From Margot Robbie to Pearlena Igbokwe and Ali Wong: Power of Women in Hollywood 2023
15.11.2023 - 16:53
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Variety celebrates the accomplishments of women in Hollywood — and there were plenty of those again this year, even during a rare double strike that upended the entertainment industry for months. Several of the women on this list were actively involved in negotiations or advised clients about how to navigate guild rules related to the labor stoppages; others had to shut down productions when SAG-AFTRA members joined writers on the picket lines in July.
Our hope, as we began working on this Power of Women issue several months ago, was that both strikes would be resolved long before this issue went to press. Instead, the SAG-AFTRA strike lingered, and many performers declined to speak about struck work as we prepared this report.
We honor them, and all the West Coast-based women on this list, for the impact they have made in Hollywood and beyond the past year. Co-chair & CEO, Warner Bros. Motion Picture Group Greta Gerwig was halfway through shooting “Barbie” when Abdy and Mike DeLuca joined the studio (and share the same title), and while the exec soon saw its potential, she had no idea how big a cultural phenomenon it would become.
“Every once in a while, something comes along that just ignites the audience,” says Abdy, who credits the filmmakers and studio’s marketing team for helping to make “Barbie” a monster success. “I remember going into the movie theater opening weekend, and honestly I burst into tears just seeing how many people were dressed in pink, how many people were in line and concessions were sold out.” It was, she says, “incredibly gratifying.” Head of AVOD originals, unscripted & targeted programming, Amazon Studios Anderson believed in Freevee’s reality-blurring “Jury Duty” from the start.
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