supporting player
Example Sentences
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She was in front of the camera as the star of the hit romantic comedy “Baby Boom” and as a supporting player in Woody Allen’s ensemble comedy-drama “Radio Days.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 7, 2026
Long a stalwart supporting player and something of an actor’s actor, Jeffrey Wright received his first Oscar nomination on Tuesday for his lead performance in “American Fiction.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 23, 2024
When you grow through the industry, it's really exciting because you're like, "Oh, I'm going from a supporting player to someone they're putting all this faith in."
From Salon • Jul. 16, 2023
As much as those films mean to her, she was a polished supporting player in them — then came “Everything Everywhere All At Once.”
From Seattle Times • Mar. 9, 2023
They were stacked with talent—big, tough players, like Jason Zundel and Dallas Miller, and they had in Reggie a tenacious defender and supporting player.
From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel
