Andrea Werhun
Biography
Andrea Werhun is a writer, performer, and producer based in Toronto. She is the author & co-creator of Modern Whore: A Memoir (2022, Strange Light/Penguin Random House Canada) with filmmaker Nicole Bazuin. The book is soon to be a major motion picture, starring Andrea and executive produced by 2024 Palme D'Or winner Sean Baker. In 2023, Andrea co-wrote, produced, and performed in Thriving: A Dissociated Reverie, starring Black non-binary former sex worker Kitoko Mai, about their dissociative identity disorder diagnosis. The short film enjoyed its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival and was selected as one of TIFF Canada's Top Ten 2023. Andrea is also the subject, performer, and producer of the award-winning short films Modern Whore (SXSW) and the CBC short doc, Last Night at the Strip Club (Hot Docs). She has been interviewed by The New York Times, The Guardian, CBC Radio, and is a regular contributor to The Globe & Mail.
Known For & Full Filmography6 Titles
Movie - 2025, 2h 15m • as Self
Modern Whore is a hybrid documentary that reimagines popular depictions of sex work through the lived experiences of writer, performer, and sex worker, Andrea Werhun.
Movie - 2025, 2h 15m • as Denise/Yulissa
In the late '90s, Chester and Sonny are a long-term, committed, romantic couple. When Sonny wants to redefine their relationship, Chester, a painfully introverted cartoonist, starts sleeping with sex workers and discovers a new kind of intimacy in the process.
Movie - 2020, 2h 15m • as Self
Former escort Andrea Werhun shares the ins and outs of escort review board culture to expose deeper complexities of sexual power and social stigma in a post #metoo world.
Movie - 2012, 2h 15m • as Josie
A modern day drama of deceit and betrayal during a trip in a motor home when a young woman kidnaps a despicable couple for their inheritance and forces them to acknowledge the shameful deeds from their past.
Movie - 2021, 2h 15m • as Herself
Toronto stripper Andrea Werhun was ousted from her club by the COVID-19 lockdown. Now, she's taking business online as a muse for lonely men while struggling to realize her own creative ambitions.
Movie - 2023, 2h 15m • as Stacey Womansbridge / Zombie
A surrealist exploration of dissociative identity disorder (DID) based on the lived experience of a Black, nonbinary, disabled artist and former sex worker.