Sentences with phrase «of a female lead in»

In 2011, she starred in the leading role of Estella in Mike Newell's film adaptation of GREAT EXPECTATIONS followed by one of the female leads in THE RIOT CLUB.

Previously, it was reported that Jane the Virgin «s Gina Rodriguez, Orphan Black «s Tatiana Maslany and Me and Earl and the Dying Girl «s Olivia Cooke were on the shortlist for one of the female leads in Johnson's Star Wars film, but now it appears that Mbatha - Raw is also in contention for this role.

If the apartment of the female lead in Head - On (04) looks (according to her boyfriend) like it's been hit by a chick bomb, then the title restaurant of Fatih Akin's latest film has been hit by the male equivalent.

Earlier this week, Elizabeth Banks criticized legendary director Stephen Spielberg for the lack of female leads in his films.

Reminiscent of the female leads in Chungking Express and Fallen Angels, Su Li - zhen (unbeknownst to Chow) visits his apartment in Singapore and fetishes over his belongings, lying on the bed and taking a solitary drag from one of his cigarettes.

The actress will play one of the female leads in this spy comedy about a British secret agent forced to team up with his soccer hooligan brother.

The only difference here is the casting of a female lead in Melissa McCarthy's hero, a comedian actress that is bound to rub most of the potential audience up the wrong way.

We learn that test audiences played a big role in the pilot: a few scenes of the female leads in form - fitting clothing were inputted for male reaction (apparently, the women demanded that it never happen again), and it's confirmed that the suits at Fox suggested that Brennan needed to «connect to the victim.»

Back in October, it was rumoured that Tatiana Maslany (Orphan Black), Gina Rodriguez (Jane the Virgin), Olivia Cooke (Bates Motel) and Gugu Mbatha - Raw (Doctor Who, Belle) were up for the part of a female lead in next year's Star Wars: Episode VIII, with Collider then claiming that Mbatha - Raw has secured the role.

In our final topic, we share our thoughts on The Last of Us voice actress Ashley Johnson (Ellie) getting vocal about Ubisoft's lack of a female lead in Assassin's Creed Unity.

Not exact matches

And there are regrettably few women on the list — a reflection of how few female CEOs lead major public companies in Canada.

The percentage of sales of female - led non-employer businesses was 17.8 percent in 2002, 18.7 percent in 2007 and 22 percent in 2012.

The District of Columbia was ranked fourth on that list, with 11 female - led companies in the area, including the cyber security and IT government services firm A Prentice Ray & Associates (ranked No. 86 on the 2017 Inc. 5000 list).

The first female — and first American — CEO of Wolters Kluwer in the Netherlands, McKinstry has led a digital transformation of the 175 - year old Dutch publishing house.

What it does: Enterococcus bacteria typically live harmoniously in the human intestines and female genital tract, but are also the leading causes of blood, surgical wound, and urinary tract infections.

In one case, however, an examination of female members on GitHub, one of the leading open - source systems for software developers, showed a considerably lower rate of participation, at 6 percent.

When DreamWorks screened an early version of its 2001 film Shrek for test audiences, the female lead, Princess Fiona, made children scream in fear.

A recent study from Babson College found that venture capital firms with female partners are more than three times as likely to invest in companies with female CEOs than firms led by all - male teams, but the percentage of women in the VC industry has dropped from 10 % to 6 % since 1999 — and only 2.7 % of VC - backed companies have a female CEO.

In comparison to other leading technology properties, Lifewire boasts a 50 % larger proportion of female users.

We have seen a wave of female entrepreneurs, and so the risk of investing in female - led companies is finally being realized.

A lack of female leadership in some fields leads to fewer female mentors and fewer companies where women have a position at the upper echelons of the organization, which it turn results in fewer women entering that industry and becoming leaders themselves.

«Parenting daughters reduces the bias that one has towards women, which leads to more female hires,» the researchers wrote, noting that firms with a greater number of daughters over the age of 12 also lead to even greater gender diversity in firms.

Of the dozen companies Fortune included in that ranking, Indiegogo led the way with female employees comprising 43 % of its leadership, while Cisco and Pinterest were at the bottom with 19 % eacOf the dozen companies Fortune included in that ranking, Indiegogo led the way with female employees comprising 43 % of its leadership, while Cisco and Pinterest were at the bottom with 19 % eacof its leadership, while Cisco and Pinterest were at the bottom with 19 % each.

Corcoran invested in female - led companies 47 percent of the time; Greiner invested in female - led companies 29 percent of the time.

Assuming I got along with both CEOs and enjoyed working with either of them equally, but the number of women - led ventures receiving venture investment was still disproportionately less than their male counterparts, I would probably invest in the venture led by a female CEO.

Upon being hired to lead a Fortune 500 company in 2012 while pregnant with her first child, the 37 - year - old Yahoo CEO became a reluctant symbol of the new have - it - all female exec.

Here are just a few: Jordan Peele became the first African American to win the Best Original Screenplay Oscar for Get Out, and Guillermo del Toro's The Shape of Water won for Best Picture — a film featuring a female actor in the lead role hasn't won the category since Million Dollar Baby in 2004.

Female leads comprised 24 % of protagonists in the 100 top domestic grossing films last year — five percentage points fewer than in 2016.

