ROSAMUND PIKE

Actor

A chameleonic scene-stealer, Rosamund Pike has made her name playing complicated women, from her Oscar-nominated performance as the venomous Amy Dunne in Gone Girl to her turn as The Sunday Times’ brilliant war correspondent Marie Colvin in A Private War. In conversation with Pandora Sykes, she explained how Colvin taught her ‘to be rigorous in your consumption of the news – ask if what you’re being told is the truth’. Next up, you’ll see her playing another Marie – Curie, in Radioactive, a biopic about the chemist, out in May. Rosamund knows never to

take her privilege for granted. ‘We are lucky in this country; we have a voice. As women who are not censored, we should speak up.’

Influencer AMENA KHAN, who joined a panel on shifting beauty standards, made history after she was cast as the first hijab-wearing model in a L’Oréal haircare campaign. ‘You can’t talk about beauty without discussing how we are subconsciously geared to only accept it in certain forms.’

She believes in the power of speaking up: ‘It’s important we stand up for ourselves, no matter what area we’re in.’ For 74-year-old model JAN DE

VILLENEUVE, social media gave her the opportunity to use her voice to ‘encourage people’ around the world. As an advocate of age representation, she was the perfect panellist for a discussion on diversity in the fashion industry: ‘I am happy to be myself and wear clothes for fun. Stay true to yourself.’

This year, actor ZAWE ASHTON stars opposite Jake Gyllenhaal in Velvet Buzzsaw and will also release Character Breakdown, a memoir of her 28 years in entertainment. ‘When you’re in an industry where the issues you face as a person are the issues you face at work, it’s a double-edged sword when it comes to developing your identity,’ says Zawe, who was interviewed by ELLE’s culture director Lena de Casparis on what it’s like to be a woman in film. When it comes to inspiration, model, writer and DJ SYDNEY LIMA, who provided the music in the Weekender Café, looks to Eighties Madonna. ‘It’s easier to have your voice heard now. You can contact strangers at random and use Twitter to speak directly to members of parliament,’ she says.