Natalie Portman Slams ‘Crazy’ Hollywood Pay Discrimination
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Natalie Portman slammed the gender pay gap as “crazy” – and said it was even worse in Hollywood than in other jobs.
Portman revealed that she was paid three times less than her male co-star Ashton Kutcher for her role in the 2011 romantic comedy “No Strings Attached.”
“Compared to men, in most professions, women make 80 cents to the dollar,” Portman told Marie Claire. “In Hollywood we are making 30 cents to the dollar.”
The 35-year-old star – who won a best actress Oscar in 2011 for her role in “Black Swan” and plays Jackie Kennedy in a forthcoming biopic about the former U.S. First Lady – said the pay disparity was “crazy.”
The World Economic Forum, a non-profit foundation, predicts the global gender pay disparity may take up to 170 years to close.
Hacked documents from film studio Sony Pictures revealed major pay disparities between top actors.
They showed that U.S. actress Jennifer Lawrence was paid less than her male co-stars Christian Bale and Bradley Cooper in the 2013 black comedy “American Hustle.”—Reuters
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