Archive · 13 Aug 2026
'Baby Reindeer' Star Nava Mau Joins Indie Film 'Holy Whore'
Nava Mau is an actress who became famous for the TV show 'Baby Reindeer.'
She is going to act in a new movie called 'Holy Whore.'
The movie tells the true story of a woman named Carmine.
Carmine used to be a sex worker and also struggled with drug addiction.
She goes through a healing journey and becomes a sex therapist.
In the end, she chooses to return to sex work as her way of healing others.
Nava Mau will play Alex, who becomes Carmine's best friend and roommate.
Alex and Carmine go to rehab together to get clean.
Filming will start in Mexico in late summer.
Nava Mau says she is honored to help tell this story.
Emmy and BAFTA nominee Nava Mau will star in Deborah Kampmeier's indie drama 'Holy Whore.'
She joins Mariel Hemingway, who plays adult Carmine, and Sophia Adler, who plays young Carmine.
The film is the true story of Carmine, a former prostitute and drug addict who becomes a sex therapist.
Mau plays Alex, a dominatrix and heroin addict who befriends young Carmine and ends up in rehab with her.
Filming begins in Mexico in late summer, marking Kampmeier's first feature in six years.
- Who
- Nava Mau, Mariel Hemingway, Sophia Adler, and writer-director Deborah Kampmeier
- What
- Casting announcement for the indie drama 'Holy Whore,' based on the true story of a courtesan's healing journey
- When
- Announcement made now; filming expected to get underway in late summer
- Where
- Mexico
- Why
- The film explores healing, sexuality, and the reclamation of power, and marks Kampmeier's first feature in six years
- Film
- Holy Whore
- Director and Writer
- Deborah Kampmeier
- Cast
- Nava Mau, Mariel Hemingway, Sophia Adler
- Nava Mau's Role
- Alex, a dominatrix and heroin addict
- Story
- True story of Carmine, a modern-day courtesan
- Filming Location
- Mexico
- Filming Start
- Late summer
- Producers
- Deborah Kampmeier, Iris Torres, Raye Dowell, Vicky Mara Story