Andrea Werhun

Andrea Werhun is a writer performer and producer based in Toronto She is the author cocreator of Modern Whore A Memoir 2022 Strange LightPenguin 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 DOr winner Sean Baker In 2023 Andrea cowrote produced and performed in Thriving A Dissociated Reverie starring Black nonbinary 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 Canadas Top Ten 2023 Andrea is also the subject performer and producer of the awardwinning 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