Kate Hudson Is Pretty in Pink on Harper's Bazaar Cover, Talks About Being Single

She and Muse frontman Matthew Bellamy split and ended their engagement in 2014, after which she was linked to two other celebs

Kate Hudson is single and smiling!

The 36-year-old actress showcases her signature, bright look and looks gorgeous in a lovely chiffon, ruffled Gucci Resort 2016 fuchsia pink and black halter gown with a floral sash on the cover of Harper's Bazaar's December 2015/January 2016 issue, which is out on newsstands on Nov. 24.

The photo was shot by famed fashion photographer Terry Richardson. She also sports other stylish outfits in two more of his pics, posing in a handstand in a striking, playful, skintight black, white and yellow-printed Christian Dior fall 2015 Ready-to-Wear jumpsuit, and showcasing her shapely long legs in a sparkling red, fringed Balmain mini dress.

Hudson talked to the magazine about being single for the first time in five years.

"It's nice to get acquainted with myself alone," Hudson told Harper's Bazaar. "You know, the goal when you get into a relationship is not to be out of the relationship. It's to try to stay in the relationship. But if it doesn't work, you can't force things."

The actress and first husband Chris Robinson, were married for six years until 2007 and share an 11-year-old son, Ryder. In 2011, Hudson and Muse frontman Matthew Bellamy began dating, got engaged and welcomed son Bingham, who is now 4.

She and the rocker split in 2014. Since then, she has been linked to Dancing With the Stars' Derek Hough and pop star Nick Jonas. No one has confirmed a romance.

"Relationships ending are painful, and you can choose to carry that or you can choose to reframe it," she told Allure magazine in comments published last month. "If Matt and I had a great relationship, we would still be together, but we chose to move on because we had different visions of how we wanted to live our lives. That doesn't mean, though, that we can't rebuild something that would be the best thing for the kids."

In her interview with Harper's Bazaar, Hudson talked about the difficulty of being away from her sons when she works. The actress recently starred with Bill Murray in the movie Rock the Kasbah, voiced a character in Kung Fu Panda 3 and is set to appear in the new drama film Mother's Day, which filmed in Atlanta this past summer and is slated to hit theaters in April.

"I think a lot of people, especially when you're a woman, you have kids, and work on movies, it's hard because you're away from them," she said. "There's nothing lazy about it. You go to work, get on the first plane home even if it's for eight hours, go back to work. I don't want to be away from my family, I love it so much. I just enjoy being on movie sets."