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Hollywood's Hottest Hookers

Posted Jun 18, 08 12:51 PM CDT in Glossies,  Arts & Living 

(Newser) – The world's oldest profession has helped many an actor get a leg up in Hollywood—onscreen. With Showtime airing the British hit Secret Diary of a Call Girl, Entertainment Weekly salutes cinema's top 25 sex workers, including:

  • Jane Fonda (Klute): Fonda says she based her Oscar-winning performance on the prostitutes she hired for group sex to satisfy her then-husband.
  • Leonardo DiCaprio (The Basketball Diaries): Novelist/memoirist Jim Carroll personally coached DiCaprio in his breakout role.

  • Julia Roberts (Pretty Woman): Roberts and Garry Marshall transformed what was originally supposed to be a dark, seedy tale into Hollywood's most popular hooker film.
  • Kim Basinger (LA Confidential): Basinger won an Oscar for her performance as a Veronica Lake lookalike call girl.
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"Secret Diary of a Call Girl" is already a hit in its native Britain.   (AP Photo/Showtime)
In this image released by Showtime, Billie Piper is shown as Belle in the controversial Showtime series "Secret Diary of a Call Girl."   (AP Photo/Showtime)
Actress Julia Roberts became Hollywood's happiest hooker in "Pretty Woman."   (AP Photo/Matt Sayles)
Leonardo DiCaprio portrayed a struggling streetwalker in "The Basketball Diaries."   (Getty Images)
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