2023 Writers Guild Strike: The celebs joining the picket lines
By William Howard
2023 Writers Guild Strike: Actors joining the picket linesWriters all over the country have stepped out to strike on behalf of the Writers Guild of America, bringing television production to a screeching halt. Ahead, see which stars stepped forward with picketing writers to voice their support amidst the ongoing salary discussions. “Yellowjackets” star Sammi Hanratty and “Abbott Elementary” creator and star Quinta Brunson hold picket signs as they join WGA strikes in Los Angeles, Calif. on the second day of nationwide protests over wage discrepancies. Instagram/sammihanratty Seth Meyers held a sign in support of the Writers Guild of America in New York City. GC Images Stephen Colbert scoops Ben & Jerry’s ice cream for WGA protesters on a picket line in New York City. GC Images Stephen Colbert hands a striker a cup of Ben & Jerry’s ice cream during picketing in New York City.Patton Oswalt carries a sign that says, “Hey David! Your grad speech sucked!” during the protesting outside Warner Bros. Studios in Burbank, California. Phamous / BACKGRID Actress and longtime activist Lily Tomlin raises a fist in solidarity with the WGA as she speaks at the Showrunners for Abortion Rights rally. AFP via Getty Images SNL writer and actor Pete Davidson poses for a picture with “King of Staten Island” producer Judah Miller as they joined a WGA strike outside of Silvercup Studios in New York City. Bruce Glikas/Getty Images William H. Macy joins a picket line outside Warner Bros. Studios in California. Phamous / BACKGRID Danielle Weisber poses for a photo with actress Liz Torres, who played the iconic Miss Patty on hit show “Gilmore Girls”. Weisber played a dancer in Miss Patty’s town dance troupe as a young child on the show. Twitter/danielleweisber Elizabeth Banks carries a picket sign that says “Union Power” outside Warner Bros. Studios in California. TheImageDirect.com Adam Scott smiles as he holds a picket sign during WGA striking in New York City on May 10, 2023. Mayer/MEGA Lin-Manuel Miranda hands out donuts to protesters on a WGA picket line in New York City on May 10, 2023. Mayer/MEGA Jason Sudeikis joins the WGA strikers picketing outside Warner Brothers Studios in Burbank, California. TheImageDirect.com Mark Ruffalo attends a WGA strike outside of the NBC building in New York City. GC Images Tina Fey joined the picket line in front of Silvercup Studios in New York City. GC Images Jay Leno delivers donuts to picketers protesting outside of Disney Studios in Burbank, Calif. during the first day of nationwide striking on May 2, 2023. Twitter/carolinerenard_ Robe Lowe walks along the picket line with son John Owen Lowe on day one of the Writers Guild of America strike in front of Paramount Pictures in Hollywood, Calif. Giles Harrison /London Entertainment / SplashNews.com Actor Jon Cryer carries a sign as he joins the Writers Guild of America on the first day of their strike in Los Angeles, Calif. Phamous / BACKGRID “Russian Doll” and “Orange is the New Black” actress Natasha Lyonne participates in the first day of the Writers Guild of America’s picket line outside of Paramount Pictures in Hollywood, Calif. SplashNews.com The indie rock band Weezer performs for striking WGA members during 2023 Writers Guild of America protests during a rally in front of Paramount Picture in Los Angeles, California. AP Julia Louis-Dreyfus smiles as she joins a picket line in support of Writers Guild of America protests in Burbank, California. REUTERS Actress and activist Cynthia Nixon joins WGA picket lines in New York City on the second day of nationwide protesting against the AMPTP. GC Images SNL Writer and “Shrill” star Aidy Bryant smiles and holds up a t-shirt dedicated to the 2023 Writers Strike while picketing outside in New York City. Stephen Lovekin/Shutterstock Actor Michael Rapaport carries a picket sign that reads “You can’t spell TV without writers” during the second day of nationwide WGA striking in New York City. GC Images Susan Sarandon marches, carrying a picket sign that reads, “Who’s with us?,” during striking outside of Netflix’s headquarters in New York City. Anadolu Agency via Getty Images Chris Pine holds a “SAG-AFTRA supports WGA” picket sign as he poses for a photo during WGA protesting in California. Twitter/tomlenk “Grey’s Anatomy” and “…And Just Like That” star Sara Ramirez yells from a picket line during the 2023 Writers Strike outside of Peacock Newfront in