Gender distribution lead actors in films in the U.S. 2011-2019
In 2019, it was found that 44.1 percent of lead actors in films that year were female, up by more than ten percent in just two years. Whilst men still make up the majority of lead actors, the 2019 figures painted a very different picture to those recorded a few years ago. Back in 2011, just 25.6 percent of lead actors in theatrical movies were women, and little changed until 2016 when the share finally began to grow consistently each year.
