As she became increasingly well-known during her acclaimed five-season run alongside Jean Smart in HBO Max’s Hacks , Hannah Einbinder has used her time in the spotlight to speak out on various political and social issues she’s passionate about from climate change to AI to, most prominently in recent years, the fate of the Palestinian people amid the Israel -Gaza war.

She famously called for a “free Palestine ” at the end of her 2025 Emmys acceptance speech and was arrested last month , along with other pro-Palestinian Hollywood activists like Susan Sarandon , as part of a protest ahead of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu‘s United Nations address.

While some celebs might choose to stay silent about their political views, for Einbinder, there’s no alternative.

“I see it as the bare minimum,” Einbinder said at The New Yorker Festival on Friday of the “responsibility” she feels to speak out about her beliefs. “I think we are living in a time that is perhaps the worst point in human history.…