The Actress — The Other Side of the Wind Character Profile

About The Actress

The lead actress in Hannaford's experimental film-within-a-film. She appears in various visually striking scenes, including chase sequences and a nightclub encounter where she mutilates a doll. After being tossed from a car and wandering the studio backlot, she performs a final symbolic scene attacking a giant phallic symbol. She remains the sole spectator watching the film's screening at the conclusion.

The Actress — Character Profile

Character Facts

Played by

Oja Kodar

Appears in

The Other Side of the Wind (2018)

Role

Protagonist

Relationships (4)

• The Actress — Professional Critic — The Baron (Tonio Selwart)

  Production manager critiques the editing and sequencing of the lead actress's scenes.

• The Actress — Social Investigator — Juliette Rich (Susan Strasberg)

  Journalist's media scrutiny intersects with the lead actress's on-screen presence.

• The Actress — Narrative Observer — Brooks Otterlake (Peter Bogdanovich)

  Director observes the lead actress's performance as a case study of his mentor's style.

• The Actress — Social Fellow Performer — Billy Boyle (Norman Foster)

  Two performers connected through their shared history with the director's avant-garde work.

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• Brooks Otterlake (Peter Bogdanovich)
• Juliette Rich (Susan Strasberg)
• Matt Costello (Paul Stewart)
• Billy Boyle (Norman Foster)
• Paul Mazursky (Paul Mazursky)
• Dennis Hopper (Dennis Hopper)
• Zarah Valeska (Lilli Palmer)
• Curtis Harrington (Curtis Harrington)
• Dr. Bradley Pease Burroughs (Dan Tobin)
• Jack Simon (Gregory Sierra)
• Marvin Pister (Stafford Repp)