"I think being a female actor makes it more difficult in exactly the ways that any female on the planet finds the difficulty of our gender. There’s a huge misunderstanding about who we are and how we operate, a lot because of the way women are depicted in film and television."
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Academy Award winnersActresses from New York CityWomen born in the 1960sIndependent Spirit Award winners
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Melissa speak on how female actors find difficulty in the industry in 2019.
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