trophy wife
noun
informal + disapproving
: an attractive young woman who is married to an older successful man
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Syrda found that the trophy wife pattern holds true.
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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
One source said the story called for two key female roles, one who runs a bar and mud wrestling establishment and one a trophy wife.
—Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 30 May 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
The Coen brothers' 1998 cult classic is an offbeat crime caper about a shaggy, White Russian-swilling stoner named The Dude (Jeff Bridges), who gets pulled into a ransom scheme involving a rich philanthropist's two-timing trophy wife (Tara Reid).
—Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 18 Apr. 2024
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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
One source said the story called for two key female roles, one who runs a bar and mud wrestling establishment and one a trophy wife.
—Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 30 May 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
The Coen brothers' 1998 cult classic is an offbeat crime caper about a shaggy, White Russian-swilling stoner named The Dude (Jeff Bridges), who gets pulled into a ransom scheme involving a rich philanthropist's two-timing trophy wife (Tara Reid).
—Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 18 Apr. 2024
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“Trophy wife.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trophy%20wife. Accessed 29 Nov. 2025.
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