Watch Cynthia Nixon, Kristen Bell, Tracee Ellis Ross and Michelle Monaghan Debate Ageism, Sexism, Diversity and Female Equality in Television, Exclusively for NET-A-PORTER's Weekly Digital Magazine, The EDIT

Prolific film and TV actress Kristen Bell reveals, "We are culpable in this charade. For the Emmys, I wore this beautiful dress and couldn't wear a bra, and I took Leukoflex tape and I taped my nipple to my shoulder. I'm not perfect, my boobs aren't up here."

Prolific film and TV actress Kristen Bell reveals, "We are culpable in this charade. For the Emmys, I wore this beautiful dress and couldn't wear a bra, and I took Leukoflex tape and I taped my nipple to my shoulder. I'm not perfect, my boobs aren't up here."

Cynthia Nixon believes that progress has been made on screen since she starred as Miranda in revolutionary TV show Sex and the City, thanks to programs such as Girls: "Girls has been important in changing the game for female actresses. In Sex and the City we had to be thin and look great all the time; in Girls they have permission to be more real and less airbrushed."

Still, say the actresses, they are unfairly treated compared to their male co-stars. Michelle Monaghan [True Detective, The Path] says, "You may be one of the first people to read a script because someone is very interested in you, it could even be the lead role, but there is this tendency to lean into the idea that we have to get the guy first. You don't necessarily secure financing for a film until they get the guy."

For The EDIT's shoot, Nixon, Monaghan, Bell and Ellis Ross were photographed by Victor Demarchelier and styled by Alison Edmond. 

About The EDIT: The EDIT, published in four languages, 52 weeks a year, is NET-A-PORTER's unrivaled weekly luxury-fashion digital magazine. With its high-caliber editorial polish, The EDIT is a sleek fusion of stunning fashion, beauty, travel and interview content in a uniquely shoppable, digital format.

 

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