speaking part/role

noun

: a part/role which requires saying something

She got a speaking part/role in the play.

Examples of speaking part/role in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

To Adele, this sounded like empty consolation to the fifteen kids who didn’t get a speaking role. — Jonathan Franzen, New Yorker, 1 June 2026

In order to obtain the Ruderman seal, productions must feature actors with disabilities in a speaking role with at least five lines and must be in or close to general release. — Payton Turkeltaub, Variety, 6 Apr. 2026

Seyfried had her first speaking part at 15, followed by a recurring role on All My Children, before appearing in Mean Girls as Regina George’s sidekick Karen Smith, whose breasts can predict rain. — Claire Messud, Vogue, 8 Jan. 2026

Prosecutors allege associates promised to host parties for Lewis-Martin and undertook home renovations, helped her land a speaking role on a TV show and provided thousands of dollars in catering for an event at the mayor’s residence. — Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 21 Aug. 2025