Holly Woodlawn
Acting1946Juana Díaz, Puerto Rico
Biography
Holly Woodlawn was a transgender Puerto Rican actress and Warhol superstar who appeared in his movies Trash and Women in Revolt. She was probably best known as the Holly in Lou Reed's hit pop song "Walk on the Wild Side".
Known For
Acting History
2025
Candy Darling
as Self
2019
Steven Arnold: Heavenly Bodies
as Self (archive footage)
2015
2014
I Am Divine
as Self
Transparent
TVas Vivian• 2 eps
2013
Continental
as Herself
2012
Dust
as Rita
2009
Heaven Wants Out
as Evelyn Morton
2007
2003
Milwaukee, Minnesota
as Transvestite
2002
The Cockettes
as Self
A Look on the Wild Side
as Herself
2001
1999
Twin Falls Idaho
as Flamboyant at Party
1998
Billy's Hollywood Screen Kiss
as Holly
1995
Scathed
as Miss Antonia Curtis
1993
Night Owl
as Barfly
1990
Resident Alien
as Performer / Actor
1989
1986
The Sound Of Muzak
as Maria
1977
This Is America
as Self (uncredited)
1976
Underground and Emigrants
as Self
1973
1972
Andy Warhol
as Self
Scarecrow in a Garden of Cucumbers
as Eve Harrington / Rhett Butler
1971
1970
Trash
as Holly Sandiago