PhD. “Some studies show that drinking moderate amounts of beer lowers the chance of developing coronary disease by 30-40%, compared to people who don’t drink at all. Why is this? Beer contains similar amounts of polyphenols as red wine and 4 to 5 times as many polyphenols as white wine.”

2. She Loves Camping

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Hewson loves spending time in the great outdoors. “Camping provides a host of benefits,” says Christina Pay, Extension Assistant Professor at Utah State University. “Simply put, camping is good for you, both in body and mind. Benefits include relationship building, opportunities to learn and develop new skills, unplugging and getting away from screens, connecting with nature, stress reduction, and increasing physical fitness. The fitness benefits of camping are well documented. Research suggests that physical activity in the outdoors and feelings of connection to nature enhance psychological health and well-being. Activities such as walking in forests and participating in outdoor activities have been shown to enhance mood and focus, and increase attention and cognitive capacity.”

3. She Loves the Beach

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Hewson loves the beach—which is not only fun, but has incredible mental and physical health benefits, experts say. “Being in the sea is ‘being at one’ with the sea; the space, the sensory awareness, the refreshing sensation, the motion, the smell and the challenge,” says Joe Sabien, CEO of Sea Sanctuary in Cornwall, UK. “Be it swimming, surfing, sailing or SUPing, your time in the water gives you the time and opportunity to explore often self-imposed limitations, allowing you to be present in that moment.”

4. She Enjoys Ice Cream

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Hewson likes the occasional ice cream when she’s out in the sunshine. “Yes, ice cream can be part of a healthy lifestyle,” says Kelly Hogan, MS, RD. “Eating ice cream in moderation, if you enjoy and desire it, indicates a healthy relationship with food and gives you a lot more brain space to focus on other important things in your life. I often tell clients the stress caused by avoiding certain foods, like ice cream, because they are perceived as 'bad' is a lot more harmful in the short- and long-term.”

5. She Loves To Skateboard

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Hewson enjoys skateboarding, which experts say offers a wealth of benefits whatever your age. “Older people talked about the profound experiences they were having and I ended up looking at skateboarding and religion,” says Dr. Paul O’Connor, 46, a lecturer in sociology at the University of Exeter in the UK. “Religion didn’t really resonate with them, but when it came to experiencing a sense of meaning, community, and ritual, they found that in skateboarding… For a lot of middle-aged people, once you have responsibilities, like a mortgage and kids, it’s nice to have an identity away from that kind of stuff. The best time to skate is as an older person as you are plugged into online and skatepark communities from day one.”

Jasmin Savoy Brown plays the younger Taissa on Yellowjackets, and in real life, she seems just as amazingly driven. Besides already racking up illustrious roles in the hit series and The Leftovers and the hit movie Scream, the 27-year-old has a new podcast, the Netflix-produced The Homo Schedule, with fellow Yellowjacket Liv Hewson. It’s good you’ll be hearing more from her: the woman is smart. (That’s not to say she’s all work and no play; Brown just shared a photo on Instagram from fellow Scream star Sonia Ammar, having fun on the beach.) How does Jasmin Savoy Brown keep it real while staying so busy? Read on to see 7 ways and the photos that prove they work—and to get beach-ready yourself, don't miss these essential 30 Best-Ever Celebrity Bathing Suit Photos!

1. She Can Relate to Tai

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“Oh, I’m definitely most like Tai. I’m way too serious. I talk about the Enneagram a lot and I’m a 4w3 while she’s a 3w2. So we both share this three and four energy. Similar to Tai, I’m also an Aries [sun] and a Scorpio rising, but I have a Cancer moon. So I’m just all this grrrr but when I’m alone with someone I love I’m a little” more soft, “you know what I mean? Just like her,” she told Nerdist.

2. She Made Sure Her Character’s Blackness Was Intact

“Tai has definitely learned that her identity is not what she thought it was. To get specific, a lot of her identity had to do with her hair,” she told Nerdist. “And that was really important to me [as a Black woman]. That’s why she wrapped [her hair] every night. She kept her wash day routine the best she could. Even when she’s sneaking for a little make out in the water, she keeps her hair wrapped. And then when she goes on that excursion to try to save everyone, she cuts it off. To her, it was practicality but I think subconsciously there was more going on there of shedding the identity attached to society.”

