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V formerly Eve Ensler ˈɛnslər born May 25 1953 is an American playwright author performer feminist and activist V is best known for her play The Vagina Monologues In 2006 Charles Isherwood of The New York Times called The Vagina Monologues probably the most important piece of political theater of the last decade In 2011 V was awarded the Isabelle Stevenson Award at the 65th Tony Awards which recognizes an individual from the theater community who has made a substantial contribution of volunteered time and effort on behalf of humanitarian social service or charitable organizations V was given this award for her creation of the nonprofit VDay movement which raises money and educates the public about violence against women gender expansive people and the Earth and efforts to stop it She writes for The Guardian and has been featured in films including VDays Until the Violence Stops the PBS documentary What I Want My Words to Do to You and the Netflix documentary City of Joy among others She regularly appears in print radio podcast and television interviews including on CNN Democracy Now TODAY Real Time with Bill Maher and Russell Simmons Presents Def Poetry Description above from the Wikipedia article Eve Ensler licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia