Lawyers for actresses Emma Watson and Amanda Seyfried are coming for the people who leaked private photos of the Hollywood stars.

A representative for Watson confirmed that photos circulating online on Wednesday were authentic and had been stolen.

Amanda Seyfried arrives at the Los Angeles premiere of The Last Word. Credit:Getty Images

"Photos from a clothes fitting Emma had with a stylist a couple of years ago have been stolen. They are not nude photographs," Watson's publicist, Luke Windsor, told USA Today in a statement. "Lawyers have been instructed and we are not commenting further."

In Seyfried's case, the actress was photographed in intimate situations with a former boyfriend and the photos were leaked to the website Celebrity Jihad, which traffics in nude celebrity photos, both real and Photoshopped.