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comedienne

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as in comedian

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Recent Examples of comedienne Dan grew up with O'Hara, as his father and the comedienne began a fruitful creative collaboration shortly after meeting each other at Toronto's Second City Theater in the 1970s. — Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 6 Apr. 2026 The relationship between legendary comedienne Deborah Vance and millennial writer Ava Daniels has gone through ups, downs, fantastic successes, and nightmarish lawsuits. — K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 3 Apr. 2026 Pop singer comedienne Sabrina Carpenter is the guest star, a most appropriate choice. — Television Critic, Los Angeles Times, 4 Feb. 2026 Laugh-In comedienne Ruth Buzzi died at age 88 on May 1 at her home in Texas. — Brendan Le, PEOPLE, 5 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for comedienne

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Atsuko Okatsuka made history as only the second Asian-American female comedian to have an HBO comedy special in 2022, long after Margaret Cho‘s landmark HBO appearance in 1994.

— Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 24 July 2026
Similarly, Davidson has reinvented his own Hollywood image, going from comedian to movie star, appearing in films like Bodies Bodies Bodies, The Dirt,and The King of Staten Island.

— Shelby Stivale, Entertainment Weekly, 23 July 2026

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Lasso, in his initial introduction to audiences, wasn’t the warm, pun-loving, inspirational coach audiences would eventually embrace through Apple +, but a slightly arrogant buffoon parodying the average American sports fan.

— Charles Moss, New York Times, 24 June 2026
There's the aforementioned spinoff — which aired on NBC after debuting on Peacock — and The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins, the great new comedy in which Tracy Morgan plays a buffoon who isn't that dissimilar from Michael Scott.

— Britt Hayes, Entertainment Weekly, 17 June 2026

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