Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role 1994
Anna Paquin The Piano 1994
SEX WORKER ROLE
Donna in Hurlyburly 1998
Character Is A Runaway Prostitute
Anna Paquin in Hurlyburly 1998
Based on the Broadway play of the same name, this film focuses on a trio of men. They are roommates who are part of the upper-class elite Hollywood scene. Anna plays Donna, a teenage runaway/hitchhiking homeless hooker. One of the male characters picks Donna up in an elevator. He then presents her to his roommates as their new sexual plaything. He gives the guys the freedom to interact with her as they please. Donna stays for a while, offering her body for sex in exchange for three meals a day and a roof over her head.
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