It's rare in Hollywood to find authentic, layered stories about multifaceted women, but the good news is, it's getting less rare. A notable case on the subject is the filmography of screenwriter Diablo Cody, the scribe behind 2007's。 Juno。Juno
。(her first film, for which she won an Oscar), 2011's。Young Adult。 , and — opening this weekend — the remarkable 。Tully。

.。 Cody's work, particularly in collaboration with director Jason Reitman, comprises raw examinations of womanhood in its various stages. In Cody's own words,Juno。 is about a girl becoming a woman. 。is about a girl becoming a woman.。 Young Adult 。is about a woman refusing to grow up. And。

Tully。 is about a mother of three transitioning not only into parenthood, but middle age. 。"This is obviously the most personal, because I was able to actually channel my experiences as a mom into it," Cody told Mashable of 。

Tully
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in a phone interview. "I just wanted to honestly depict the sort of anxiety and exhaustion and intensity of that experience — and the love, because I’ve seen movies about overwhelmed moms before, but I think it’s always kind of done as a comedic trope... There is a grittier side to it. You have to write what you know, and that’s where I was coming from."。SEE ALSO:New aggregator CherryPicks will highlight female reviewers and women in film。

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Tully
。 stars Charlize Theron as Marlo, a woman who's taking care of her newborn and two other children; running her household; and likely coping with postpartum depression. Things change drastically with the arrival of night nurse Tully (Mackenzie Davis) — and Marlo starts to feel like her old self again.。Credit: focus features。

Credit: focus features。

Cody has been in Hollywood for roughly a decade since 。 Juno。was produced. In that time, she's seen a steady uptick in the demand for female-driven stories and more women behind the camera.
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"We're still feeling the immediate aftershocks from [Time's Up and #MeToo], and that’s also been fascinating to observe," she added. "It’s interesting to know that the young women who are coming up in the business right now are entering a completely different Hollywood. I think they will be treated differently than I was, and I approve of that." 。Cody herself was the story when she wrote
。Cody herself was the story when she wrote。

Juno。

, having entered the entertainment industry after working as a stripper.
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"I think I was possibly treated differently than the average young woman entering the business at that time, because I had kind of famously come from an overtly sexual environment," Cody said. It's difficult for her to say more, though she's been wanting to talk and write about her experience for some time. "It's too scary," she explained. "It's a really delicate subject ... all I want to do is just support people who have been through shit." 。

"All I want to do is support people who have been through shit." 。

While her background may have scandalized her new peers, Cody recalls that she was treated as a writer in those rooms, first and foremost.。 "I had this calling card that was。"I had this calling card that was。

Juno 。 ," she said. "I came to Hollywood with that script and people were excited about it from the get-go, so I always had that in my back pocket. No one could just dismiss me as a stripper because I was a stripper with a property that people wanted to produce."。Credit: focus features。 Over the past 10 years, Cody has developed a rhythm with Reitman, a male director who's invested in telling stories about women and telling them right. 。"One day I asked him, ‘Why are you so nice to me?

"One day I asked him, ‘Why are you so nice to me?’" Cody recalls of her time on set for。

Juno
。 . "And he said, ‘Because I’ve never been a teenage girl.’ He understood that he could not make that movie without me. There are not a lot of directors that would feel that way. And he’s still like that."。With。

With。Tully 。

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, both get to work once more with Charlize Theron. Theron also starred in。

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Young Adult。, which Cody says was her favorite project ever up to that point.。"[Charlize] is so incredibly brave," Cody said. "What it’s really about is her emotional bravery. She will really get raw and expose herself, and it’s something I really admire."。In 。In 。Tully。, Theron does just that, giving a performance with remarkable nuance and exceptional heart, a credit to the writer and director.。Tully
。is now in theaters.。Featured Video For You。Opens in a new windowCredit: Focus FeaturesFind showtimes and theaters near you for 'Tully'。