An actress in her 30s — a woman, that is, still playing characters of baby-making age — may have it even tougher than actresses in their 40s and 50s. Unless she is exceedingly glamorous, à la Charlize Theron, she can easily get stranded in mom roles: Hair twisted into a messy bun, she's perennially grabbing her purse to whisk the kids off to soccer or dance; meanwhile, the dog has grabbed the meat off the counter — again! That on-screen image is a cartoon distillation of trade-offs women make in real life: These movie women are exhausted, but they're happy. As is often true in real life, children give movie moms a sense of meaning and purpose and, most importantly, an easily... More >>>