Naked celeb acted, discovered by director and chosen (7)
I believe the answer is:
elected
'chosen' is the definition.
(electing is a kind of choosing)
'naked celeb acted discovered by director' is the wordplay.
'naked' indicates the central letters.
'discovered' means to look at the middle letters (dis-covered - outer letters removed).
'by' says to put letters next to each other.
'director' becomes 'd' (abbreviation eg in film reviews).
The central letters of 'celeb' are 'ele'.
The middle of 'acted' is 'cte'.
'ele'+'cte'+'d'='ELECTED'
'and' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for elected that I've seen before include "Put in office" , "In a position" , "Voted into office" , "made a choice" , "Chosen for office" .)