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View definitions for starring role

starring role

noun as in leading lady

noun as in leading man

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Welsh actor Taron Egerton has a starring role in new Netflix action-thriller film Carry-On.

From BBC

Bennet, whose resume includes a starring role in ABC’s “Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.” and a brief stint as a pop star in China — watch the video for her song “Uh Oh” if you want to see her giving strong Christina Aguilera energy — admits that she’s been obsessed with this character and story since she read “Interior Chinatown.”

In 2006, she earned a Golden Globe nomination in her starring role as Gabrielle Solis in Desperate Housewives.

From BBC

Brody won for his starring role in Roman Polanski’s “The Pianist” as a real-life Polish Jewish musician who survived the Nazi occupation.

Since “Thelma,” her first starring role, Squibb can feel the increased attention as soon as she steps out her front door.

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