For taking on roles that go against the grain of conventional female 'objective' beauty.

UN Goodwill Ambassador, tells the UN General Assembly that universities need to be a safe space against campus sexual and racial assault, for women and people of color.

She has put in many decades of political service to feminist causes and has never held back even when speaking out could potentially harm her career. Her screen roles reinforce her beliefs. The Geena Davis Institute does research and advocacy.

For a lifetime of activism both on screen and off.

For standing with the Water Protectors at Standing Rock and jailed for her activism there.