3. She Bonded With Her Cast

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"It's been quite an experience ... nice and bizarre," Brown told the Today Show. "We shot the pilot in 2019 in literally a different world. Then we shot over COVID and were in a bubble because the borders were closed up in Canada. So we didn’t even have visitors. Normally you have friends and you bring them to set and it already feels living and breathing but it really felt like it was our little secret because no one could come to set."

4. She Likes Engaging with Fans

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“Everyone’s like, 'I’m sure your phone’s getting blown up right now so I don’t want to bother you,'” Brown explained. “No, actually ... not that many people text me because they don’t want to bother me. I really want them to text me because I like knowing! So that’s why I started engaging a little more online, because I love reading the fan theories. People will come up with things that I've never even thought of, or they’ll point things out that I would’ve never noticed. So many little details people pointed out that I completely missed,” she told Today.

5. She Made Sure Tai Was “Lived in Person”

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“I’ve seen a lot of queer content where the character feels half-baked, and it’s such a rip-off and it makes me feel sad and used, as if we’re props,” Brown recently told NBC OUT. “I just wanted to really make sure we went fully in the opposite direction, had a completely lived-in person who isn’t defined by her queerness, but her queerness is celebrated even in the nuances.” She added: “It’s subtle changes that really make a difference and me as an audience member feel seen when I’m watching something. It’s the showing versus saying. It’s the doing versus alluding to."

Ella Purnell is channeling Pamela Anderson’s Baywatch look! The star, whose show Yellowjackets aired its season finale on Sunday (she plays Jackie, the Queen Bee of the high school), showed off her fabulous figure in a red swimsuit on Instagram this week, captioning it “went to Barbados and all I got was this stupid tan.” How does the 25-year-old prioritize health and wellness? Read on to see 5 ways Ella Purnell takes care of herself both mentally and physically and the photos that prove they work—and to get beach-ready yourself, don't miss these essential 30 Best-Ever Celebrity Bathing Suit Photos!

1. She Avoids Seafood

Purnell doesn’t eat anything from under the sea, and when she was filming the show Sweetbitter, it was sort of a problem. “I have a stomach condition where I can’t eat certain foods, which is really convenient when you get cast as a lead in a food show,” she told Decider. “There was one oyster scene that was the most important scene in the whole season. They’re like, ‘You have to eat an oyster.’ I was like ‘If I eat an oyster, I’m taking two weeks off work because I will be so sick.'”

2. She Hikes

The young actress seems to enjoy outdoor activities, like hitting the beach and hiking. She recently shared a photo from one of her adventures, enjoying a hike in Canada where Yellowjackets was filmed

3. She Roller Skates

Purnell also loves to roller skate and fills her Instagram feeds with photos and videos on herself rolling around. “A chilled morning skate with the eagles in the mountains of Vancouver Island // lately I’ve been focusing on flow; just getting smoother with those transitions and filler moves like disco spins and dips. Still struggling to balance with that heal toe spin at the end but getting better at coming out of them without landing on my ass!” she captioned a recent video.

4. She Has Battled Anxiety and Depression

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“I have anxiety and have had depression in the past,” she told the Evening Standard. “When I was 15 or 16 I had a bad experience at school — some issues with other classmates and somebody I was seeing, we don’t need to go into it. I started self-harming and did that for a long time until my mum caught me and I started to learn about it [mental health].” Ella admits she misunderstood depression up until that point. “Self-harm is not about attention — I hid [my scars] for six months, wore long T-shirts, covered them up with make-up. It’s about punishing yourself, for people who dislike themselves or suffer from insecurity or self-doubt,” she continued. "I still have the scars and it’s something that I did that I will always regret: it hurt a lot of people around me and it’s on my body forever.”

5. She Reads

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Ella is a big reader. “With a good book,” she responded when asked by Conde Nast Traveler how she relaxes. “I’m reading Raven Black by Ann Cleeves right now, and I think I just predicted the ending. Although I do quite often predict them wrong, so I’ll keep reading.’

1. She Loves Oysters

Lawrence enjoys oysters, which are a great source of vitamin D, copper, selenium, iron, vitamin B12, and zinc. “Yes, oysters are very good for you,” says preventive cardiology dietitian Julia Zumpano, RD, LD. “In fact, you probably didn’t know that it’s hard to beat all the health benefits of oysters from a nutritional standpoint. Oysters can really pack a healthy punch. Think of oysters as little shells full of nutrients.”

