Former supermodel Paulina Porizkova starred in this quiet film as a very young woman. Porizkova was born in the Olomouc Region of Moravia Czech Republic in 1965. When travel bans lifted during the Prague Spring of 1968, her young parents took a motorcycle to Sweden and left Porzkova with her grandmother. Before her parents could return, the communists locked down the country again, separating the family. Three years later, her pregnant mother was arrested and jailed while attempting to secretly bring little Paulina out of the country and then was trapped there for years until relentless pressure from the Swedish press influenced their release. Paulina was discovered at age 15 and was catapulted into supermodel status from Paris. She was on the cover of Sports Illustrated several times and starred in several movies. Recently, she’s been known as an advocate for natural aging without plastic surgery.

Plot: Starry-eyed Czech immigrant Krystyna (Paulina Porizkova) journeys to New York City to meet her hero, Anna (Sally Kirkland), a once-famous actress from her homeland. Having passed her Hollywood prime, Anna now struggles to find even bit parts in movies, and so instead begins mentoring young Krystyna, encouraging her in her own pursuit of stardom. As one star's career fades and another's begins to rise, the two women band together to overcome inequities in the unforgiving world of show business.

Wikipedia: Anna is a 1987 film directed by Yurek Bogayevicz and starring Sally Kirkland, Robert Fields, Paulina Porizkova, Steven Gilborn and Larry Pine. It was adapted by Agnieszka Holland from an unauthorized story by Holland and Bogayevicz, based on the real life of Polish actresses Elżbieta Czyżewska and Joanna Pacuła.[3]

Kirkland was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role,[4] and she won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama[5] and an Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead.[4]