leading lady

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Recent Examples of leading lady The producer, who also manages Chris Brown, recently bought his leading lady a Maybach, and the generous gift brought the singer to tears. Essence, 18 Aug. 2025 During that time, he was successfully paired with one leading lady (Demi Moore as Jackie Templeton) after another (Emma Samms as Holly Sutton) after another (Finola Hughes as Anna Devane). Team Tvline, TVLine, 15 Aug. 2025 In a featurette posted Wednesday (Aug. 6), director Jon M. Chu and leading ladies Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande gave fans a narrated sneak peek at what takes place in Wicked: For Good, which will hit theaters in November. Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 6 Aug. 2025 Neeson himself raved about his leading lady in an Entertainment Weekly cover story published last month. Raechal Shewfelt, EW.com, 5 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for leading lady
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leading man
Noun
  • Douglas Fairbanks was the original Hollywood action hero, a fit, handsome, daring leading man who did all his own stunts, leaping over furniture in The Mark of Zorro and jumping down the mainsail in The Black Pirate, and was, at the time, among the most famous people in the world.
    Jason O'Bryan, Robb Report, 6 Sep. 2025
  • But, for me, Russell is a character actor hiding in a leading man’s body of gravitas.
    Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 6 Sep. 2025

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“Leading lady.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/leading%20lady. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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