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Michelle Duff in Wellington

‘I’m not here to make other women feel like shit’: Robyn Malcolm on acting, ageing and the power of art

Robyn Malcolm as Penny in After the Party who is looking out a window
Robyn Malcolm as Penny in After the Party, directed by Peter Salmon and co-created by Malcolm, which has been dubbed ‘the best TV drama’ New Zealand has ‘ever made’. Photograph: After the Party Productions

When Robyn Malcolm did a recent shoot for a magazine, they sent her through the proposed cover. She called them immediately. “I said, can you not do that to my face?”

Pushing against expectations for women to look and act a certain way – young, carefree, likable – has driven Malcolm her whole career, but especially since menopause. “They took notice, and they put me on the cover with everything as is. They said, ‘We just thought everyone liked that.’ Well, no, because I’m not here to make other women feel like shit.”

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