Actresses Samantha Morton, Ruth Wilson and Meera Syal have celebrated the sisterhood at the Women in Film and TV Awards, which were held in London on Saturday night.
Accepting her best performance award, Morton called for more change at the grassroots.
"It’s exciting that women have done this and got together, " she said. "It’s an opportunity to celebrate each other."
Meera Syal said that she was at the London event, which was hosted by Sandi Toksvig, "to show support for the sisterhood." "There is a very old, creaky system of privilege that is gradually breaking down," she said.
"You still get 60-year-old men being cast with 30-year-old girlfriends - that hasn't changed, has it?!"
Strictly Come Dancing's Claudia Winkelman was received a presenter award, while Derry Girls writer Lisa McGee won a screenwriting award. Laurie Nunn, who devised and wrote Sex Education, was presented with a New Talent award.
Other winners included Coronation Street actor Cherylee Houston who won the ITV Studios Achievement of The Year Award. BBC Europe editor Katya Adler won the BBC News and Factual award.
In a recent interview with the Radio Times, Morton that she had only bought a television set after she was cast in The Walking Dead.
The 41-year-old actress said that she went without a TV for seven years because she did not want her children to get addicted. The decision not to have a TV also related to the fact that she was living on a farm in the Peak District and "didn't want one."
"It’s also because I had young children. You don’t want them to turn the telly on and just be constantly bombarded with stuff. I’m not a huge fan of that when you’re raising children."
