The Girlfriend Experience 

Anthology television series based on Steven Soderbergh's "The Girlfriend Experience."

Creators:

Lodge Kerrigan, Amy Seimetz

Stars:

Riley Keough, Paul Sparks, Mary Lynn Rajskub

Nominated for 1 Golden Globe. Another 1 win & 6 nominations.

Cast

Series cast summary:
Riley Keough	...	Christine Reade 13 episodes, 2016
Paul Sparks	...	David Tellis 12 episodes, 2016
Mary Lynn Rajskub	...	Erin Roberts 10 episodes, 2016
Briony Glassco	...	Susan King 10 episodes, 2016
Sabryn Rock	...	Kayla Boden 9 episodes, 2016
Bill Lake	...	Carson Lewis 9 episodes, 2016
Trevor Hayes	...	Dennis Masterson 8 episodes, 2016-2017
Aidan Devine	...	Martin Bayley 8 episodes, 2016
Drew Nelson	...	Jim Kinsler / ... 8 episodes, 2016-2017
Carmen Ejogo	...	Bria Jones 7 episodes, 2017
Anna Friel	...	Erica Myles 7 episodes, 2017
Tunde Adebimpe	...	Ian Olsen 7 episodes, 2017
Louisa Krause	...	Anna Greenwald 7 episodes, 2017
Morgana Davies	...	Kayla 7 episodes, 2017
Frances Lee McCain	...	Sandra 7 episodes, 2017
Oliver Becker	...	Alan Zuker 7 episodes, 2016-2017
Michael Therriault	...	Skip Hadderly 7 episodes, 2016
Sugith Varughese	...	Tariq Barr 7 episodes, 2016
Emily Piggford	...	Sandra Fuchs / ... 7 episodes, 2016-2017
Kate Hewlett	...	Sarah 6 episodes, 2016

Storyline

Based on Steven Soderbergh's 2009 movie of the same title, this anthology series is set in Washington DC in the days leading up to the presidential election and centers on a high-end NYC escort, Christine (Riley Keough), who offers clients "the girlfriend experience" while leading a double life as a young attorney in training.

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Plot Keywords:

blow job | female nudity | woman | new york | call girl | 

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Taglines:

It's personal.

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Genres:

Drama

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Certificate:

TV-MA

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

10 April 2016 (USA)

Also Known As:

Dziewczyna z doswiadczeniem

Filming Locations:

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Company Credits

Production Co:

Transactional Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

27 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

Actually based in Chicago, not New York. The movie this series is based on, The Girlfriend Experience (2009), was set in New York.

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Connections

Version of The Girlfriend Experience (2009)

User Reviews

Seduction and Disappointment

The excellent Season 1 of 'The Girlfriend Experience' related how a law student ventured into high-end prostitution to pay the bills and increase her living standards while interning at a big-city legal firm. Riley Keogh's portrayal of the main character Christine won a Golden Globe nomination, as her understated performance depicted the psychological cost of pretending affection to entitled executives and selling them her body. The scripts for each episode remained focused on the escort work throughout, with Keogh's micro-expressions betraying inner conflicts as Christine subtly adjusted her persona to please various clients, lovers and employers. The series revealed how prostitution affected her personal life and law career, and ultimately derailed both.

By contrast, Season 2 lost almost all meaningful connection with the call-girl lifestyle as it followed three different protagonists in two separate narratives. In the first, an escort named Anna embarked on an obsessive lesbian love affair with a sociopathic financial-political operator called Erika. In the second, former escort Bria got marooned in witness protection limbo as she awaited the trial of her gangster husband. The stories were neither believable nor interesting, the characters failed to generate any sympathy, and subtlety was entirely absent.