MONET MAZUR

VANITIES

AGE AND OCCUPATION: 25, actor. PROVENANCE: Los Angeles. SHE'S AT HOME AMONG WATER LILIES: "My dad named me after his favorite artist." PARIS WHEN IT FIZZLED: After high school, Mazur went straight to work. "I moved to Paris to model, but I think I got one job when I was there. I lived in an apartment with eight girls and lasted about four months." BLOWIN' IN THE WIND: After paying her dues in everything from Days of Our Lives to The Mod Squad, Mazur landed a breakthrough role in Blow, alongside Johnny Depp. "Somehow I knew that it was going to change everything for me. And it did." MAKING COPIES: In March, Mazur appears in 40 Days and 40 Nights, in which Josh Hartnett attempts to give up sex for Lent. "I try to seduce him, unsuccessfully. It's a funny little scene at a Xerox machine." Mazur also has four independent films in the can, including Kiss the Bride ("My character thinks she's a lesbian!) and Stark Raving Mad ("It's a black comedy"). BIRDS OF A FEATHER: "I always liked weird, dark things. I just went to this store on Melrose called Necromance and got my manager a taxidermy duck for her birthday. She'll love it."

KRISTA SMITH