: a young movie actress being coached and publicized for starring roles
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She was a starlet in the 1940s.
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Mackie, who grew up enamored of screen starlets, infused his costumes with a sense of classic-Hollywood camp.
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Rachel Syme, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025
The film tells the tale of a young Pakistani man from a patriarchal family who joins an erotic dance theater and falls for an ambitious transgender starlet.
—Addie Morfoot, Variety, 22 Sep. 2025
Fresh off a romantic vacation in Mallorca, the Friends starlet was seen in Los Angeles sporting a basic grey tank top tucked into a pair of light-wash, wide-leg jeans—a late ‘90s look that Rachel Green definitely would have worn herself.
—Olivia Young, Travel + Leisure, 3 Sep. 2025
Happy belated birthday to this fabulous starlet!
—Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence, 3 Sep. 2025
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Rachel Syme, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025
The film tells the tale of a young Pakistani man from a patriarchal family who joins an erotic dance theater and falls for an ambitious transgender starlet.
—Addie Morfoot, Variety, 22 Sep. 2025
Fresh off a romantic vacation in Mallorca, the Friends starlet was seen in Los Angeles sporting a basic grey tank top tucked into a pair of light-wash, wide-leg jeans—a late ‘90s look that Rachel Green definitely would have worn herself.
—Olivia Young, Travel + Leisure, 3 Sep. 2025
Happy belated birthday to this fabulous starlet!
—Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence, 3 Sep. 2025
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“Starlet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/starlet. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.
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starlet
noun
star·let
ˈstär-lət 
: a young movie actress
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