This is 50! Halle Berry shows off her incredible Bond girl body in bikini photoshoot

PUBLISHED: 22:05, 30 August 2016 | UPDATED: 23:21, 30 August 2016

She may, on paper, have turned 50 this month.

But Halle Berry's body could arouse envy in a woman half her age.

On Tuesday, the erstwhile Bond girl posted an Instagram photo from a seaside photoshoot, baring her taut abs and showstopping legs in a sparse black bikini.

Heart-stopping: On Tuesday, Halle Berry defied her 50 years in an Instagram dispatch from a seaside bikini photoshoot

Hasn't aged a day: Arguably her most iconic bikini shot was taken when she played Bond girl 'Jinx' Johnson opposite Pierce Brosnan in the 2002 film Die Another Day

Leaning back against a pillar, she lifted her arms to bundle her hair over her head in such a way as to throw a shadow on most of her face. A mischievous smile, though, was still visible.

Black netting spiderwebbed across her cleavage and the detailing featured on her bikini bottoms too.

The Academy Award winner bent her pencil thin left leg halfway across the right, emphasising its length and slenderness in the photo she captioned: 'BTS on my last shoot of the summer'.

'With open arms I welcome 50': The erstwhile Bond girl posted a similar tribute to her agelessness on her birthday 14 August

On her actual birthday, 14 August, she'd posted a photo of herself in nothing but a floral lacy white shawl, spreading her arms serenely as it draped her impossibly svelte physique.

The mother of two captioned it: 'With open arms I welcome 50... I'm so blessed to be here!'

A week later, she told USA Today that 'people have said to me, "You’re turning 50. Oh, God. How does that make you feel?" Well, I feel great. I’ve never been defined by a number or my age. And I’ve never felt better.'

In a possible preemptive reference to the bikini post, she said: 'This whole year is going to be about 50. My Instagram is going to be blown up with what 50 looks like, feels like, thinks like. It’s going to be a "50 year" for me and I cannot wait.'

And many more: A week later she told USA Today her Instagram page would 'be about 50' throughout the year

On Monday, she refurbished in her Bond girl credentials in the new trailer for Kevin Hart's forthcoming stand-up special/comedy film, Kevin Hart: What Now?

His performance for a 50,000-strong audience in Philadelphia's Lincoln Financial Field is preceded by a takeoff on spy movies detailing how he got to the stage.

In one sequence, the tuxedo-clad comedian finds himself in a brutal knife fight, during which Berry, coiffed and glamorous, does nothing.

When he upbraids her for neglecting to involve herself and get 'messed up,' she deadpans: 'Kevin, I'm Halle Berry. I don't get messed up.' To which the 37-year-old retorts: 'That's some Halle Bulls***.'

Kevin Hart: What Now? opens in the United States 14 October.

'I don't get messed up': On Monday, she refurbished her Bond girl credentials in spy movie parody section of Kevin Hart's (left) upcoming stand-up special, Kevin Hart: What Now?

Halle Berry at 50: 'It’s a great place to be'