: Leading The Morning Show as fierce, flawed anchors navigating a cutthroat media landscape. Persistent Industry Gaps

: Continuing her award-winning run in Hacks as Deborah Vance, a comedian forced to reinvent her act to maintain relevance.

Several veterans are currently leading major projects that showcase the power of experience:

: Demi Moore's critically acclaimed performance in The Substance (2024)—a film literally about Hollywood's disposal of older women—has sparked a year-long cultural reckoning about seeing rather than looking through mature women.

Despite individual successes, structural "gendered ageism" remains a significant barrier:

: Women over 40 are twice as likely as men to have storylines focused entirely on physical aging (15% vs 7%).

: At the 2026 Golden Globes , five out of six nominees for Best Actress in a TV Drama were over 40.