one-woman
adjective
: done, performed, or controlled by one woman
a one-woman job/show/play/business
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Kate Berlant is a great actor and a great comedian, and her one-woman show, Kate, was perfect.
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Marah Eakin, Vulture, 27 June 2025
After opening as a one-woman operation, she’s scaled to 34 team members and earns over $1.5 million in annual revenue.
—Stephanie Grodin, Forbes.com, 27 June 2025
Hailey McAfee, who directed Hedda Gabler, steps into the starring role of what is mostly a one-woman show — other than a violin-player who faces a wall for much of the performance, acting as the main character’s nearly-completely repressed conscience.
—Allen Salkin, HollywoodReporter, 20 June 2025
The former model has created and written the one-woman Edinburgh Festival Fringe show Body Count, which will explore the online universe created by the likes of Bonnie Blue and Lily Phillips, who have shocked the internet by sleeping with up to 1,000 men in one day.
—Jake Kanter, Deadline, 13 June 2025
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Marah Eakin, Vulture, 27 June 2025
After opening as a one-woman operation, she’s scaled to 34 team members and earns over $1.5 million in annual revenue.
—Stephanie Grodin, Forbes.com, 27 June 2025
Hailey McAfee, who directed Hedda Gabler, steps into the starring role of what is mostly a one-woman show — other than a violin-player who faces a wall for much of the performance, acting as the main character’s nearly-completely repressed conscience.
—Allen Salkin, HollywoodReporter, 20 June 2025
The former model has created and written the one-woman Edinburgh Festival Fringe show Body Count, which will explore the online universe created by the likes of Bonnie Blue and Lily Phillips, who have shocked the internet by sleeping with up to 1,000 men in one day.
—Jake Kanter, Deadline, 13 June 2025
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“One-woman.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/one-woman. Accessed 9 Jul. 2025.
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