2. She Stays True To Herself

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Being on a reality show didn’t affect Lawrence’s sense of self. “For me it was easy because I just didn’t have to think about it,” she told COMPLEX. “I just said what I wanted to say, I did what I wanted to do. There wasn’t much thought into it because I was like, this is just who I am as a person. I look back and I’m like, OK, maybe I shouldn’t have done or said that, but then I’m like, well, I’m being authentic. So that’s me. And if people don’t like something that I did or said, then they might just not like me.”

3. She Loves Her “Beach Hair”

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Lawrence isn’t a fan of the overly-groomed look, preferring messier “beach hair”. “A lot of people just tell me to brush my hair, which I don’t disagree with them,” she jokes. Lawrence’s hair might actually be healthier this way, experts say, "After only a day of not using irons or heat instruments to style the hair, it will be in the condition that our hair is which is dehydrated, fragile, dull, and lifeless," says Garnier celebrity hairstylist Millie Morales. "After a month, you will notice an incredible, stronger change in your hair. You would have recovered the hydration, the natural oils of your hair and would have strengthened the protective layer of the hair."

4. She Loves the Water

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Lawrence has posted lots of snaps of herself frolicking in the ocean (in a bikini, of course!). “The color blue has been found by an overwhelming amount of people to be associated with feelings of calm and peace,” says clinical psychologist Richard Shuster, PsyD. “Staring at the ocean actually changes our brain waves’ frequency and puts us into a mild meditative state.”

5. She Loves to Dance

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Lawrence enjoys dancing, based on her TikTok posts. “We know that movement is good for everyone,” says Emily Sandow, supervisor of dance physical therapy at NYU Langone’s Harkness Center for Dance Injuries. “A healthy lifestyle is integrating the mind, body and soul relationship, and dance has all of those characteristics. Everyone can do something, even if it’s just you just tapping your foot. Everyone can do something where they can move their body to music, and that’s really valuable.”

Sunny Johnston, of Teen Mom, is now 27 and has become a large presence on Instagram over the years. She’s a local realtor in Alaska. She’s also married to Levi Johnston, who previously had a relationship with Bristol Palin. Johnston just went snorkeling, and shared a new photo from the day on Instagram. In it, she wore a bathing suit. She captioned the post, “Staying out of the tropical rainstorm today, under water with the sea critters.” How does she stay so fit? Read on to see 5 ways Sunny Johnston stays in shape and the photos that prove they work—and to get beach-ready yourself, don't miss these essential 30 Best-Ever Celebrity Bathing Suit Photos!

1. She Isn’t Focused On Weight Loss

Johnston is open about her diet on Instagram. She eats what she calls an “animal-based diet”, which means a lot of meat and eggs. In this post, Johnston talked about the reasons she is on this diet. “I eat whatever of these things I feel like eating, whenever I feel hungry, until I’m full. I’m on this journey for health reasons- the weight loss has just been an extra benefit.”

2. She Hikes

Johnston does a lot of outdoor activities to stay in shape. One thing she likes to do is go hiking. She shares a lot of highlights from hikes on Instagram. She shared this photo of herself hiking with her children. Johnston captioned the post, “Delta's first butte hike. So proud of my girls. (Proud of me too because that was a rough first hike after baby).”

3. She Catches Fresh Fish

Johnston eats a lot of fish. And she makes sure that she’s getting it as fresh as she can. Johnston and her family do a lot of fishing together. She shared this photo on Instagram of a bunch of fish that her family caught. She captioned it, “Slayin’ the reds. Time to get to smoking and canning.”

4. She Took A Social Media Break

Johnston recently took a break from social media. She opened up about what she did in that break, and why she also took that break in this video she posted on Instagram. Johnston captioned it, “I’ve done this before, and I never regret it. Being fully present with family, with work, with relationships etc. SO important. (Also bear with me while I try to figure out how to do reels).”

5. She Swims

As you can tell from her recent post, Johnston is an avid swimmer. This exercise has a lot of benefits. Better Health reports, “Swimming is a good all-round activity because it: keeps your heart rate up but takes some of the impact stress off your body. Builds endurance, muscle strength and cardiovascular fitness. Helps you maintain a healthy weight, healthy heart and lungs. Tones muscles and builds strength. Provides an all-over body workout, as nearly all of your muscles are used during swimming.”