Having cleaned up at the SAG Awards for her lead role in The Marvelous Mrs Maisel, Rachel Brosnahan said that Midge Maisel is relatable to so many women—and not necessarily in a good way.

“Midge’s story is one that so many women have experienced in one form or another before, and will again,” she told press backstage at the awards. We might not all be a ’50s mom-and-stand-up-comedian, but Midge is also a super smart and talented woman who finds herself constantly patronized in a male-dominated world—so we see her point.

Brosnahan also said the Time’s Up campaign made people see Mrs Maisel with more openness and empathy. “The movement had fortunate timing with the release of the show,” she said. “I think it made people view and welcome the show with new eyes.”

But we can’t relax or assume that talking about these issues is enough, Brosnahan urged; we have to actually take action.

“I think we’re talking a lot about all the right things,” she said, “but still, it came out that only 4 percent of the directors of the top 100 films of the last ten years have been directed by women, so while we’re talking a lot about it, we still have yet to follow through with the kind of action that is representative of what women deserve. And it’s even harder for women of color. We’re still beginning to have that conversation. We have a lot of work to do, but I feel very hopeful about how the industry is coming together to collectively make this change."

Antonia Blyth Antonia Blyth is a British writer based in LA, who writes about entertainment and celebrities.

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