Jessica Chastain has publicly shared her allegiance to those speaking out about their experiences of sexual harassment in Hollywood - but she's admitted she feared she may have caused irrevocable damage to her career as a consequence.
Shortly after the stories of abuse began seeping out of the industry (and beyond) following the New York Times bombshell expose, the star tweeted: "I was warned from the beginning. The stories were everywhere. To deny that is to create an environment for it to happen again."
However the opposite has just happened, as Chastain has just received her fifth Golden Globe Best Actress nomination for her role in Molly's Game.
And she's revealed she was "surprised" given how vocal she's been about the industry - not just about claims of misconduct, but also the glaring gender pay gap.
"To be honest, I'm mainly surprised about my nomination," the star told The New York Times.
"As an actor, I have a lot of fear, thinking that if I speak my mind, or something that feels like it deviates from the norm as a woman, am I going to be made to disappear in my industry?
"When the article came out about Weinstein, I immediately started tweeting. I've got a good group of girlfriends on WhatsApp, and I said, 'I'm really terrified I'm destroying my career right now. I wonder if people will still see me as an actress, and want to work with knowing I have these opinions.'
"In the way that only good girlfriends can do, they helped me eliminate fear and understand that the only way to change something that's wrong is to change it, not ignore it."
Chastain recently disclosed that she was reprimanded by a "well-known actor"over her outrage and response to the allegations.
Speaking on The Graham Norton Show, she said: "I was tweeting a lot at the time and actually got an email from a well-known actor that said, 'Calm down'.
"I found that heartbreaking and can only think he didn't understand the movement that was happening."
The actress's previous Golden Globe nominations for Best Actress have been for 2011's The Help, Zero Dark Thirty (2012) , A Most Violent Year (2014), and Miss Sloane (2016). She has been Oscar-nominated twice for The Help and Zero Dark Thirty.
"I struggled for so long to try to create a career. To have five nominations in such a short amount of time, it's really shocking, and more than I ever imagined. I just feel so much gratitude and happiness," she added to the publication.
Naomi Gordon is news writer mainly covering entertainment news with a focus on celebrity interviews and television.
