In 2022, over 62 percent of all speaking female characters in original U.S. movies on streaming services were white. Around 21 percent of female characters were Black, where just six percent were Hispanic.
Distribution of all speaking female characters in original movies by streaming services in the United States in 2022, by ethnicity
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Expert(s) (Martha M. Lauzen), & Center for the Study of Women in Television and Film. (May 22, 2023). Distribution of all speaking female characters in original movies by streaming services in the United States in 2022, by ethnicity [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 25, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1391240/female-characters-streaming-movies-ethnicity/
Expert(s) (Martha M. Lauzen), und Center for the Study of Women in Television and Film. "Distribution of all speaking female characters in original movies by streaming services in the United States in 2022, by ethnicity." Chart. May 22, 2023. Statista. Accessed August 25, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1391240/female-characters-streaming-movies-ethnicity/
Expert(s) (Martha M. Lauzen), Center for the Study of Women in Television and Film. (2023). Distribution of all speaking female characters in original movies by streaming services in the United States in 2022, by ethnicity. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: August 25, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1391240/female-characters-streaming-movies-ethnicity/
Expert(s) (Martha M. Lauzen), and Center for the Study of Women in Television and Film. "Distribution of All Speaking Female Characters in Original Movies by Streaming Services in The United States in 2022, by Ethnicity." Statista, Statista Inc., 22 May 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1391240/female-characters-streaming-movies-ethnicity/
Expert(s) (Martha M. Lauzen) & Center for the Study of Women in Television and Film, Distribution of all speaking female characters in original movies by streaming services in the United States in 2022, by ethnicity Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1391240/female-characters-streaming-movies-ethnicity/ (last visited August 25, 2024)
Distribution of all speaking female characters in original movies by streaming services in the United States in 2022, by ethnicity [Graph], Expert(s) (Martha M. Lauzen), & Center for the Study of Women in Television and Film, May 22, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1391240/female-characters-streaming-movies-ethnicity/