Sienna Miller recently revealed that she had turned down a play due to unequal pay, while Keira Knightley has questioned:

"Where are the female stories? Where are they? Where are the directors, where are the writers?

"It’s imbalanced, so given that we are half the cinema-going public, we are half the people [who] watch drama or watch anything else, where is that? So yes, I think the pay is a huge thing, but I’m actually more concerned over the lack of our voices being heard."

Anne Hathaway said that she is already experiencing ageism (at just 32) that men don’t face, echoing Helen Mirren’s anger at the issue.

And of course there is Emma Watson, who is standing up for equality not only in Hollywood but on a global scale.

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