: Studios are realizing that mature women are a lucrative audience who want to see characters with agency, financial power, and active romantic lives rather than "frail or frumpy" archetypes.
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: Female major characters plummet from 42% in their 30s to just 15% in their 40s.
Despite these wins, research from the Geena Davis Institute highlights significant gaps:
: Women over 60 comprise only 3% of major female characters on broadcast and streaming programs.