Shows like "The Crown," "Big Little Lies," and "Orange is the New Black" have all featured complex, mature female characters, showcasing the range and depth of women in this age group. These platforms have also provided a space for women to tell their own stories, often with a level of nuance and authenticity that is difficult to achieve in traditional Hollywood productions.
When women direct, produce, and write, the characters on screen change. Greta Gerwig, Nicole Holofcener, and Emerald Fennell have created rich, flawed, sexual, powerful roles for women over 50. Michelle Yeoh didn’t just win an Oscar for Everything Everywhere All at Once —she broke the "action hero expires at 40" myth at 60. georgie lyall pounding the problem son milfsl link