Top Ten Most Memorable Hollywood Hookers
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Top Ten Most Memorable Hollywood Hookers

It's the world's oldest profession. How would you rank these iconic trick-turning characters?

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1 Iris (Jodie Foster), Taxi Driver
Foster scored an Oscar nom for her performance as a 12-year-old hooker who catches the eye of Travis Bickle (Robert De Niro). 57 129
2 Vivian Ward (Julia Roberts), Pretty Woman
Everyone loves a makeover story, and Julia Roberts's transformation from a streetwalker to a stylish dame is as satisfying as they come. 43 167
3 Marion Silver (Jennifer Connelly), Requiem for a Dream
At the end of Connelly's downward spiral, she offers sex in exchange for heroin -- first with her shrink, then with a pimp. 38 114
4 Aileen Wuornos (Charlize Theron), Monster
Prostitutes aren't upbeat in movies, but few are as miserable as Theron's Wuornos, who murders and robs her johns in cold blood. 23 115
5 Satine (Nicole Kidman), Moulin Rouge
More courtesan than street tramp, Satine's work attire is tasteful and her air classy. She's also got some serious theater chops. 21 127
6 Alabama (Patricia Arquette), True Romance
Alabama doesn't spend much time as a prostitute here, but her husband (Christian Slater) slays a pimp, in a scene for the ages. 6 94
7 Linda Ash (Mira Sorvino), Mighty Aphrodite
Sorvino steals the show as a garrulous hooker looking to get out of the life with the help of a nebbishy sportswriter (Woody Allen). -5 81
8 Joe Buck (Jon Voight), Midnight Cowboy
Poor Buck leaves his idyllic life in Texas to become a big-time street hustler, only to end up the penniless roommate of a dying man. -9 93
9 Randy Bodek (Patrick Dempsey), Loverboy
Long before the McDreamy days, Dempsey played a student who parlayed his pizza-delivery job into a gigolo service. -24 78
10 Julian (Richard Gere), American Gigolo
Life is good for this seasoned, happy hooker, until his pimp frames him for murder and his girlfriend refuses to provide him an alibi. -25 91