leading woman
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That would put Alcaraz and the leading woman, Iga Swiatek, in the top line of each bracket.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 26, 2023
American Kim Moore, who won the US Adaptive Open at Pinehurst last year, was the leading woman.
From BBC ● May 12, 2023
The Satie was followed by a screening of a dance scene from Josephine Baker’s lacking-but-landmark 1934 film “Zouzou,” the first major motion picture with a Black leading woman.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 10, 2022
In an earlier version of the conclusion, for example, Michael Dorsey, now unmasked, apologizes to Julie Nichols, the leading woman with whom he's smitten.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 30, 2019
Five years ago Alice Nielsen was an obscure church singer in Kansas City; to-day she is the leading woman star in light opera on the American stage.
From Famous Prima Donnas by Lewis Clinton Strang
