Maggie Gyllenhaal gets soaked on the beach while shooting Jameson Whiskey short film Home

Maggie Gyllenhaal got soaked on a Pacific Palisades beach last Friday while shooting the Jameson Whiskey short film Home.

The 38-year-old Oscar nominee ditched the swimwear in favour of a more modest patterned tank top and cropped trousers.

At the helm was the Irish liquor company's contest winner Kat Wood, making her directorial debut on the sandy set.

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Took a dip? Maggie Gyllenhaal got soaked on a Pacific Palisades beach last Friday while shooting the Jameson Whiskey short film Home

Took a dip? Maggie Gyllenhaal got soaked on a Pacific Palisades beach last Friday while shooting the Jameson Whiskey short film Home

The Sheffield-born Brit admitted she was 'really excited but also slightly terrified' to work with the Golden Globe winner and Columbia University grad.

'There's a whole element of this where I'm totally a beginner that excites me,' Maggie - born Margalit - told the website.

'We need new writers, we need new thinkers, we need new ideas. If you've any inclination to make films, then why not? What's the worst that could happen?'

Kevin Spacey and Dana Brunetti's company Trigger Street is producing the three winning shorts from Wood, Californian Cameron Thrower, and Australian Jason Perini. 

Shielding her alabaster complexion: The 38-year-old Oscar nominee ditched the swimwear in favour of a more modest patterned tank top and cropped trousers
Shielding her alabaster complexion: The 38-year-old Oscar nominee ditched the swimwear in favour of a more modest patterned tank top and cropped trousers

Shielding her alabaster complexion: The 38-year-old Oscar nominee ditched the swimwear in favour of a more modest patterned tank top and cropped trousers

'An amazing location for Day 4!' At the helm was the Irish liquor company's contest winner Kat Wood (behind camera), making her directorial debut on the sandy set

'An amazing location for Day 4!' At the helm was the Irish liquor company's contest winner Kat Wood (behind camera), making her directorial debut on the sandy set

The moment she won: The Sheffield-born Brit admitted she was 'really excited but also slightly terrified' to work with the Golden Globe winner and Columbia University grad

The moment she won: The Sheffield-born Brit admitted she was 'really excited but also slightly terrified' to work with the Golden Globe winner and Columbia University grad

Maggie - born Margalit - told the website: 'There's a whole element of this where I'm totally a beginner that excites me. We need new writers, we need new thinkers, we need new ideas'

Maggie - born Margalit - told the website: 'There's a whole element of this where I'm totally a beginner that excites me. We need new writers, we need new thinkers, we need new ideas'

She's starring in all three: Kevin Spacey and Dana Brunetti's company Trigger Street is producing the three winning shorts from Wood, Californian Cameron Thrower, and Australian Jason Perini

She's starring in all three: Kevin Spacey and Dana Brunetti's company Trigger Street is producing the three winning shorts from Wood, Californian Cameron Thrower, and Australian Jason Perini

The Real Thing thespian currently fronts the FW/16 campaign for shoe brand AGL, which was shot by Grammy-winning Canadian crooner Bryan Adams.

Gyllenhaal will next play a Times Square sex worker called Eileen 'Candy' Merrell in the 2017 HBO series, The Deuce, alongside James Franco and Zoe Kazan. 

Maggie and her husband Peter Sarsgaard - who are parents to daughters Ramona, 9, and Gloria, nearly 4 - will celebrate their seventh wedding anniversary on May 2.

The nepotistically-privileged New Yorker comes from a showbiz family, including Oscar-nominated screenwriter mother Naomi Achs, Emmy-nominated director father Stephen, and Oscar-nominated actor brother Jake.

Modeling gig: The Real Thing thespian currently fronts the FW/16 campaign for shoe brand AGL, which was shot by Grammy-winning Canadian crooner Bryan Adams 

Modeling gig: The Real Thing thespian currently fronts the FW/16 campaign for shoe brand AGL, which was shot by Grammy-winning Canadian crooner Bryan Adams 

Premiering in 2017! Gyllenhaal will next play a Times Square sex worker called Eileen 'Candy' Merrell in the HBO series, The Deuce, alongside James Franco and Zoe Kazan (pictured in November)
Premiering in 2017! Gyllenhaal will next play a Times Square sex worker called Eileen 'Candy' Merrell in the HBO series, The Deuce, alongside James Franco and Zoe Kazan (pictured in November)

Premiering in 2017! Gyllenhaal will next play a Times Square sex worker called Eileen 'Candy' Merrell in the HBO series, The Deuce, alongside James Franco and Zoe Kazan (pictured in November)

Still going strong! Maggie and her husband Peter Sarsgaard - who are parents to daughters Ramona, 9, and Gloria, nearly 4 - will celebrate their seventh wedding anniversary on May 2 (pictured January 5)

Still going strong! Maggie and her husband Peter Sarsgaard - who are parents to daughters Ramona, 9, and Gloria, nearly 4 - will celebrate their seventh wedding anniversary on May 2 (pictured January 5)

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