Despite the fact that 1 in 5 tech entrepreneurs are female, only 2 % of venture financing last year went to women - led startups.

«When it comes to the success of female - led campaigns (success is measured by way of them meeting their funding target) we see Denmark, Ireland and New Zealand come out jointly on top with female success rates of 33 % Sweden and the UK come next with a success rate of 26 %, while for the US and France female - led campaigns rank joint third for success with 24 % of female - led campaigns achieving success compared with 20 % of male - led campaigns in the US.

In our forthcoming article «Gender Bias, Social Impact Framing, and Evaluation of Entrepreneurial Ventures», published in Organization Science, we find that for female founders, highlighting the social impact of their ventures leads to more positive perceptionIn our forthcoming article «Gender Bias, Social Impact Framing, and Evaluation of Entrepreneurial Ventures», published in Organization Science, we find that for female founders, highlighting the social impact of their ventures leads to more positive perceptionin Organization Science, we find that for female founders, highlighting the social impact of their ventures leads to more positive perceptions.

In front of employees, the board member Arianna Huffington talked about how having one female director typically leads to more female directors.

[01:30] Introduction [02:30] Tony welcomes Alexandra [03:40] Launching in 2007 — it came from a place of passion [04:25] Establishing clear roles among founders [05:40] Flexing her multilingual skills in business [06:25] Adjusting how you speak to someone based on their objectives [08:10] The secret to Gilt's growth [09:20] Building a business that would thrive during winter [10:20] Finding the capital to purchase inventory [10:40] Moving from venture to private equity funding [11:20] It's all about smart money [11:40] The future of traditional retail [12:20] The subscription model [12:40] Catering to the time - starved customer [12:55] Bringing services into the home [13:10] Leaving Gilt to lead Glamsquad [16:10] Glamsquad started as an app [17:10] Vetting employees [18:10] Building trust with customers [19:00] Taking massive action — now [20:20] Launching the first sale on Gilt — without a return policy [21:30] Fitz [22:00] The average person wears only 20 % of their wardrobe [23:00] Taking the time to understand your customer [23:20] Challenges as a woman in business [24:40] Advice to a female entrepreneur that's just getting started [25:25] The importance of networking [25:50] Knowing the milestones to hit along the way

But the benefits of investing in female - led financial endeavors go even further than the Journal has it: Hedge funds run by women tend to outperform other hedge funds.

The startup is still reeling from sexual harassment allegations that prompted a companywide review, resulted in the firing of more than 20 employees, and led to suggestions that it might benefit from naming a female CEO.

In their words, they found that, on average, «female representation in top management leads to an increase of $ 42 million in firm value.&raquIn their words, they found that, on average, «female representation in top management leads to an increase of $ 42 million in firm value.&raquin top management leads to an increase of $ 42 million in firm value.&raquin firm value.»

And with the departure of former CEO Ursula Burns from Xerox, announced in 2016, there are no black female CEOs leading companies in the S&P 500 index.

Women@Austin was hatched last Fall when several of Austin's most experienced female entrepreneurs and executives came together and decided they wanted to do something proactive to bolster women's ratios in Austin business — to make the city of Austin the most accessible, nurturing place for women - led businesses in the country.

Having recently received a $ 250,000 federal grant and made its first investment in a female - founded Austin business, True Wealth Ventures is one venture capital fund that's ready to lift the under - funded sector of women - led companies in Austin and across the nation.

Brand, whose venture capital firm invests in companies led by females, had a high - profile 2017 as an ABJ Profiles in Power winner, ranking among the top female executives in Central Texas, as well as being a featured guest in one of ABJ's monthly Face 2 Face interview events.

Description: As one of the few women leading a venture capital firm in the United States, Sara Brand specifically seeks out other female - led companies to invest in.

Julie Hembrock Daum, who leads the North American Board Practice, highlights key findings from the 2017 Spencer Stuart U.S. Board Index, including increases in the number of first - time and female directors and changes in director skills and backgrounds.

I started this fund after (knowing I wanted to be in VC in Austin) learning that women - led companies perform significantly better financially, yet are an untapped market since only 2 % of venture dollars are going to female founded start - ups.

«While more than 40 percent of the funds of female investors were invested in projects by female entrepreneurs, only 22.5 percent of the male investor funds went to female led projects,» the Berkeley researchers said.

This represents a 26 % year - over-year decrease in the number of female - led companies that raised an A in the Bay Area compared with 2014.

«Men in charge» leading to 60 % of college graduates being female, females facing advantages when it comes to getting jobs in engineering and if remaining in full time appointment being favoured in promotion in comparison to their male counterparts.

You'll see a lot of action movies where they'll have a supposedly awesome female lead, but it's still a lead who is broken, has «daddy issues,» or is crippled in some form.

In addition to the above mentioned Pakistan, women have also led Bangladesh, Turkey, and Kyrgyzstan and nearly 1/3 of the Parliment of Egypt is also female.

Text: A recent study sponsored by the Ford Foundation reports that female enrollment in the seminaries of nine leading Protestant denominations has jumped dramatically in the past decade.

And this is the first I've heard that male circumcision leads to to a decrease in sexual pleasure later in life (I'm not speaking of female circumcision).