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Choi is a talented comedienne, so some of her too-drunk drama scenes are entertainingly funny, but at the same time her character’s self-destructive tendencies are also heartbreaking.—Joan MacDonald, Forbes.com, 14 May 2025 But, of course, seeing one of our best musical comediennes so deliciously live out the maxim that all is vanity is especially a treat for Hilty heads who’ve longed to see her in a Broadway production that lives up to the title of her former TV series.—Chris Willman, Variety, 19 Apr. 2025 On the last day of the season, when the apprentices had been winnowed from 16 to two, then-emcee Donald Trump fired Annie on national television in favor of the comedienne Joan Rivers.—Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Mar. 2025 This year’s Critics Choice Awards will be hosted by comedienne/TV personality Chelsea Handler, TVLine has confirmed.—Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 8 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for comedienne
Word History
Etymology
French comédienne, feminine of comédien comedian, from comédie
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