New York City on May 2, 2023. MediaPunch/Shutterstock Actress Elizabeth Banks joins the writers strike picketing outside Warner Brothers Studios in California. TheImageDirect.com Actress Gillian Jacobs joins the picket line on the first day of the 2023 Writers Strike outside of Paramount Pictures in Hollywood, Calif. on May 2, 2023. SplashNews.com Actor Ike Barinholtz walks the picket line with an “On Strike!” sign on the first day of the 2023 Writers Guild Strike at Paramount Pictures in Hollywood, Calif. on May 2, 2023. SplashNews.com Actor Steve Higgins carries a sign that reads “without writers you can’t even finish this si” during picketing in New York City as part of nationwide WGA striking. GC Images Jon Daly carries a sign that says, “What is this, a money heist?” during the first day of the 2023 Writers Guild Strike in Hollywood, Calif. on May 2, 2023. SplashNews.com Actress Gina Gershon holds a sign that reads “I told chatGPT to write a sign and it sucked” on the second day of nationwide WGA striking in New York City. GC Images June Diane Raphael and husband Paul Scheer carry signs as they join a WGA strike outside of Netflix’s Hollywood studios. BLW Clips / BACKGRID “Fargo” actress Allison Tolman holds a SAG-AFTRA “Unions Stand Together” sign on the first day of the 2023 Writers Guild Strike outside of Paramount Pictures in Hollywood, Calif. SplashNews.com Actress Frances Fisher carries a sign in support of the 2023 WGA Strike outside of CBS Television City on May 2, 2023. Getty Images Actor Michael Hitchcock strikes with the Writers Guild of America outside of Paramount Pictures in Hollywood, Calif. on May 2, 2023. SplashNews.com Actress and writer Justine Bateman participates in the first day of the 2023 Writers Guild Strike outside of Paramount Pictures in Hollywood, Calif. on May 2, 2023. SplashNews.com Jacob Tobia holds signs saying “Screw the Met Gala” and “My Pronouns are Pay/Me” on a picket line with other members of the Writers Guild of America outside CBS Television City in Los Angeles, Calif. Getty Images Actress and aspiring television writer Kim Steele holds a sign displaying “We Write. Y’all Wrong!” outside of the Warner Bros. Discovery Atlanta campus during the 2023 WGA Strike. REUTERS Ed Begley Jr. carries a sign with his name on it in the picket line outside CBS Studios in Los Angeles during the 2023 Writers Strikes MEGA Tina Fey and Seth Meyers protest outside Silvercup Studios in Queens, New York during the 2023 Writers Guild Strikes. Jose Perez / SplashNews.com Joel McHale carries a sign during 2023 Writers Guild of America strikes outside Warner Bros. Studios in Los Angeles. Phamous / BACKGRID Clea Duvall and Timothy Simons join the 2023 Writers Guild of America striking outside Paramount Studios in Hollywood, California. SplashNews.com Bob Odenkirk joins a picket line outside Warner Bros. Studios in Burbank, California during the 2023 WGA strikes. SplashNews.com Jason Sudeikis carries a picket sign during WGA protests outside Warner Bros. Studios in Burbank, California on June 5, 2023. @CelebCandidly / MEGA Gina Gershon and Nick Kroll smile from the picket line in New York City on May 10, 2023. Mayer/MEGA Superman actor Brandon Routh joins the 2023 WGA strikes in front of Warner Bros. Studios in Burbank, California. @CelebCandidly / MEGA Lena Dunham joins the picket line during the 2023 WGA striking in Hudson Yards New York City on May 10, 2023. Mayer/MEGA Comedian Robert Klein joins a picket line during the 2023 Writers Guild of America strikes in New York City. GC Images Clea DuVall joins a Writers Guild of America strike outside Paramount Studios in Hollywood, California. SplashNews.com Noah Wylie joins a picket line outside Paramount Studios in Hollywood, California during the 2023 Writers Guild of America strikes. SplashNews.com Seth Meyers joins WGA protests during 2023 writers strikes outside Silvercup Studios in New York City. Jose Perez / SplashNews.com Colin Farrell pickets with other WGA members during striking in front of Paramount Picture’s Global offices in New York City. MediaPunch / BACKGRID Edie Falco carries a picket sign in support of the WGA during striking in New York City. Mayer/MEGA Jason Mantzoukas carries a picket sign in support of the WGA during striking outside Paramount Studios in Hollywood, California. SplashNews.com Tituss Burgess smiles as he holds a picket sign during a WGA strike in the Flatiron District in New York City. Rick Davis / SplashNews.com Mitra Jouhari, Nick