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Orphan Black star Tatiana Maslany may have finally received a long overdue Emmy nomination this year, but awards recognition hasn’t been the only thing standing in her way to a comfortable career.

“I don’t think that any woman in this industry hasn’t [experienced sexism],” she told People. “I think we all have in various ways, and sometimes you can’t even tell that it’s happening because it’s so ingrained in the way things are structured.”

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I don’t think that any woman in this industry hasn’t experienced sexism

The 29-year-old has been told to do everything from wax her moustache to shave her armpits, both of which she refused to do, unless “the part calls for it and it makes sense.”

Listing examples, she said, “Like being told, ‘Let’s not talk about that, sweetheart,’ if I have an issue with being hit on by a 50-year-old when I was 17 and on set. It’s never ending. Being put into this little outfit that showed my midriff in a scene where I’m supposed to be grieving the death of a family member, and it’s like, ‘Make sure that her belly button is showing’ – it’s just pathetic.