Nina Dobrev: The Balance of Acting, Advocacy, and Using Your Voice

Gender Equality

Nina Dobrev shares her insights on gender equality, emphasizing the importance of awareness and education. She highlights the Time's Up initiative, which provides legal support to women across various industries, ensuring they have access to representation. Nina notes, "It's not about a lot of people can't afford a lawyer. So if something happens, if the company has a lot more money in power, they won't want to press charges because they feel small" 1. This initiative aims to level the playing field and address the pay gap and harassment issues prevalent in Hollywood and beyond 2.

   

Time's Up Movement

Nina's involvement in the Time's Up movement reflects her commitment to fostering change in Hollywood and other industries. She describes her experience attending early meetings with influential women like Natalie Portman and Reese Witherspoon, where they discussed the need for immediate change 3. Nina expresses optimism about the future, stating, "I think there's great things happening this year, and I think that 2018 is going to be such a powerful, amazing, positive, sort of like paradigm shifting year" 4. Her goal is to see more women in leadership roles, which she believes will lead to broader societal changes.