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: Roles for women decline sharply after age 40. While women in their 30s make up roughly 33% of female characters, that number drops to just 15% for women in their 40s.

Despite high-profile wins for stars like (nominated for multiple awards in 2024/2025 for The Substance ) and Meryl Streep , systemic barriers remain:

: In 2025, the number of top-grossing films featuring female leads or co-leads hit a seven-year low (39 out of 100), down from a historic high of 55 in 2024.

Recent studies from the Geena Davis Institute highlight that even when mature women appear, they are often confined to limiting archetypes: Beyond the Stereotypes: The Reality of Aging Women in Films