Grace and Frankie star June Diane Raphael was 35,000 feet in the air on election night 2016 when the seat-back TV screens all flickered in unison to confirm the news that Donald Trump had won. In that moment, as a man ahead of her in first class whooped with delight, Raphael decided to perform a small act of rebellion on the half-empty plane.

She took up space.

To another man who had moved up to take the aisle seat of her otherwise empty row, Raphael turned and deadpanned: No, he could not sit with her; shed booked the whole row for herself. This was, of course, a lie. But with the man suitably dispatched, Raphael spread herself out, pulled a coat over her Hillary T-shirt, and started to process the new reality of a Clinton loss and a Trump win.

Now, almost three years later, Raphael is (nearly) done grieving. Instead, shes mobilizing .

In the last 18 months in addition to acting in a Hollywood film with Charlize Theron (Long Shot) and filming seasons 5 and 6 of her Netflix show Raphael co-founded The Jane Club , a womens space in Los Angeles designed specifically for working parents, and wrote a book, Represent: The Womans Guide to Running for Office & Changing the World , with former EMILYs List activist Kate Black to inspire women to run for office. The latter has been something of a self-described obsession.