19 Stars Who Have Played Hookers or Strippers (PHOTOS)

As a stripper named Alice in the 2004 movie Closer, Natalie Portman gets downright scandalous with Clive Owen in a London strip joint. Between her pink wig and teasing lines — “Lying is the most fun a girl can have without taking her clothes off, but it’s better if you do” — Natalie’s Alice is the beguiling center of this cinematic look at romance as betrayal. The film is far from uplifting, but Natalie’s multilayered performance earned her a 2005 Academy Award nomination — her first.