Ryan Reynolds is one of Hollywood’s most diverse leading men seamlessly transitioning through varied genres of drama, action and comedy in his rich and ever evolving career. He is equally as successful off-screen as a producer, screenwriter, entrepreneur, and marketing powerhouse.
He is the Golden Globe nominated star and producer of the 20th Century Fox billion-dollar franchise Deadpool.
Beyond acting, Reynolds is a successful entrepreneur and an award-winning marketer, creating breakthrough campaigns for Deadpool as well Aviation Gin, Mint Mobile and the Match Group. He is an owner of Aviation Gin, Mint Mobile, Wrexham Football Club, Chief Creative Officer of MNTN and a co-founder of Maximum Effort Productions. He has been recognized as one of the most creative people in business by Fast Company, The Hollywood Reporter, Wall Street Journal and AdWeek among others.
Reynolds is an in-demand speaker for engaging, insightful conversations about his storied career in Hollywood and significant business endeavors.
Reese Witherspoon is one of America’s most beloved actresses, as well as a celebrated producer and successful entrepreneur. Reese is known for her classic comedy films Legally Blonde and Sweet Home Alabama, her Emmy and Golden Globe-winning performance in the biopic Walk the Line, as well as her critically acclaimed role in HBO hit drama series Big Little Lies.
She founded Hello Sunshine, a production company focused on telling female-driven stories on film, TV, and digital platforms, and is behind acclaimed films like Gone Girl, Wild, and Hot Pursuit.
She is actively involved in many advocacy organizations supporting women and children, she is a long-time supporter of Save The Children, is on the board of the Children’s Defense Fund, and serves as honorary chair of the Avon Foundation.
Reese launched Draper James, a retail brand with a focus on fashion, accessories, and home décor inspired by the American South. On stage she discusses life and career, entrepreneurship, storytelling, and women's empowerment.
America Ferrera earned a Screen Actors Guild, Emmy, Golden Globe, and ALMA Award for her portrayal of "Betty Suarez" on Ugly Betty. She directed, produced, and starred in the NBC workplace comedy, Superstore, and was the star and executive producer of X/Y, The Dry Land, and Towards Darkness.
America shined as part of the star-studded cast of Barbie for which she earned an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actress. Her show-stopping monologue about women's empowerment was one of the most powerful scenes in the film.
Ferrera is the author of American Like Me: Reflections on Life Between Cultures, a vibrant collection of first-person accounts from prominent figures about the experience of growing up between cultures.
America participated in the PBS documentary series Half the Sky, bringing attention to the hardships underprivileged women and young girls face around the world. Through her work with her foundation, HARNESS, and non-profit Poderistas, which she co-founded alongside 9 other activists and leaders, Ferrera has worked to address inequality and inspire action.
She is an ambassador for "America4America" dedicated to engaging Latinos across the country to discuss issues such as voter ID laws, education, and immigration. She is also an ambassador for the beauty brand Covergirl, working with the brand to create a more inclusive beauty standard.
Viola Davis is an award-winning actress best known for How to Get Away With Murder and The Help. She can be seen in The Woman King, the highly anticipated historical epic about a group of female warriors led by Davis' character.
Viola is just the third Black woman in history to earn the coveted EGOT status, achieved by winning an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony award. She won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for Fences, received nominations for her roles in The Help and Doubt, and is also a two-time Tony Award winner for King Hedley II and Fences.
She is also the first African American woman to win the Emmy for Best Actress in a Drama Series for her role as "Annalise DeWitt" on the ABC series How to Get Away With Murder.
Viola is the author of the bestselling memoir, Finding Me, detailing her journey from a crumbling apartment in Central Falls, Rhode Island, to the stage in New York City, and beyond. The audiobook was Grammy-nominated for Best Audio Book, Narration & Storytelling Recording.
From the lectern, she discusses her career and how overcoming adversities and preconceived restrictions has contributed to becoming a stronger woman.
Da’Vine Joy Randolph is an award-winning actress and singer trained at the Yale School of Drama. Her breakout role in The Holdovers earned her an Academy Award and a Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress.
She can also currently be seen in Paramount's The Lost City and On The Come Up. Da’Vine is best known for her performance in Dolemite Is My Name, a role that earned her an NAACP Image Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture, as well as two Black Reel Awards and one AAFCA Award.
In television, Da’Vine can be seen in Only Murders In The Building on Hulu, where she portrayed “Detective Williams,” Selfie, and People of Earth. Da'Vine made her Broadway and West End debuts starring as "Oda Mae Brown" in Ghost: The Musical, for which she received a Tony Award nomination for Best Featured Actress in a Musical.
Christina Applegate has endeared herself to audiences and received accolades for her strength and versatility in theatre, film and television. With Emmy, Golden Globe and Tony nominations to her credit, she has proven herself to be one of Hollywood’s most influential leading ladies.
Known for starring in “Married With Children,” “Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy” and “Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues”. Recent credits include “Bad Moms,” “Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip” and “Web Therapy”
She received Emmy, Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild nominations for “Samantha Who?” Won an Emmy for outstanding guest actress in a comedy series for her role on “Friends”. Nominated for the Tony Award for best leading actress in a musical for her role on “Sweet Charity”
In 2008, after receiving her breast cancer diagnosis through an early, doctor-ordered MRI, Applegate founded Right Action for Women to educate women about what it means to be at high risk for breast cancer and encourage them to talk to their doctors about appropriate screening.
Applegate has been a longtime supporter of women’s cancer causes. In 2003 and 2009 she served as the ambassador for Lee National Denim Day, one the largest single-day fundraisers for breast cancer in the country. Christina founded Right Action for Women, which advocates for breast cancer education.
Mindy Kaling starred in the Hulu original comedy series The Mindy Project, which she also wrote and executive produced. Kaling created the Netflix series Never Have I Ever with Lang Fisher, a comedy partially based on Kaling's real childhood story. The series has been described as a watershed moment for South Asian representation in Hollywood and has been praised for breaking Asian stereotypes. She is also known for her work on the critically acclaimed, Emmy Award-winning NBC show The Office.
Other credits include Oceans 8, Late Night, Despicable Me, Wreck-it Ralph and Inside Out among many others.
S he is the author of the New York Times bestselling books Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me And Other Concerns and Why Not Me?
Kaling was honored with the National Medal of Arts, the highest award given to artists and groups who advanced the arts in the United States, for capturing and uplifting the experiences of women and girls across the nation. She was also named one of TIME's 100 Most Influential People and Glamour's Woman of the Year.
A champion of diversity, Kaling is an investor in and ambassador for Lion Pose, a female-founded skincare brand dedicated to performing unbiased, third-party clinical testing on diverse skin tones.
Gayle King is co-host of CBS Mornings and CNN's King Charles alongside Charles Barkley, as well as Editor-at-Large of the award-winning Oprah Daily.
She previously hosted The Gayle King Show, a live, weekday television interview program on OWN: The Oprah Winfrey Network that was also broadcast on XM Satellite Radio
Before moving into print and radio, King worked for 18 years as a television news anchor for a CBS affiliate
King has received numerous awards for her extensive work as a journalist, including three Emmys, the American Women in Radio & Television Gracie Award, and the Individual Achievement Award for Host-Entertainment
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