# Paz de la Huerta
**Paz de la Huerta** (María de la Paz Elizabeth Sofía Adriana de la Huerta; born 1984 in New York City) is an American actress, model, and painter known for her roles in [Gaspar Noé](https://www.edgepedia.org/gaspar-noe)'s *Enter the Void* (2009) and the HBO series *Boardwalk Empire*, and since 2017 for her public accusations against the producer [Harvey Weinstein](https://www.edgepedia.org/harvey-weinstein).[1](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/paz_de_la_huerta) • [2](https://www.revistavanityfair.es/sociedad/celebrities/articulos/paz-de-la-huerta-entrevista-harvey-weinstein-acusacion/46011)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Born | 1984, New York City[1](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/paz_de_la_huerta) |
| Breakthrough roles | Linda in *Enter the Void* (2009, rated 73% on Rotten Tomatoes) and a supporting part in Jim Jarmusch's *The Limits of Control* (2009)[1](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/paz_de_la_huerta) |
| Television | Lucy, girlfriend of Steve Buscemi's Nucky Thompson on *Boardwalk Empire* (HBO, 2010–2014); let go at the end of the second season[1](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/paz_de_la_huerta) |
| Weinstein allegations | In late 2017 she told *Vanity Fair* that Weinstein raped her twice in 2010; the New York District Attorney's Office began investigating[1](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/paz_de_la_huerta) |
| Painting | First showing of her paintings in a group exhibition at Ruttkowski;68 in Paris in 2024; solo show of *El Vallé de Lagrimas* followed at the same gallery[3](https://elpais.com/cultura/2024-02-16/paz-de-la-huerta-victima-de-harvey-weinstein-hay-muchas-chicas-que-siguen-siendo-explotadas-en-hollywood.html?outputType=amp) • [4](https://whitehotmagazine.com/articles/journey-from-screen-to-canvas/7650) |
| Family background | Daughter of a Spanish aristocrat father and Judith Bruce, an American women's rights activist; sources give the father's name differently (see below)[2](https://www.revistavanityfair.es/sociedad/celebrities/articulos/paz-de-la-huerta-entrevista-harvey-weinstein-acusacion/46011) • [5](https://www.latimes.com/lifestyle/image/story/2025-03-11/in-hollywood-with-paz-de-la-huerta) |
## Early life and discovery
De la Huerta grew up in New York City, where her father, a member of the Spanish aristocracy, settled in the [Lower East Side](https://www.edgepedia.org/lower-east-side) in the 1980s with her mother, Judith Bruce. *Vanity Fair España* identifies her father as Íñigo de la Huerta y Ozores, XVI Duke of Mandas y Villanueva, Marqués de Parga and Grande de España, while the *Los Angeles Times* calls him Ricardo Ignacio de la Huerta, Duke of Mandas y Villanueva; both agree on the title and that she holds no official rank herself.[2](https://www.revistavanityfair.es/sociedad/celebrities/articulos/paz-de-la-huerta-entrevista-harvey-weinstein-acusacion/46011) • [5](https://www.latimes.com/lifestyle/image/story/2025-03-11/in-hollywood-with-paz-de-la-huerta)
**Entry into acting.** She began modeling before her teens and fell into acting by chance: at 13, walking Greenwich Street with a mohawk and leopard-print clothes, she was scouted by the casting director Billy Hopkins for *The Cider House Rules* (1999), in which she appeared opposite [Michael Caine](https://www.edgepedia.org/michael-caine) and [Charlize Theron](https://www.edgepedia.org/charlize-theron).[6](https://www.nylon.com/articles/paz-de-la-huerta-interview) Rotten Tomatoes dates her film debut to age 14 in the indie romantic comedy *The Object of My Affection* (1998), followed by television guest roles on *Law & Order* and *The Practice* before she moved into independent cinema.[1](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/paz_de_la_huerta)
## Screen career
Her reputation for unconventional roles was built in 2009. She played Linda in Gaspar Noé's experimental drama *Enter the Void*, and a character who is always nude or in [see-through clothing](https://www.edgepedia.org/see-through-clothing) in [Jim Jarmusch](https://www.edgepedia.org/jim-jarmusch)'s *[The Limits of Control](https://www.edgepedia.org/the-limits-of-control)*.[1](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/paz_de_la_huerta) Reviewers have since associated her most strongly with *Enter the Void*; on Rotten Tomatoes it remains her highest-rated film at 73 percent.[1](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/paz_de_la_huerta)
**Boardwalk Empire.** She reached a larger audience as Lucy, the girlfriend of [Steve Buscemi](https://www.edgepedia.org/steve-buscemi)'s lead character [Nucky Thompson](https://www.edgepedia.org/nucky-thompson), on HBO's Prohibition-era drama *Boardwalk Empire* (2010–2014). At the end of the second season she was let go amid reports that the cast and crew found her difficult to work with.[1](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/paz_de_la_huerta) She also appeared in boozy [Chateau Marmont](https://www.edgepedia.org/chateau-marmont) footage that Lana Del Rey incorporated into the music video for "Video Games".[6](https://www.nylon.com/articles/paz-de-la-huerta-interview)
After leaving the series she starred in the horror film *[Nurse 3D](https://www.edgepedia.org/nurse-3d)* (2013), and, per *Nylon*, took a leave of absence from Hollywood after a freak accident on that film's set left her seriously injured.[1](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/paz_de_la_huerta) • [6](https://www.nylon.com/articles/paz-de-la-huerta-interview) Later credits include *Bare* (2015), *The Girl Is in Trouble* (2015), *Aimy in a Cage* (2015), and *Death in the Desert* (2015).[1](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/paz_de_la_huerta)
