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What happens when your leading lady goes off the rails?—Paula Ebben, CBS News, 6 Apr. 2026 Samantha Mathis does solid work playing Princess Daisy (Peach’s second-fiddle in the games, here elevated to leading lady), but the real highlight is stars Bob Hoskins and John Leguizamo as Mario and Luigi.—Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 3 Apr. 2026 In this week's issue of PEOPLE, the You, Me & Tuscany leading lady opens up about where some of those painful, powerful lyrics stemmed from.—Janine Rubenstein, PEOPLE, 2 Apr. 2026 Now, its third and final season finds our favorite leading lady navigating Hollywood’s AI revolution.—Yvonne Villarreal, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for leading lady