THE FEMALE LEAD — MARIAN LACOMBE

THE FEMALE LEAD. The Icon Series trailer.

The Female Lead in The Guardian

Film director and producer AVA DUVERNAY. The Female Lead project.

Franchesca Ramsey. Writer, actor and YouTube star. The Female Lead project.

Meryl Streep. The Female Lead

Michaela DePrince. The Female Lead

Tavi Gevinson. The Female Lead

Masha Gessen. The Female Lead

Lynsey Addario. The Female Lead

Rebecca Root. The Female Lead

Christiane Amanpour. The Female Lead

Yeonmi Park, North Korean human rights activist. The Female Lead

Brenda Berkman, firefighter. The Female Lead

Kelly Tsai is an American performer whose family came from Taiwan. She is a Spoken Word artist.

THE FEMALE LEAD. The Icon Series trailer.

Film director and producer AVA DUVERNAY. The Female Lead project.

Franchesca Ramsey. Writer, actor and YouTube star. The Female Lead project.

Yeonmi Park, North Korean human rights activist. The Female Lead

Brenda Berkman, firefighter. The Female Lead

Kelly Tsai is an American performer whose family came from Taiwan. She is a Spoken Word artist.

In a book and a series of short documentary films called The Female Lead, 60 extraordinary women share their stories of being leaders in their professions, breaking new ground for women, and inspiring change. These women are from all walks of life: from politicians to artists, journalists to teachers, engineers to athletes, and Oscar to Nobel Peace prize winners.

Participants include: Meryl Streep, Samantha Power, Laurene Powell Jobs, Tavi Gevinson, Ava DuVernay, Karlie Kloss, and more.

The Female Lead was launched in February 2017 at the IMAX theater in the Sciences Museum in London. Since then, the videos have shown on many platforms: The Guardian, Sunday Times, Zeit Magazin, I-D.Vice, Le CiNéMa Club and more. The videos were selected for the Expo for Design, Innovation & Technology, Edit, in Toronto. The Exhibition addressed four themes of the United Nations Development Program( UNDP) Global Goals for Sustainable Development : Shelter, Nourish, Care and Educate. Gender equality is a central focus of the global goals.

The Female Lead has been founded by data pioneer and entrepreneur Edwina Dunn. The books are donated to schools in the United Kingdom and the United States.