She may be just 21 years old but that hasn’t stopped Chloë Grace Moretz from facing off against a tide of unwritten and damaging sexism during her time in the Hollywood limelight.

In a new interview with The Sunday Times’ Style magazine, Moretz reveals that she grew up in a “very feminist” household; yet this could not prepare her for the prejudice she encountered in the film world.

The Kick-Ass actor began appearing in movies from the age of six but it wasn’t until she hit her teens that she started to become aware of an undercurrent of sexism.

“It wasn’t until I was 14 that I was confronted with this shocking realisation that ‘Oh, I’m not seen as equal,’” she says. “‘I’m not listened to in a meeting where there are male counterparts to my left and right, even though I’ve made more movies than both of them.’

“That was something I had to really grapple with. I realised I’d been dealing with misogyny all my life. ‘Just shut up and look pretty, why don’t you smile enough?’”

Chloë Grace Moretz: I've been dealing with misogyny all my life