Paris Hilton As an actress Film

Paris Hilton has made cameo appearances in several films, notably Zoolander (2001), Wonderland (2003), and The Cat In The Hat (2003). She landed minor and supporting roles in the feature films Nine Lives (2002), Raising Helen (2004), The Hillz (2004), and House of Wax (2005). Paris' role as Paige Edwards in House of Wax won the Teen Choice Award for "Best Scream" and earned her a nomination for "Choice Breakout Performance – Female". (It also won her the 2005 Razzie for "Worst Supporting Actress" at the 2005 Golden Raspberry Awards.) Hilton also earned a nomination for "Best Frightened Performance" at the 2006 MTV Movie Awards. Paris landed her first lead roles in 2006 with the straight-to-DVD releases National Lampoon's Pledge This! and Bottoms Up.

Paris Hilton plays the Hottie in a romantic comedy called The Hottie and the Nottie, released in 2008. Hilton had a minor cameo apperance as herself in An American Carol. Paris Hilton plays Amber Sweet, the surgery and painkiller addicted daughter of a biotech magnate in the goth/rock musical Repo! the Genetic Opera. Critics have responded well to her perfomace in the movie, in which she sings and acts.

However, in an interview Repo director Darren Lynn Bousman revealed that he had originally refused to audition Paris for the role of Amber Sweet. "I broke down," says Bousman, "and I met with her, and immediately she charmed everyone in the room." In the same interview, Bousman also revealed that Hilton was so keen to get the part that she had the script smuggled into her during her much publicized stint in a Los Angeles jail, and used her time inside to work on her role.