Alexandra Auder

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Alexandra Auder is an American actress and yoga instructor. [1]

She is the daughter of Viva, an actress, writer, and former Warhol superstar. [2]

In 2023, she published Don't Call Me Home: A Memoir. The book details her life in the Chelsea Hotel during her childhood and adolescence, where she lived with her mother and sister, Gaby Hoffman. [3] [4]

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References

  1. Morse, Erik (April 29, 2023). "Alexandra Auder on Her Freewheeling Childhood at the Hotel Chelsea—And Growing Up the Daughter of a Warhol Muse". Vogue.
  2. Green, Penelope (April 29, 2023). "A Daughter of a Warhol Superstar Tells Her Story at Last". The New York Times via NYTimes.com.
  3. https://www.washingtonpost.com/books/2023/05/01/alexandra-auder-warhol-memoir-review/
  4. "Don't Call Me Home: A Memoir by Alexandra Auder".