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From red carpets to picket lines: Famous faces on the front line of SAG-AFTRA strike

Tens of thousands of Hollywood actors have beenon strike sincemidnight July 14. Here's a look at some familiar faces picketing various U.S.studiosin recent days.

Actors have been on strike since July 14

Jane Fonda holding a fist in the air and speaking to a crowd outside a Netflix studio in Los Angeles.
Jane Fonda speaks to a crowd as Starbucks workers stand on the picket line in solidarity with striking SAG-AFTRA and Writers Guild of America (WGA) members outside Netflix studios in Los Angeles, Calif., on July 28. (Mario Tama/Getty Images)

Tens of thousands of Hollywood actors have beenon strike sincemidnight July 14, effectively bringing the movie and TVbusiness to a halt as they later joined screenwriters in the first industry-wide walkout in63years. Members of theScreen Actors Guild American Federation of Television and Radio Artists(SAG-AFTRA) are striking for better pay and protection from the use of artificial intelligence, among other things.

Here's a look at somefamiliar facespicketing outside various U.S.studiosin recent days.

Outside Walt Disney Studios, Warner Bros.in Burbank

Actor Sean Penn joins members of SAG-AFTRAand the Writers Guild of America (WGA) as they walk a picket line outsideWalt Disney Studios in Burbank, Calif., on Aug.1.

Actor Sean Penn with others on a picket line outside Walt Disney Studios in Burbank, Calif.

(Valerie Macon/AFP/Getty Images)

Actors Diana-Maria Riva, left, and Roselyn Snchez walk on a picket line, joined by Latina members of SAG-AFTRA, outside the Disney Studiosin Burbank on July 28.

Two women in the foreground clasp hands with one another, while onlookers surround them on a picket line outside Disney studios in Burbank, Calif.

(Damian Dovarganes/The Associated Press)

ActorsMandy Moore, left, andJon Huertas join members on a picket line outside the Walt Disney Studios on Aug. 1.

A man and woman holding signs, picketing outside a Walt Disney Studios in Burbank, Calif.

(Valerie Macon/AFP/Getty Images)

Actor Rosario Dawson attends a rally by striking writers and actors outside Warner Bros. Studioin Burbankon July 14 the first day actors formally joined the picket lines.

A woman smiles and rests her hand on the shoulder of another person while out on a picket line.

(Mark J. Terrill/The Associated Press)

Actor Dermot Mulroney takes part in a rallyoutside Netflix studio in Los Angeles onJuly 14.

Line of people including actors on the picket line in Los Angeles.

(Chris Pizzello/The Associated Press)

Outside other studios in N.Y.C.

Actor Michelle Hurd speaks as SAG-AFTRA members rally in Times Square on July 25in New York City.

At a podium, actor Michelle Hurd speaks to a crowd during a rally in Times Square in New York.

(Roy Rochlin/Getty Images)

Actors Brendan Fraser and Arian Moayed attend therally in Times Square.

Actors Brendan Fraser and Arian Moayed attend a rally in New York's Times Square.

(Mike Segar/Reuters)

Actor Cynthia Nixonon the picket line outside the offices of Netflix and Warner Bros. on July 21in New York City.

Cynthia Nixon joins other SAG-AFTRA members on the picket line in New York City.

(Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images)

Daniel Dae Kimon the picket line in front of Amazon/HBO at 450 West 33 St.in New York City on July 20.

Actor Daniel Dae Kim with other members of SAG-AFTRA on the picket line in New York City.

(John Lamparski/Getty Images)

Actor Kevin Bacon, front left, joins the picket line outside NBCUniversal at 30 Rockefeller Plaza in New York on July 18.

Actors including two men holding signs on a picket line in New York City.

(Ted Shaffrey/The Associated Press)

Actor Anson Mount joins fellow SAG-AFTRA actors and WGAwriters on the picket line in Times Squareon July 18.

Actors on the picket line in Times Square, New York City.

(Mike Segar/Reuters)

With files from The Associated Press