Andrea Werhun

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]

Werhun at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival

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]