The message from actresses like Jamie Lee Curtis, Michelle Yeoh, and Jean Smart to the industry is clear:
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In recent years, there has been a surge in films and television shows featuring complex, mature female characters. These characters are no longer relegated to the roles of doting mothers, doting grandmothers, or romantic interests. Instead, they are multidimensional, flawed, and relatable. The message from actresses like Jamie Lee Curtis,
Figures like Florence Lawrence (the first named movie star) and Mary Pickford (the first actress to earn $1M/year) set early precedents for female power. Instead, they are multidimensional, flawed, and relatable
For too long, entertainment treated the mature woman as a ghost—an echo of her former self, haunting the edges of the frame. That era is ending. Today, the most dangerous, funniest, most heartbreaking, and most radical characters on screen are women who have lived.