She found a 40% pay gap and took it all the way to the Supreme Court. Based on true events.
Based on the inspiring true story of Lilly Ledbetter, an ordinary Alabama tire factory supervisor who discovers she's being paid less than her male peers. Her fight for fair pay takes her to the Supreme Court and Congress, while powerful forces try to shut her down. Lilly refuses to accept the status quo and has the courage to fight for what is right.
Acting
Clarkson weaponizes polite Southern womanhood
Writing
Makes Supreme Court procedure actually gripping
Production
Tire factory detail that reeks of authenticity
Director
Rachel Feldman
Patricia Clarkson
Lilly Ledbetter
Angela Ashton
Caroline
Deirdre Lovejoy
Jocelyn Samuels
John Benjamin Hickey
Charles Ledbetter
Thomas Sadoski
Jon Goldfarb
Josh McDermitt
Dan McGinty
Will Pullen
Phil Ledbetter
Bethany Anne Lind
Vickie Ledbetter
Keith Brooks
Andy Guthrie
Paul Teal
Timothy Granger
Amy Parrish
Deborah
Rhoda Griffis
Marcia Greenberger
Judd Lormand
Trevor Dawkins
Darin Toonder
Jay St. Clair
Robert Pralgo
Kent Kohler
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The real Lilly Ledbetter's name is on the 2009 Fair Pay Act Obama signed—she watched from the front row.
This dropped in 2025, the same year the gender pay gap stalled at 84 cents—sometimes timing is the villain.
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