Single White Female with Mitchell Myerson (Stephen Tobolowsky), a fashion house owner who is looking to buy Allie's revolutionary new program. He manipulates her into significantly reducing the cost; as he is her first and only client, she accepts. Allie advertises for a new roommate to share her apartment in the Ansonia. She eventually settles on Hedra Carlson (Jennifer Jason Leigh), whom she nicknames "Hedy", and they become friends. Hedy tells of how she was supposed to be a twin but her twin was stillborn, leaving her with a constant feeling of loneliness. Hedy becomes overly protective of Allie by erasing Sam's voice-mail
Jennifer Jason Leigh Chronicle" commented that "As the downtrodden, sexy, trusting and quietly funny prostitute, Leigh is, of course, in her element". Her performance as a manipulative stage mother in Don McKellar's film "Childstar" won her a Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in 2005. After many years of wanting to be in a Todd Solondz movie, she appeared in "Palindromes" (2004). She also appeared in the psychological thriller "The Jacket" (2005), alongside Adrien Brody. Leigh appeared in the 2008 ensemble film "Synecdoche, New York" and has acted in two films written and directed by her then