The Girl — Two-Lane Blacktop Character Profile

About The Girl

A hitchhiker picked up by the Driver and Mechanic in Flagstaff. She sleeps with the Mechanic, rejects GTO's suggestion to visit Chicago, and ultimately leaves with a stranger on a motorcycle after rebuffing the Driver's proposal.

Character Facts

Played by

Laurie Bird

Appears in

Two-Lane Blacktop (1971)

Role

Supporting

Relationships (2)

• The Girl — Romantic Intimacy — The Mechanic (Dennis Wilson)

  Brief physical relationship that contrasts with the Driver's longing.

• The Girl — Romantic Crush — The Driver (James Taylor)

  Unrequited affection that complicates the Driver's focus.

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More characters from Two-Lane Blacktop

• The Driver (James Taylor)
• G.T.O. (Warren Oates)
• The Mechanic (Dennis Wilson)
• Needles Station Attendant (David Drake)
• Hot Rod Driver (Rudy Wurlitzer)
• Texas Policeman #1 (Don Samuels)
• Man #1 at Race Track (Jay Wheatley)
• Waitress in Roadhouse (Illa Ginnaven)
• Needles Station Mechanic (Richard Ruth)
• Parts Store Owner (W.H. Harrison)
• Little Girl with Old Woman Picked Up by G.T.O. (Melissa Hellman)
• Boswell Attendant (Tom Green)