Chloe's Career
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Kids and Independent Film
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 During her off hours from modelling, Chloe spent a lot of time at Tompkins Square Park just hanging out and watching the plethora of skateboarders. It was around that time that Chloe met aspiring filmmaker Harmony Korine, who was in the process of getting financing for his debut screenplay, 1995’s Kids. Chloe and Harmony became friends, and it wasn’t long before Harmony -- along with Kids director Larry Clark -- offered Chloe the pivotal role of Jennie in the film. A New York teenager who discovers she is HIV positive after a single sexual encounter. Chloe’s indelible performance cemented her status as a naturally gifted actress, and the budding superstar even found herself nominated for an Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Female. She Followed this with roles in Tree's Lounge and Gummo for which she also served as stylist. Gummo was written and directed by Harmony Korine and detailed the dysfunctional lives of the residents in Xenia, Ohio
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Boys Don't Cry
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It was her role in the controversial 1999 film Boys Don’t Cry that brought Chloe the  most acclaim of her career. Starring opposite Hilary Swank, Chloe more than held her own and wound up with an Oscar nomination. The film was praised by critics and told the story of Brandon Teena, a transman who was raped and murdered in 1993. Chloe played Lana Tisdel, Teena's love interest.
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The Brown Bunny and Controversy
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 Though Chloe spent the turn of the century appearing in one oddball movie after another -- including Mary Harron’s divisive 2000 adaptation of Bret Easton Ellis’ American Psycho and Lars von Trier’s 2003 epic Dogville . She also featured in the tele-movie If These Walls Could Talk 2, playing a butch lesbian who failed to fit into the 70s feminist scene. It was around this time she turned down a role in Legally Blonde in favor of Demonlover and Death of a Dynasty as well as featuring in a large role in Party Monster. The actress found herself at the center of an unprecedented controversy following her turn as the enigmatic Daisy in Vincent Gallo’s 2003 film The Brown Bunny. The film, which culminates with a sequence featuring a genuine act of oral sex between Vincent and Chloe, quickly proved to be the most notorious production of Chloe’s career, and even threatened to hinder her ability to find work in the business. She was dropped from The William Morris Agency who stated the role was equal to pornography and that she was unmarkatable. Fortunately, Chloe managed to bounce back thanks to roles in relatively mainstream films like 2003’s Shattered Glass and 2004’s Woody Allen comedy Melinda and Melinda, along with a one-off appearance on the NBC sitcom Will & Grace.
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Big Love and More
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Following a year of eclectic choices in 2005 -- including Jim Jarmusch’s Broken  Flowers and Lars von Trier’s Dogville sequel, Manderlay -- Chloe accepted a role on the HBO television show Big Love. The series, which also stars Bill Paxton and Jeanne Tripplehorn, revolves around the exploits of a polygamist and his three wives (Chloe plays wife No. 2). As of 2009 the series is still in production. In early 2007 she featured in Zodiac, a critically acclaimed true-crime thriller. she has also been designing clothes for Opening Ceremony, as well as working on several film projects including Barry Munday, Mr. Nice and My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done?
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