Hailing from Australia, actress Nicole Kidman vowed to keep pushing for gender equality in cinema.
The actress mentioned this at an exclusive party among celebrity attendees like popstar Charli XCX and Irish actor Paul Mescal on the sidelines of the Cannes Film Festival on Sunday.
“I’m just an advocate and want to continue to keep moving forward with that, with my pledge from 2017, so it ain’t over,” said the Oscar-winning actor at the Women in Motion dinner at Cannes, part of a program set up by luxury group Kering in 2015.
Kidman, who won an Oscar for her portrayal of Virginia Woolf in The Hours in 2002, has worked with many of the leading male directors of her generation, but she pledged in 2017 to shoot with a female director every 18 months.
True to her word, in the past eight years, the renowned actress has worked with 27 female directors, including projects in development.
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