## Weinstein allegations
According to her account in the Spanish press, she first met Weinstein at age 14 in 1999 while filming *The Cider House Rules*.[3](https://elpais.com/cultura/2024-02-16/paz-de-la-huerta-victima-de-harvey-weinstein-hay-muchas-chicas-que-siguen-siendo-explotadas-en-hollywood.html?outputType=amp) In late 2017, as the #[MeToo movement](https://www.edgepedia.org/metoo-movement) began, she alleged in a *Vanity Fair* interview that Weinstein had raped her twice in 2010, while she was filming *Boardwalk Empire*; the New York District Attorney's Office opened an investigation into the charges.[1](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/paz_de_la_huerta) In a 2018 *S Moda* interview she said she would do everything possible to see Weinstein behind bars.[7](https://elpais.com/smoda/moda/paz-de-la-huerta-mi-objetivo-es-que-harvey-weinstein-acabe-entre-rejas.html)
## Painting and later work
De la Huerta has painted since childhood and credits her therapist Michael Rebel, who died before 2024, with encouraging her to paint as therapy.[3](https://elpais.com/cultura/2024-02-16/paz-de-la-huerta-victima-de-harvey-weinstein-hay-muchas-chicas-que-siguen-siendo-explotadas-en-hollywood.html?outputType=amp) • [8](https://www.interviewmagazine.com/art/how-paz-de-la-huerta-found-peace-in-her-surrealist-paintings) In February 2024 she showed her work publicly for the first time in a group exhibition at the contemporary gallery Ruttkowski;68 in Paris's Le Marais district; her surreal, religiously inflected canvases cite influences including Francesco Clemente, whom she calls a friend and teacher, and [Jean-Michel Basquiat](https://www.edgepedia.org/jean-michel-basquiat), who attended her school, Saint Ann's in [Brooklyn Heights](https://www.edgepedia.org/brooklyn-heights).[3](https://elpais.com/cultura/2024-02-16/paz-de-la-huerta-victima-de-harvey-weinstein-hay-muchas-chicas-que-siguen-siendo-explotadas-en-hollywood.html?outputType=amp) In July 2024 she debuted a collection of fourteen paintings, *El Vallé de Lagrimas* ("The Valley of Tears"), at the same gallery, executed in watercolor, ink, resin, and oil.[4](https://whitehotmagazine.com/articles/journey-from-screen-to-canvas/7650)
Her autobiographical film project *Valley of Tears*, which she began shooting, writing, directing, and starring in around 2011, treats her struggles with abuse, pain, and addiction as a fairy-tale narrative.[7](https://elpais.com/smoda/moda/paz-de-la-huerta-mi-objetivo-es-que-harvey-weinstein-acabe-entre-rejas.html) • [9](https://static1.squarespace.com/static/6530032b4eefb74a78a2ca93/t/6534230f8ccd55725681b795/1697915665192/Paz%2BDe%2BLa%2BHuerta.pdf) In a 2020 radio interview she said she had left acting "because I got tired of being sad".[10](https://www.ondacero.es/podcast/programas/kinotico/entrevistas/paz-huerta-deje-interpretacion-porque-canse-estar-triste_202010305f9bcade7ed1a843cbeffeb1.html)
## References
1. [Paz de la Huerta, Rotten Tomatoes](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/paz_de_la_huerta)
2. [Paz de la Huerta: "Soy la única víctima de Weinstein que no ha explotado su dolor", Vanity Fair España (2020)](https://www.revistavanityfair.es/sociedad/celebrities/articulos/paz-de-la-huerta-entrevista-harvey-weinstein-acusacion/46011)
3. [Paz de la Huerta, víctima de Harvey Weinstein, El País (2024)](https://elpais.com/cultura/2024-02-16/paz-de-la-huerta-victima-de-harvey-weinstein-hay-muchas-chicas-que-siguen-siendo-explotadas-en-hollywood.html?outputType=amp)
4. [The Art of Survival: Paz de la Huerta's Journey from Screen to Canvas, Whitehot Magazine](https://whitehotmagazine.com/articles/journey-from-screen-to-canvas/7650)
5. [Paz de la Huerta tells her life story and makes pictures in Hollywood, Los Angeles Times (2025)](https://www.latimes.com/lifestyle/image/story/2025-03-11/in-hollywood-with-paz-de-la-huerta)
6. [Paz de la Huerta on the problem with Hollywood, Nylon (2015)](https://www.nylon.com/articles/paz-de-la-huerta-interview)
7. [Paz de la Huerta: «Harvey Weinstein me violó dos veces», S Moda, El País (2018)](https://elpais.com/smoda/moda/paz-de-la-huerta-mi-objetivo-es-que-harvey-weinstein-acabe-entre-rejas.html)
8. [How Paz de la Huerta Found Peace in Her Surrealist Paintings, Interview Magazine (2024)](https://www.interviewmagazine.com/art/how-paz-de-la-huerta-found-peace-in-her-surrealist-paintings)
9. [Paz de la Huerta press document (Valle de Lágrimas)](https://static1.squarespace.com/static/6530032b4eefb74a78a2ca93/t/6534230f8ccd55725681b795/1697915665192/Paz%2BDe%2BLa%2BHuerta.pdf)
10. [Paz de la Huerta: "Dejé la interpretación porque me cansé de estar triste", Kinótico, Onda Cero (2020)](https://www.ondacero.es/podcast/programas/kinotico/entrevistas/paz-huerta-deje-interpretacion-porque-canse-estar-triste_202010305f9bcade7ed1a843cbeffeb1.html)
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