For decades, Hollywood operated on a cruel arithmetic: a woman’s “shelf life” ended somewhere around her 40th birthday. Once the first fine lines appeared, leading roles dried up, replaced by offers to play the quirky best friend, the worried mother, or worse—simply disappearing from the screen entirely.
But the tide is turning. And it’s about time.
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