trophy wife
noun
informal + disapproving
: an attractive young woman who is married to an older successful man
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There’s great scenery chomping from Isabella Rossellini, whose operatic performance as The Corporation’s trophy wife turned scathing critic reveals a perspective on beauty and its discontents accessible only to those who’ve possessed, then transcended it.
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Judy Berman, Time, 21 Jan. 2026
Moynihan gets better as the series finds a way to expose the loneliness behind his goofball exterior, just as Precious Way begins to pop when Brina isn’t just being put out there as a future trophy wife.
—Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 18 Jan. 2026
Syrda found that the trophy wife pattern holds true.
—New Atlas, 13 Nov. 2025
Moore, underused as Monty's trophy wife in Season 1, will step up in the drama as Cami Miller takes over M-Tex.
—Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 9 Nov. 2025
The enigmatic trophy wife at the center, Michaela, is played not by Nicole Kidman—as is, at this point, stylistic tradition—but by Julianne Moore, effusing lavender mist and toxic insecurity.
—Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 24 May 2025
The fact that Denise is now getting cast as a trophy wife does feel like a win.
—Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 25 Mar. 2025
Coco needs to recreate hundreds of old landscapes and portraits of dead presidents, then Holden and his savvy trophy wife Talia (Eva De Dominici) have to slowly sell them two and three at a time to local art dealers to avoid flooding the market and raising eyebrows.
—Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 9 Mar. 2025
Fichtner is believed to be playing a wealthy country club member with Hoover as his trophy wife.
—Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 23 Jan. 2025
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Judy Berman, Time, 21 Jan. 2026
Moynihan gets better as the series finds a way to expose the loneliness behind his goofball exterior, just as Precious Way begins to pop when Brina isn’t just being put out there as a future trophy wife.
—Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 18 Jan. 2026
Syrda found that the trophy wife pattern holds true.
—New Atlas, 13 Nov. 2025
Moore, underused as Monty's trophy wife in Season 1, will step up in the drama as Cami Miller takes over M-Tex.
—Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 9 Nov. 2025
The enigmatic trophy wife at the center, Michaela, is played not by Nicole Kidman—as is, at this point, stylistic tradition—but by Julianne Moore, effusing lavender mist and toxic insecurity.
—Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 24 May 2025
The fact that Denise is now getting cast as a trophy wife does feel like a win.
—Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 25 Mar. 2025
Coco needs to recreate hundreds of old landscapes and portraits of dead presidents, then Holden and his savvy trophy wife Talia (Eva De Dominici) have to slowly sell them two and three at a time to local art dealers to avoid flooding the market and raising eyebrows.
—Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 9 Mar. 2025
Fichtner is believed to be playing a wealthy country club member with Hoover as his trophy wife.
—Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 23 Jan. 2025
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“Trophy wife.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trophy%20wife. Accessed 2 Feb. 2026.
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