Rachel Brosnahan believes women have always been fighting for equality

"The Marvelous Mrs Maisel" star Rachel Brosnahan believes women have always been fighting for equality but the #MeToo movement has given the cause a much-needed push.

Brosnahan, who won an Emmy Award recently for her portrayal of a 1950s housewife-turned-stand-up-comedienne in the hit Amazon Prime Video series, agrees that the show's launch coincided with the beginning of Harvey Weinstein's downfall but says the conversation is not new.

"Truth is, the conversations that we have in the show feel relevant because of this version... This is not the first time that #MeToo has come up, the movement (has always) existed. The conversations and the balance for which women have been fighting forever, weren't new then and they are not new now," Brosnahan said in a group interview at Prime Video Presents 2018 event here.

Maisel or Midge as Brosnahan's character is known in the show is a woman striving to be the perfect housewife in the 1950s but things change when she comes to know that her husband has been unfaithful.

In a drunken rage, Midge ends up performing a stand-up act at a club that her husband has been trying out as a budding comedian. Her act becomes successful.

Brosnahan, whose previous credits include Netflix show "House of Cards", says the writing may be the reason why the story has resonated with so many women.

"This is the show that has a woman walking through the world in the 1950s and these are things that she faced and she starts to view them as things that are not acceptable to her anymore... It's a woman writing it who will understand what it is

to walk through the world as a woman," she said.

The 27-year-old actor believes it is too soon to call the #MeToo movement a success but it is definitely a step in the right direction.

"I think there's a lot of change still to come. The conversation has seen a resurgence. I think we're still waiting to see, hopefully, the positive effects it has on the industry, on the country and on the world. But it's too soon to say. People are taking steps in the right direction... We have started to see such a long overdue shift," she said.

"The Marvelous Mrs Maisel" has been renewed for a third season.

(With inputs from agencies.)