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Jennifer Lawrence is an Academy-Award winning actress. She鈥檚 starred in movies like "American Hustle" and "The Hunger Games."

But she was paid less for those roles than her male costars, a new batch of leaked Sony emails reveals. The hacks disclose that the back-end compensation for the male stars of "American Hustle" was close to nine percent, while Jennifer Lawrence and Amy Adams only earned seven percent.

Andrew Gumpert, a Columbia Pictures executive who was writing to Sony regarding the pay gap, noted that the differences in pay were 鈥渦nfair鈥� but .

Rather than remaining silent, Jennifer Lawrence decided to write an opinion piece for Lena Dunham鈥檚 newsletter regarding this injustice.

鈥淲hen the Sony hack happened and I found out how much less I was being paid than [my male co-stars], I didn鈥檛 get mad at Sony. I got mad at myself. I failed as a negotiator because I gave up early,鈥� she writes, commenting that at the time, her desire to be likable overwhelmed her desire to 鈥渃lose the deal鈥� and be paid what she was worth.

Lawrence鈥檚 experience is not unique within the movie industry. At the 2015 Oscars, Patricia Arquette used the opportunity of accepting the Best Supporting Actress award for "Boyhood" , 鈥淚t鈥檚 our time to have wage equality once and for all and equal rights for women in the United States of America.鈥�

Then, in June of this year, Academy Award-winner Meryl Streep petitioned members of Congress to revive support for the Equal Rights Amendment, which, , would guarantee equal pay for women in the workplace.

In the letter that she submitted to Congress, Ms. Streep wrote, 鈥淚 am writing to ask you to stand up for equality 鈥� for your mother, your daughter, your sister, your wife or yourself 鈥� by actively supporting the Equal Rights Amendment鈥� A whole new generation of women and girls are talking about equality 鈥� equal pay, equal protection from sexual assault, equal rights."

Nor is the pay gap is not unique to the movie industry. In 2013, of what men earned, and those limits also extended to benefits: were insured through their employers, compared to 44 percent of men who had an offer of health insurance through their companies. 聽聽聽聽聽

鈥淚 don鈥檛 think I鈥檝e ever worked for a man in charge who spent time contemplating what angle he should use to have his voice heard. It鈥檚 just heard,鈥� . 鈥淛eremy Renner, 海角大神 Bale, and Bradley Cooper all fought and succeeded in negotiating powerful deals for themselves. If anything, I鈥檓 sure they were commended for being fierce and tactical, while I was busy worrying about coming across as a brat and not getting my fair share.鈥