She was in her twenties, and supporting herself through sex work.
Hawke shares both Maya and her brother, Levon, 14, with Thurman.
Arguably, none of these preexisting depictions come as close to capturing the true Acker as the one portrayed by —the buzzy, up-and-coming scion and breakout star of Stranger Things season 3—in the soon-to-be-released short film Memory Xperiment: Kathy Acker.
Ethan later married Ryan Hawke, with whom he shares daughters Clementine, 11, and Indiana, 8.
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