Love/Hate’s Tom Vaughan-Lawlor has slammed the “shameful treatment of women over pay, weight and age” in the acting industry.
The 39-year-old actor spoke at a Waking The Feminists event in Dublin’s Abbey Theatre.
“Over the years it became clearer and clearer to me that acting is a different profession for women.
“Besides the visible imbalances in terms of pay and available roles, the focus on ageing and weight.”
Shameful: Tom Vaughan-Lawlor has spoken out about the unfair treatment of women in the acting industry | Andres Poveda
The actor, known for playing Nidge in Love/Hate, also said, “There are a myriad of subtle ways that women in rehearsal rooms and on sets are deliberately or otherwise made to feel less.”
The IFTA award-winning actor said that he wants to be proactive in taking a stand against these issues, in order to create a fairer working environment for both men and women.
“The one thing I have resolved to do is to strive to be active in support rather than simply standing on the sidelines playing lip service to an ideal, to be more educated about the intricacies of gender inequality and to use that knowledge to play a part in making real change happen.”
