Sony email hack reveals what gender pay gap Jennifer Lawrence faces

The latest emails hacked by a group called Guardians of Democracy from Sony Pictures has revealed that actress Jennifer Lawrence is a victim of the gender pay gap.

The emails showed that the 24-year-old actress was paid 7% of the profits, as opposed to the 9% her male co-stars Christian Bale and Bradley Cooper and director David O Russell received for the film American Hustle, The Guardian reported.

The email dated December 5, 2013 sent by Andrew Gumpert, president of business affairs and administration for Columbia Pictures to Amy Pascal, co-chair of Sony Pictures Entertainment, reads "Got a Steve Warren/ Gretchen Rush (Lawrence's legal representatives) call that it's unfair the male actors get 9% in the pool and Jennifer is only at 7%."

"You may recall Jennifer was at 5 (Amy was and is at 7) and WE anted in 2 extra points for Jennifer to get her up to 7. If anyone needs to top Jennifer up it's Megan. BUT I think Amy and Jennifer are tied so upping JL, ups AA." "AA" and "Amy" refer to the film's other female lead, Amy Adams. Megan is Megan Ellison, head of Annapurna Pictures, which financed the film with Columbia. Gumpert added that the current talent deals are: O'Russell: 9%; Cooper: 9%; Bale: 9%; [Jeremy] Renner: 9%; Lawrence: 7%; Adams: 7%.

Pascal, who has been seriously embarrassed by the email leaks this week, replied that "there is truth here." Moreover, a leaked spreadsheet from consultancy firm Deloitte revealed that in 2005, 85 out of the top 100 earners at Sony Pictures were men.