Boardwalk Empire actress Paz de la Huerta is the latest woman to be featured in Esquire Magazine‘s collaboration with the “Me In My Place” photographer, which features “real girls in their own place.”

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De la Huerta talked about her childhood with the magazine, which she spent most of in her aunt’s loft in New York’s SoHo district:

“It’s my aunt’s loft. But it’s really like my home. Because I had a lot of turmoil in my upbringing, and my home wasn’t really a safe place for me. So that place became my safe haven. I grew this bond with her that’s really been one of the most beautiful relationships of my life — a relationship that was a salvation for me.”

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She also discussed her character on the HBO hit Boardwalk Empire, Lucy–”a tempermental mistress to mob leader Nucky (played by Steve Buscemi)”:

“Lucy is a very complicated woman — like most women — and a lot of the time she was very lost in her relationship with Nucky. She was in love with him, but she didn’t know how to be herself in that relationship fully and have him love her. So sometimes she would use her sexuality to protect herself or to get what she wanted. Not that she’s not a sexy character — and in Season One of course it’s a part of her, but audiences are going to see more of the real her. It’s going to be very different.”

The girl is ca-ray-zay. Seriously, crazy. But hey, she looks good without clothes on, right?!? De la Huerta is currently facing some legal troubles; an assault charge from an alleged bar fight. Meow! Read more about her HERE.

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