portraying

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Cassidy is best known for portraying Sonia Fowler in EastEnders, a role she began playing when she was 10.

From BBC • May 24, 2026

Universe conditioned us to worship such false idols, portraying wealthy, aristocratic heroes as our greatest defense against alien threats and vigilantes working beyond the reach of the law as the true keepers of justice.

From Salon • May 24, 2026

In fact Wilder wrote several scenes, and the playwright Kirk Lynn, whom Mr. Tapper is essentially here portraying, delved through Wilder’s archives and “completed” the play that follows.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

Musk spent three days on the stand portraying himself as a selfless benefactor seeking to reconcile the advancement of AI with the preservation of humanity.

From Barron's • May 14, 2026

Not when she’d finally come around to the notion of me portraying the ghostly bank teller.

From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan