Slender Anna Friel dons tiny hotpants as she embarks on family work-out

Now here's a work-out with a difference. British actress Anna Friel wears a tiny pair of hotpants as she and her family enjoy a spot of exercise.

The bizarre scene was captured in Hollywood near to the home the Pushing Daisies star shares with her actor boyfriend, David Thewlis, and their daughter, Gracie.

Family fitness: Anna Friel shows off her slender figure in a pair of tiny stripy hotpants while walking with her partner David Thewlis and their daughter Gracie

Wearing an equally tight-fitting black vest top and black trainers, the 32-year-old and Thewlis, 46, took it in turns to push the buggy transporting their little girl.

Perhaps Friel is attempting to retain her trim figure for the forthcoming release of Land of the Lost, due for release in June.

Slowing the pace: Anna and daughter Gracie slow to a stroll after their family exercise stint

In the film, she plays Holly Cantrell, assistant to Will Ferrell's disgraced paleontologist, who find themselves in a strange, alternate world inhabited by dinosaurs, monkey people and reptiles.

After the first season of her U.S. series Pushing Daisies was axed, Friel turned down six other pilot offers to concentrate on her movie career.

Judging by these pictures, the actress might to well to consider following other stars by bringing out a family fitness DVD.