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Recent Examples of comedienne
This year’s Critics Choice Awards will be hosted by comedienne/TV personality Chelsea Handler, TVLine has confirmed.
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Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 8 Jan. 2025
The comedienne wore her brunette tresses in a braided half-updo, while her makeup consisted of a smokey eye, rosy blush and a glossy nude lip.
—Hannah Malach, WWD, 3 Sep. 2019
Will & Grace and comedienne Ellen DeGeneres are credited with playing significant roles in transforming the image of gay Americans and, as such, the modern LGBTQ equity movement.
—Keli Goff, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Oct. 2024
Other award ceremonies are based around comedienne, actor and producer Sandra Ng, who will be honored with the HIFF Spotlight On Hong Kong Filmmaker in Profile Award; Temuera Morrison, recipient of the HIFF Leanne K Ferrer Pasifika Trailblazer Award; and Stanley Nelson.
—Patrick Frater, Variety, 6 Sep. 2024
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Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 8 Jan. 2025
The comedienne wore her brunette tresses in a braided half-updo, while her makeup consisted of a smokey eye, rosy blush and a glossy nude lip.
—Hannah Malach, WWD, 3 Sep. 2019
Will & Grace and comedienne Ellen DeGeneres are credited with playing significant roles in transforming the image of gay Americans and, as such, the modern LGBTQ equity movement.
—Keli Goff, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Oct. 2024
Other award ceremonies are based around comedienne, actor and producer Sandra Ng, who will be honored with the HIFF Spotlight On Hong Kong Filmmaker in Profile Award; Temuera Morrison, recipient of the HIFF Leanne K Ferrer Pasifika Trailblazer Award; and Stanley Nelson.
—Patrick Frater, Variety, 6 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for comedienne
Noun
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Their teammates on the night were comedian Jack Dee and Kelly Cates, one of the new presenters of Premier League highlights show Match of the Day.—
Jake Kanter,
Deadline,
6 June 2025
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Mike Myers Prior to working for Combs, Mia worked as a personal assistant for comedian Mike Myers.—
Jenna Sundel
Joshua Rhett Miller,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 June 2025
Noun
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The band of jokesters will be providing more laughs Saturday night during the main event, the Big Slick Show at T-Mobile Center where the crew will be tickling more funny bones.—
Tammy Ljungblad,
Kansas City Star,
31 May 2025
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Zeev was always the jokester, the wild child, the one who had to keep his emotions in check.—
Joe Smith,
New York Times,
14 Apr. 2025
Noun
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There’s some droll humor in this pileup of bad decisions and bad behavior — particularly in one running gag that sees Carey doggedly befriending Ashley’s parade of exes, including one hilariously gormless f-boy played by drawling ensemble standout Charlie Gillespie.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
19 May 2025
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Among the latter was John Bainbridge, an author of deadpan, droll Profiles and reported pieces.—
Mark Singer,
New Yorker,
18 May 2025
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Dylan Maxwell could easily have been an unsympathetic buffoon, but there’s a distinct love for (and in most cases, an appreciation of) the people behind the teen archetypes on display.—
Wilson Chapman,
IndieWire,
20 May 2025
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Read: Comedy’s most erudite buffoon Mulaney has many advantages at Netflix that his conventional-television peers don’t, however.—
David Sims,
The Atlantic,
7 Apr. 2025
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“Comedienne.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/comedienne. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.
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