Jennifer Love Hewitt in The Client List
Hollywood is hooked on hookers, apparently! So which are worth your bills...
Talk about a happy ending! After scoring a Golden Globe nom for her Lifetime TV movie about a mom who dabbles in massages and, well, more, Jennifer makes the role a more permanent gig with a series!
Kristen Stewart in Welcome to the Rileys
We're so not in Forks anymore, Bella! In the indie drama, K.Stew plays an underage girl named Mallory who strips—and them some—to pay her rent, that is until James Gandolfini takes her under his wing.
Elizabeth Taylor in BUtterfield 8
The legendary Ms. Taylor plays a gal who describes herself as a "model," but seems to be willing to hit the sheets if the money's right (or if the mink coat is flashy enough)—and it all earned her an Oscar win!
Julia Roberts in Pretty Woman
Maybe the most famous prostitute ever (she definitely had the most iconic hooker wardrobe), Roberts stars as Vivian, a call girl with a heart of gold hired by Richard Gere. And the Academy nominated her for it!
Thomas Jane in Hung
One of the few men to play a prostitute, Jane takes on the role of Ray, a high school history teacher and coach who uses his large endowment to earn some extra cash on the HBO series.
Charlize Theron in Monster
A prostitute, lesbian and serial killer? That was enough to earn Charlize a Best Actress victory at the Academy Awards, but her complete physical transformation was what really had everyone talking.
Jane Fonda in Klute
Another big screen hooker-turned-Best Actress winner, Fonda plays a freelancing call girl named Bree, who assists a detective (Klute, hence the name of the flick) in solving a missing person's case.
Jon Voight in Midnight Cowboy
Another gigolo installment, Voight plays a down-on-his-luck Texan who heads to New York, only to learn that it's tough paying the bills. The X-rated performance earned the actor an Oscar nomination.
Nicole Kidman in Moulin Rouge
Kidman stars as the sparkling diamond of the Paris revue who also happens to be a courtesan set to sleep with the powerful Duke. All that singing, dancing and sexing earned the actress an Academy nom.
Greta Garbo in Camille
It wasn't her only turn as a hooker (Garbo takes one on in Anna Christie as well), but in Camille the silent movie queen plays an ailing hooker who finds love with a younger man (played by Robert Taylor).
Barbra Streisand in The Owl and the Pussycat
Babs may not have continued the "play a hooker, earn an Oscar" streak, but she did earn a Golden Globe nomination for her portrayal of an actress, model and part-time prostitute. Talk about a triple threat!
Janet Gaynor in Street Angel
Earning Oscar gold for playing a prostitute is nothing new, in fact, at the very first Academy Awards in 1929, the Best Actress award went to Janet Gaynor for her silent portrayal of a call girl who runs off with the circus!
Billie Piper in Secret Diary of a Call Girl
No poor gals working street corners here! The British hit was about a woman named Hannah who leads a secret life as Belle, a high class London call girl. Lifestyles of the rich and famous…with tons of sex!
Elizabeth Shue in Leaving Las Vegas
A suicidal alcoholic writer (Nicholas Cage) and a prostitute with an abusive pimp? It's not exactly your typical friendship (hey, it's Vegas!), but Shue's turn as Sera earned her an Oscar nomination.
Vanessa Hudgens in Sucker Punch
From High School Musical to insane asylum prostitute…how daring those Disney darlings are! Hudgens joins Emily Browning in kicking ass and serving some seriously sexy vibes in the action-packed romp.
Jodie Foster in Taxi Driver
Bringing a new meaning to underage, Foster plays a 12-year-old prostitute who happens to cross paths with Robert DeNiro's taxi driver and he sets out to save her. She scored a Best Supporting Actress nom.
Amanda Seyfried in Chloe
Talk about a twisted love triangle! Julianne Moore hires Seyfried's call girl, Chloe, to seduce her husband to see if he's unfaithful…instead, Chloe starts a lusty relationship with Moore. Obviously, drama ensues.
Susan Sarandon in Pretty Baby
Well here's a woman who won't win mother of the year. Sarandon's Hattie lives and works at a brothel…with her 12-year-old daughter (played by Brooke Shields), the latter of whom has her virginity auctioned off.
Kim Basinger in L.A. Confidential
Basinger won a Best Supporting Actress Oscar for her turn in the neo-noir flick as a prostitute who works for Fleur-de-Lis, an escort service whose specialty is women who undergo surgery to look like celebrities; her doppelgänger is Veronica Lake.
Megan Fox in Jonah Hex
Well she's no damsel in distress, right? Fox—whose itty bitty corseted waist raised eyebrows—appears in the comic-book adaptation as a gun-slinging prostitute attracted to Josh Brolin's disfigured Hex.
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