Julia Louis-Dreyfus Hopes Veep's Success Can Help Confront Inequity for Women

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CANNES, France—Veep may be a comedy that revels in double standards, but star Julia Louis-Dreyfus says she believes the show might actually be helping solve the gender-imbalance issues that often drive its plot.

"There is a tremendous inequity in Hollywood and in politics, and I would say globally it's challenging to be a woman and succeed," Louis-Dreyfus told her audience at the Cannes Lions. "There's a lot of fun to be made of it, and in so doing maybe you can move the needle a little bit."

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