costar
verb
variants
or co-star
costarred or co-starred; costarring or co-starring
1
transitive
: to employ or present (someone) as one of two or more leading performers in a movie, play, etc.
Directed by Lasse Hallström … and costarring a fine ensemble …—
Leonora Langley
Leonora Langley2
intransitive
: to appear with another star in a movie, play, etc.
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Deli Boys costars Saagar Shaikh and Poorna Jagannathan are fashion forward at IndieWire TV Honors 2026 on June 4 in Los Angeles.
—People Staff, PEOPLE, 8 June 2026
Scandal costars Kerry Washington and Tony Goldwyn reunited for Variety's Actors on Actors series.
—Tiffany Kelly, Entertainment Weekly, 7 June 2026
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People Staff, PEOPLE, 8 June 2026
Scandal costars Kerry Washington and Tony Goldwyn reunited for Variety's Actors on Actors series.
—Tiffany Kelly, Entertainment Weekly, 7 June 2026
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“Costar.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/costar. Accessed 12 Jun. 2026.
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