MOL FOR ONE

Vanities

Name and occupation: Gretchen Mol. actress. Age: 25. If you looked carefully, you might have seen her as: Michael Madsen's girlfriend in Donnie Brasco. Vincent Gallo's fiancée in Abel Ferrara's The Funeral, and Girl 12 in Spike Lee's phone-sex comedy. Girl 6.Soon not to be overlooked in: Charlie Peters's Music from Another Room, with Jude Law and Brenda Blethyn (out in April), and Woody Allen's fall project. On how the set of Donnie Brascoresembled a frat house: "There was a lot of real strong male energy. Johnny Depp and A1 Pacino were really sweet, but most of the time I felt like I had to fend for myself and hold my ground." In Music from Another Room,you break from working with celluloid's finest neurotics—Madsen, Ferrara, Allen—to be courted by an English gentleman. How was the change of pace? "Yeah, it feels like I've done the 'hard-core' scene. Working with Jude was great. He was so enthusiastic. I reaHyjeonnected to this role."