: While research from the Geena Davis Institute highlights that women over 40 are finally landing more "complicated" roles, they are still twice as likely as men to have storylines centered entirely on physical aging (15% vs. 7%).

: 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.

: 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. 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