Asia’s Most Influential women inspire others to follow in their footsteps

“I believe that my children need to be inspired by what they see in me. And for me to stick to what makes me happy, they would see that as an inspiration and it would move them also to do what they want,” said Filipino actress Dolly de Leon at the 2023 Front and Female Awards. After decades of working as an actress in the Philippines, as well as taking up side hustles to support her children, the single mother found success on the world stage playing Abigail in Triangle of Sadness. De Leon was nominated for best supporting actress at the British Academy Film Awards and the Golden Globe Awards, while the film won the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival. Her latest project, Between the Temples, a comedy starring Jason Schwartzman and Carol Kane, debuted at the Sundance Film Festival and was screened at…