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Patricia Clarkson talks about playing equal pay activist Lilly Ledbetter in new movie

Patricia Clarkson, a three-time Emmy winner and Oscar nominee, stars as equal pay activist Lilly Ledbetter in the new movie, "Lilly." Ledbetter sued her employer in 1999 for sex discrimination after learning she was being paid substantially less than her male colleagues. She lost her case at the Supreme Court, but 10 years later, then-President Obama signed the "Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act."
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