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Canadian writer and actress From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Andrea Werhun is a Canadian writer and actress from Toronto, Ontario.[1] She is most noted for her 2018 book Modern Whore, a memoir of her time as a sex worker prior to establishing herself as a creative professional.[2]
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Werhun worked as an escort and as an erotic dancer.[2] After leaving that line of work she wrote and published Modern Whore,[2] but remained active as an outreach worker helping to educate active sex workers on issues such as safer sex and protecting themselves from violence.[1]
After publishing Modern Whore, she appeared in a short documentary film adaptation of the book, directed by Nicole Bazuin.[1] An expanded edition of the book was published by Penguin Random House Canada in 2022,[3] and a feature film version of the documentary, directed by Bazuin and executive produced by Sean Baker, entered production in 2024.[4]
In 2023, she was a producer of Bazuin's short film Thriving: A Dissociated Reverie.[5]
In 2024, she served as a creative consultant on Baker's film Anora,[6] and had an acting role in Sook-Yin Lee's film Paying for It.[7]
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