: Women over 40 wrote only 12% of movies in 2025. A "DEI rollback" across the industry has left female representation in key behind-the-scenes roles stagnant at roughly 23% for the last five years. Demi Moore
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: Leading roles for women in top films hit a seven-year low in 2025, with only 39 of the top 100 films featuring a female lead or co-lead, down from 55 in 2024. : Women over 40 wrote only 12% of movies in 2025
: Women over 60 remain dramatically underrepresented, accounting for just 2% of major female characters in 2025, while men of the same age represented 8% of major male roles. As of , recent studies reveal a "midlife