I try to play whole, recognizable human beings." Though she now lives in Los Angeles, even admitting to loving it there, Hampshire says such roles are easier to find at home. "Usually, you get the quirky friend or the one-dimensional heroine, but in I do both. "I've been lucky to find character parts that are leads as well," Hampshire says. In her new, ain't-no-lady leading role, she's one to rewatch. Hampshire's sweet real-life frankness makes convincing a miscellany of characters, from the bright pixie in Snow Cake (2006) to a skeptical law student in The Trotsky (2009) to ice-cool Jane Melman in Cosmopolis.
"I'm pretty much naked in everything." She's no Canadian Paz de la Huerta, though. "This is my … fourth film with a nude scene?" says Hampshire, laughing. She plays a Toronto stripper, tough and tender and capable of making "scooch" sound like a threat. Last seen in David Cronenberg's Cosmopolis, the 33-year-old, Montreal-born actor is causing whiplash in Jonas Chernick's My Awkward Sexual Adventure. It is Emily Hampshire's eighth TIFF and – quite possibly – her year.
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