Director

Andrea Werhun

Acting

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Beginning to build directing work.

TMDB popularity

0.6

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Directed movies: 0Directed series: 0All crew credits: 3

TMDB ID: 2581769

IMDb ID: nm5012763

Known for: Acting

Place of birth: Canada

Gender: Female

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 2012 - 2025

Years active: 14

Wikidata: Q130268699

Frequent jobs

Executive Producer (1)Original Story (1)Writer (1)

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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.

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