Gender pay gap is prevalent in every working industry. Celebrities who have the platforms and millions of fans to spread the message to, have taken upon themselves to create the awareness and talk about the pay inequality. Sony email hacks revealed the differences between the money paid to the male actors and female actors. Charlize Theron acted on it. Patricia Arquette spoke at Oscars about it, and now Jennifer Lawrence has written about it. On desi grounds, Deepika Padukone and Priyanka Chopra have become vocal too. Here is a look at what these ladies have to say about the otherwise neglected issue.
Gender pay gap is prevalent in every working industry. Celebrities who have the platforms and millions of fans to spread the message to, have taken upon themselves to create the awareness and talk about the pay inequality. Sony email hacks revealed the differences between the money paid to the male actors and female actors. Charlize Theron acted on it. Patricia Arquette spoke at Oscars about it, and now Jennifer Lawrence has written about it. On desi grounds, Deepika Padukone and Priyanka Chopra have become vocal too. Here is a look at what these ladies have to say about the otherwise neglected issue.
1. Charlize Theron
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Through the e-mails leaked in the Sony hack in 2014, Charlize Theron reportedly found out that she was being paid $10 million less than her less experienced male co-star named Chris Hemsworth. She renegotiated her deal with the studio to get equal pay. (Getty Images)
2. Deepika Padukone
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"If you comparing our pay scale with the men, then yes it is very less. If you are comparing what girls used to get before and what they are getting in the last one or two years then I can say that there has been a major shift and we are hoping and trying. But this is not a war," Deepika told PTI. (Getty Images)
3. Jennifer Lawrence
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Jennifer Lawrence, the top paid actress in Hollywood, expressed her anger over the gender pay gap among actors in the industry. Leaked e-mails from the Sony hack in 2014 revealed the disparity in pay and treatment between actors and actresses. In her article written for actor-director Lena Dunham's 'Lenny Letter' newsletter, Lawrence wrote, "I would be lying if I didn't say there was an element of wanting to be liked that influenced my decision to close the deal without a real fight. I didn't want to seem 'difficult' or 'spoiled'... At the time, that seemed like a fine idea, until I saw the payroll on the Internet and realised every man I was working with definitely didn't worry about being 'difficult' or 'spoiled'." (Getty Images)
4. Jessica Chastain
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Jessica Chastain lauded Lawrence's essay on gender pay inequality and tweeted her support, "Yessssssss! Get it girl." Even actress Emma Watson supported Lawrence by tweeting, ''O Jennifer Lawrence I love you so''. (Getty Images)
5. Meryl Streep
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Merly Streep is one of the most successul actors of Hollywood.“I experience it [sexism] and I become a tiny bit enraged''. “It’s not just show business; it is in every single enterprise.” Meryl Streep told on BBC Radio 4 Today. She further said, “Women are graduating from film schools, law schools and medical schools in equal numbers as men but they are shut out when they get to the leadership positions. Meryl Streep even gave a standing ovation to Oscar acceptance speech of Patricia Arquette on gender pay inequality. (Getty Images)
6. Priyanka Chopra
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Priyanka Chopra talked about the gender pay gap in Bollywood. In an interview with PTI, she said,"The male actors do get paid a lot more. There is a tremendous disparity in remuneration between male and female actors. The remuneration difference is insane as the disparity is big. I feel we have strong female performers, and the day female-oriented films do well at the box office it will lead to it (change in remuneration of female actors). I think we will be able to command a remuneration that we deserve... It will be a slow and steady thing but it will happen". (Getty Images)
7. Amanda Seyfried
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Amanda in an interview with Sunday Times, said ''I was being paid ten per cent of what my male co-star was getting''. She also revealed that while the issue has never been more hotly contested, women in the film industry are still a target for unfair pay. (Getty Images)
8. Gwyneth Paltrow
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Gwyneth Paltrow criticised the pay difference between Hollywood's top earning actor Robert Downey Jr $111 million in the past year, $40m more than Jennifer Lawrence.She told Variety, “Your salary is a way to quantify what you’re worth. If men are being paid a lot more for doing the same thing, it feels shitty.” (Getty Images)