Kroll, and Ayo Edibiri of “Big Mouth” picket in front of Sunset Bronson Studios on May 31, 2023. Samuel Braslow/Shutterstock Comedian Adam Conover carries a picket sign declaring, “F*** Around and Find Out” during the 2023 Writers Guild of America strikes outside the Warner Bros. Studios. Phamous / BACKGRID John Leguizamo addresses the crowd of WGA members and supporters during a “Rally at the Rock” event outside the NBC Building in New York City. Getty Images Aimee Carrero joins WGA striking outside of Warner Bros. Studios in Burbank, California. SplashNews.com Brian Posehn protests with WGA strikers carrying a sign that says, “I was beardless when this started.” MEGA Rebecca Romihn and Jerry O’Connell join a WGA strike outside Paramount Studios in Hollywood, California. BLW Clips / BACKGRID Writer & Director Kevin Smith participates in 2023 WGA strikes outside of Warner Bros. Studios in California. Getty Images Mariska Hargitay walks with picketers during the 2023 WGA Strikes in New York City. MediaPunch / BACKGRID Members of the SNL cast join picketers in front of the Netflix Flatiron office in New York City. Derek French/Shutterstock Sarah Silverman carries a picket sign during 2023 WGA striking in Los Angeles, California. GC Images Lin-Manuel Miranda performs during Writers Guild of america picketing in New York City. GC Images Danny Trejo brought donuts to striking members of the WGA as protests stretches into its ninth week. SplashNews.com Mindy Kaling carries a picket sign during WGA striking in front of Paramount Pictures in Hollywood, California. BLW Clips / BACKGRID Max Greenfield and Gillian Jacobs smile as they join WGA picketers in Hollywood, California. BLW Clips / BACKGRID British showrunner Russel T. Davies joins a UK picket line in solidarity with the Writers Guild of America protests for fair wages in London, England. Getty Images Rachel Dratch and Wanda Sykes attend a protes outside of NBC Studios in New York City. GC Images Al Franken and Cynthia Nixon post during a protest outside the NBC Building in New York City. GC Images Busy Philipps speaks to the crowd during a WGA protest outside the NBC building in New York City. GC Images Colin Farrell, Michael Kelly, and Rachel Dratch look on as US Senator Kirsten Gilibrand speaks during a protest for WGA members in New York City. John Angelillo/UPI/Shutterstock Marvel star Clark Gregg strikes with members of the WGA outside of Peacock NewFront in New York City. Getty Images Mariska Hargitay speaks during a WGA protest outside Paramount Studios’ Times Square Office in New York City. John Angelillo/UPI/Shutterstock Breckin Meyer joins a picket line outside of Paramount Studios in Hollywood, California. SplashNews.com Bowen Yang smiles from a picket line outside of Netflix’s Flatiron offices in New York City. Derek French/Shutterstock Samira Wiley carries a picket sign as she joins a protest outside Paramount Studios in Los Angeles, California. BLW Clips / BACKGRID Meredith Stiehm, president of Writers Guild of America West, and Fran Drescher, president of SAG-AFTRA, carry picket signs during protesting outside of Paramount Pictures in Los Angeles on May 8, 2023. AP Actor Dean Winters attends a WGA strike outside of the NBC Building in New York City on May 23, 2023. GC Images Fred Armisen carries a picket sign as he joins protests outside Silvercup Studios in New York City on May 9,2023. GC Images Busy Philipps, Kal Penn, and Ilana Glazer pose for a photo during WGA striking outside the NBC building in New York City on May 23, 2023. GC Images Alfred Molina and Phil Rosenthal chat as they protest with other WGA members outside Paramount Studios in Hollywood, California. BLW Clips / BACKGRID Cynthia Nixon chats with America Ferrera during a WGA strike in New York City on May 23, 2023. GC Images Lin-Manuel Miranda and Sara Bareilles pose for a photo during a WGA strike event in Times Square on June 15, 2023. GC Images Marg Helgenberger of “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation” carries a picket sign during a WGA protest outside Universal Studios in Los Angeles, California. REUTERS “Better Call Saul” star Bob Odenkirk joins the WGA strike outside of Warner Brothers Studios in Burbank, California. SplashNews.com Actor Curtis Armstrong supports the WGA strike outside of Netflix’s Hollywood studios. BLW Clips / SplashNews.com Strikers gather to picket outside Warner Bros. Studios in Burbank, Calif. on the first official day of the 2023 WGA Strike. ZUMAPRESS.com
