For decades, the unwritten rule in Hollywood was cruel and finite: a woman’s career had an expiration date. Once the first fine line appeared or the calendar flipped past forty, the leading lady was often relegated to the role of the quirky best friend, the nagging wife, or, worse, the ghost in the attic. She was pushed to the periphery, deemed no longer "bankable" by a studio system obsessed with youth, beauty, and the male gaze.

As Jamie Lee Curtis (64) said upon winning her Oscar for Everything Everywhere All at Once : “To all the women who have gotten me here, who are my age... we are having a moment. No, we are having a movement.”

The screen just got more interesting.