understudy

I was cast as an understudy on the soap opera “One Life to Live.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026

Gardner’s wife, Emily Larger, is in the ensemble and serves as assistant dance captain, as well as an understudy for Mrs. Potts and Madame de l’Amour.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026

That would leave Estevao Willian, Pedro Neto and new signing Geovany Quenda competing for places on the right and Jamie Gittens as his understudy.

From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026

Reece James is the England number one but Livramento is a very good understudy.

From BBC ● Mar. 27, 2026

He spoke like an understudy for Al Pacino, all spit and curved vowels.

From "The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates" by Wes Moore

Gardner makes his job look easy, but he says his understudies accused him of downplaying just how challenging it can be.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026

Viewers watch as Jeanine intellectualizes each character’s motivations and inner thoughts, dictating them to the performers onstage and their understudies.

From Salon ● Mar. 12, 2025

His understudies, Jake Oettinger and Jeremy Swayman, are arguably better than any other goalie in the tournament.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 13, 2025

Harry Kane is obviously England's first-choice striker but a back injury sharpens the focus on his understudies.

From BBC ● May 20, 2024

We are on sufferance, we are only understudies in the love drama, but fortunately the star seldom appears on the scene.

From The Trail of '98 A Northland Romance by Robert W. (Robert William) Service

He began studying the Tar Pits' relatively understudied reptile and amphibian collections while working there as a Postdoctoral Fellow.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 16, 2026

She said it is too new and understudied.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 1, 2026

But the particulars of Arthur Liu’s pathway—single father by choice via surrogacy—have been largely understudied and, despite those high-profile examples, receive little public attention.

From Slate ● Feb. 23, 2026

He recently analysed just how understudied most other bacteria have been relative to E. coli.

From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2025

She understudied it all last season in London.

From The Man with Two Left Feet And Other Stories by P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse

Now graduated, Shavit-Lonstein works two day jobs while “swinging” — understudying multiple roles — in “Winnie the Pooh” at StoryBook Theater in Kirkland.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 6, 2022

It was there where Poitier was given the role of understudying Harry Belafonte in "Days of our Youth."

From Fox News ● Jan. 7, 2022

My fantasy is that the actor I’m understudying books some big Marvel movie.

From New York Times ● Dec. 24, 2021

Shortly after graduating from Pace University’s performing arts program in 2017, Reid joined “Hamilton” on Broadway, playing the ensemble role of Man Six and later understudying multiple major roles.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2021

At fifty, Tibbit, understudying Henfrey as captain of the side, summoned to his young friend Todby from short leg, and instructed him to "have a go" at the top end.

From The Politeness of Princes and Other School Stories by P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse