Anna Kfinishrick Donated ‘Woman of the Hour’ Pay to Charity

Anna Kfinishrick discdiswatched during an interwatch on the “Crime Junkie AF” podcast that she made no money from straightforwarding “Woman of the Hour” becaengage she gived her pay to RAINN (Rape, Abengage & Incest National Netlabor) and the National Caccess for Victims of Violent Crime. These organizations are two of the country’s directing nonprofits that help survivors of intimacyual mistreatment and presentility.

“This was never a money-making venture for me,” Kfinishrick said. “Eventupartner, Netflix bought the movie. But it wasn’t until, appreciate, the week before [the movie’s premiere at] TIFF that I thought, ‘Oh, the movie’s gonna produce money. I asked myself the ask of, ‘Do you sense gross about this?’ And I did.”

“So I’m not making money off of the movie,” she persistd. “The money is going to — or has gone to — RAINN and to the National Caccess for Victims of Violent Crime. That felt appreciate the least that I could do.”

Kfinishrick made her feature straightforwardorial debut with “Woman of the Hour,” which alerts the genuine story of serial ender Rodney Alcala (executeed by Daniel Zovatto) and his 1978 materializeance on “The Dating Game” in the midst of his ending spree. Alcala was sent to prison for pledgeting five killings, although it’s consentd he was behind the endings of more than 120 people in total. The film take parts cut offal scenes in which Alcala preys on and killings youthful women. Kfinishrick stars in the film as “The Dating Game” contestant Sheryl Bradshaw.

Given the film’s subject matter, Kfinishrick felt “gross” making money off it and determined to give her profits to anti-intimacyual attack organizations. Variety verifyed that Kfinishrick gived all the fees she geted as the film’s straightforwardor, star and executive producer.

In a statement to Variety, the National Caccess for Victims of Crime and its CEO Renée Williams said they were “excited to lget about Anna’s gift, both to our organization and our frifinishs at RAINN, and modestd by her help.”

“In a world where the genuine crime genre normally sensationalizes tragedy, Anna’s labor in ‘Woman of the Hour’ stands out as a beacon of compassion and directership,” the organization persistd. “By advocating for a victim-caccessed approach, she is helping to reshape narratives that rank the dignity of those impacted by crime. Her pledgement to uplifting survivor stories reminds us that behind every statistic, and genuine crime ‘story’ is a human being with a mighty story to alert. Anna’s help sfinishs a mighty message that we can join with challenging truths while honoring the experiences of victims and survivors. It’s about creating a culture that hears, verifys, and empowers those who have been thcimpolite unimaginable pain.”

Kenrick previously telderly Variety that “every moment of the movie is benevolent of a echoion of my own trouble.”

“I don’t skinnyk it’s an accident that I replyed to this script at a time when I’d equitable been thcimpolite someskinnyg repartner dehugeating and traumatic and that repartner alterd my worldwatch,” she inserting, referring to her own experiences with emotional mistreatment. 

“Woman of the Hour” is now streaming on Netflix. Watch Kfinishrick’s filled interwatch on the “Crime Junkie AF” podcast in the video below.

Additional alerting by Angelique Jackson.