2023 Women's History Month

Barbara Sarafian, born in Ghent on April 16, 1968, is a much-beloved veteran actress from Belgium. As a young student, Sarafian took a deep dive into acting at the Academy of Dramatic Arts in Antwerp and at Parallax in Brussels.

Intimacy coordinators are a relatively new but necessary element in the film and television industry which largely came about in 2018. Due to the #Metoo movement it became apparent that a third party on set could ensure the actors' safety.

Despite a traumatic past that she could never recover from, Ethel Waters had a groundbreaking trajectory in show business. She had a thriving recording career and a string of nightclub hits.

Laura Esquivel takes a break from her busy schedule as Mexico's ambassador to Brazil to chat with GoldenGlobes. com via Zoom about the California premiere of the ballet version of Como agua para chocolate (Like Water for Chocolate), her most successful novel.

  Newly minted Oscar nominee Stephanie Hsu of Everything Everywhere All At Once, Emily in Paris star Ashley Park, Good Trouble’s Sherry Cola and Disney+’s Doogie Kamealoha, M. D.

Ayn Rand is a name that has become synonymous with individualism, Objectivism, and the pursuit of personal freedom. Her philosophy has been embraced by millions of readers worldwide, and her novels have become classics in literature.

It’s been a long time coming, but lately women have stepped up to the plate and become major players in front of and behind the camera. Women are no longer invisible, and the growing trend in recent years is of women in Hollywood gaining more opportunities not only as actors but in careers which include such positions as directors, writers, producers, cinematographers and editors.

FilmAid’s Director Gita Saedi Kiely embodies the organization’s mission to give a public voice to vulnerable communities around the world through the power of film, and to “democratize who gets to tell their story”. She grew up in Chicago in a small Persian-American community with parents from Teheran who met in the USA as university students in the 1960s.

For Women’s History Month, we are highlighting several women who are making a mark in Hollywood through sheer talent, tons of hard work, lots of patience, and a good dose of spunk. The disparity in pay scale and lack of professional opportunities and just plain respect has often been mentioned in reference to women creatives in Hollywood.

Glass ceilings broken. Sisterhood on set.