Date 19/05/2016 - News People
Robin Wright is now being paid the same amount as Kevin Spacey, her costar on Netflix's House of Cards. But it took her asking for it and the actress negotiated her salary in a way that would make her House of Cards' character, Claire Underwood, proud. Both actors also serve as producers of the show. Wright shared her gender pay gap story during an event hosted by Rockefeller Foundation in New York on Tuesday, Spacey was making $500,000 per episode in 2014, according to TV Guide. Meanwhile, Forbes reported that Wright made $5.5 million, which would put her around $420,000 an episode around that same time frame. The call for wage equality has been on the minds of many in Hollywood.
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