Eve Ensler

V (formerly Eve Ensler) is a Tony Award-winning playwright, author, performer, and activist. Her international phenomenon The Vagina Monologues has been published in 48 languages and performed in more than 140 countries. She is the author of The Apology , the NYT bestseller I Am an Emotional Creature , the highly praised In the Body of the World , and many more. She is the founder of V-Day, the global activist movement to end violence against women and girls, and One Billion Rising, the...See more

V (formerly Eve Ensler) is a Tony Award-winning playwright, author, performer, and activist. Her international phenomenon The Vagina Monologues has been published in 48 languages and performed in more than 140 countries. She is the author of The Apology , the NYT bestseller I Am an Emotional Creature , the highly praised In the Body of the World , and many more. She is the founder of V-Day, the global activist movement to end violence against women and girls, and One Billion Rising, the largest global mass action to end gender-based violence in over 200 countries. She is a co-founder of the City of Joy, a revolutionary center for women survivors of violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, along with Christine Schuler Deschryver and 2018 Nobel Peace Prize winner Dr. Denis Mukwege. She is one of Newsweek 's "150 Women Who Changed the World" and the Guardian 's "100 Most Influential Women." She lives in New York. See less