Leading LADIES

With awards season in full swing, we take a look at the women shaking up the film industry

Margot Robbie

After starring alongside Leonardo DiCaprio in The Wolf of Wall Street in 2013, the 33-year-old Australian actor founded production company LuckyChap Entertainment, She went on to make a slew of hit films including I, Tonya and Bombshell, receiving numerous nominations for Academy Awards, BAFTAs and Golden Globes along the way. Barbie, which she produced and starred in, was the first film directed by a woman (Greta Gerwig) to make a billion dollars.

When Barbie won a Golden Globe Award for Cinematic and Box Office Achievement, Margot said, 'This is a movie about Barbie, but it's also a movie about humans. We made it for you and we made it with love.

Emma Stone

As one of Hollywood's highest-paid actors, 2024 is surely Emma Stone's year. At just 35, she's already won a string of awards, including an Academy Award, BAFTAS and Golden Globes. She's best known for her roles in The Help, The Amazing Spider-Man, La La Land, The Favourite and Cruella, but it's her remarkable performance in Yorgos Lanthimos' science fantasy Poor Things that has propelled her to the top of the recent awards lists. In it she plays Bella Baxter, a woman artificially reborn who gradually discovers the wonders and dangers of the world.

Accepting her Golden Globe award for Best Actress to a standing ovation, Emma said, 'She was a character unlike anything I'd ever played or read or seen before. It was about unlearning things more than tapping into things from my past, which was really beautiful and very freeing. Playing Bella was unbelievable.'

Emily Blunt