Actress Ashley Judd has spoken out to thank her celebrity supporters after Harvey Weinstein was fired 'by email' from his own production company in the wake of a barrage of sexual harassment claims.

Last week, Judd detailed an incident involving the Hollywood mogul for The New York Times in their bombshell investigation into Weinstein's decades of alleged sexual harassment.

Her claims sparked a tide of women to come forward with further sexual harassment allegations including Hollywood producer Elizabeth Karlsen and British actress Jessica Hynes.

'Thank you for being a part of this critical conversation,' Judd told one supporter on Twitter.

Actress Ashley Judd has spoken out to thank her celebrity supporters as Harvey Weinstein is fired 'by email' from his own production company in the wake of a barrage of sexual harassment claims

'Thank you for being a part of this critical conversation,' Judd told one supporter on Twitter who revealed an episode of sexual harassment

Her comments come as the 65-year-old movie boss was ousted from The Weinstein Company - which he founded with his brother Bob in 2005 - by its board of directors on Sunday.

Judd thanked Oscar-winning actress Susan Sarandon who said on Twitter: 'Huge respect for Ashley Judd and all the women who broke their silence for the article on Harvey Weinstein. Brave.'

She acknowledged Academy-award winner Patricia Arquette‏ who wrote online: 'I'm sure it wasn't easy to come forward but in doing so you helped a lot of others who might not have been heard.'

Other high-profile supporters she thanked on Twitter include Heather Graham, Mark Ruffalo and Josh Gad.

Her comments come as the 65-year-old movie boss was ousted from The Weinstein Company - which he founded with his brother Bob in 2005 - by its board of directors on Sunday. Pictured, Judd, actor Vince Vaughn and Weinstein at an Oscar party in 1997

Judd thanked Oscar-winning actress Susan Sarandon who said on Twitter: 'Huge respect for Ashley Judd and all the women who broke their silence for the article on Harvey Weinstein. Brave'

She acknowledged Academy-award winner Patricia Arquette‏ who wrote online: 'I'm sure it wasn't easy to come forward but in doing so you helped a lot of others who might not have been heard'

Other high-profile supporters she thanked on Twitter include Heather Graham, Mark Ruffalo and Josh Gad

Judd, fresh off the success of her role in the film adaption of John Grisham's 'A Time to Kill' was in the middle of filming Kiss the Girls for Weinstein's studio Miramax when she says she was called in for a hotel meeting with the movie tycoon two decades ago.

She said she felt uncomfortable almost as soon as she arrived, revealing that she ordered cereal from room service because it would arrive quicker than a hot meal.

Judd said she was asked to give Weinstein a massage and then a shoulder rub, both of which she declined while trying to get herself out of the room.

That is when he asked her to help him pick out his clothes for the day and then watch him shower.

'I said no, a lot of ways, a lot of times, and he always came back at me with some new ask,' said Judd in the New York Times report.

Actor Josh Gad wrote online: 'As a father of 2 girls, I thank women like Lena Dunham, Ashley Judd & Rose Macgowan 4 their candor, bravery & vocalness'

Actress Christine Lahti said: 'The women who speak up about it are brace and heroic. Thank you Ashley Judd for your courage'

Judd said: 'Thank you my friend' after comedy actress Kathy Najimy publicly sided with her

Judd attended the 70th Academy Awards (pictured) with sister Wynonna and mother Naomi

Weinstein (pictured with actress Meryl Streep) was ousted by his own company's board of directors on Sunday

'It was all this bargaining, this coercive bargaining.'

She eventually made her escape by joking that Weinstein would have to help her win an Oscar before she would be willing to touch him, stating that the prestige of working for his studio made it too difficult to forcefully shut down his harassment.

'There's a lot on the line, the cachet that came with Miramax,' explained Judd.

She previously wrote about the same experience in 2015 for Variety without naming Weinstein, simply saying it was a studio mogul.

'I was with a bunch of other actors, and it was critical that it was actors: The exact same thing had happened to them by the exact same mogul,' wrote Judd.

'Only when we were sitting around talking about it did we realize our experiences were identical. There was a mutual strengthening and fortification of our resolve.'

She later wrote in that piece: 'The ultimate thing when I was weaseling out of everything else was, 'Will you watch me take a shower?' And all the other women, sitting around this table with me, said, 'Oh my god — that's what he said to me too.''

Weinstein was ousted by his own company's board of directors on Sunday.

In a statement, the company said: 'In light of new information about misconduct by Harvey Weinstein that has emerged in the past few days, the directors of The Weinstein Company - Robert Weinstein, Lance Maerov, Richard Koenigsberg and Tarak Ben Ammar - have determined, and have informed Harvey Weinstein, that his employment with The Weinstein Company is terminated, effective immediately.'