1.Jessica Chastain
Last year, Chastain’s friend and colleague Octavia Spencer revealed that the actress fought for her to receive equal pay on a project they were doing together, which resulted in Spencer earning five times what she was initially offered.
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“I love that woman because she’s walking the walk and she’s talking the talk,” Spencer said during a Women Breaking Barriers panel at Sundance. We couldn’t have said it any better, ourselves!