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Like Hepburn, who won four Academy Awards over a lifetime of iconic performances, Stone seems poised to keep redefining what a leading lady can be.
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Clayton Davis, Variety, 30 Aug. 2025
His main job was smoldering as the leading lady pined for him.
—Esther Zuckerman, Time, 29 Aug. 2025
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
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Clayton Davis, Variety, 30 Aug. 2025
His main job was smoldering as the leading lady pined for him.
—Esther Zuckerman, Time, 29 Aug. 2025
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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for leading lady
leading man
Noun
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To one generation, Ben Stiller is the leading man in all those Meet the Parents movies and the director and executive producer of Severance.—
David Browne,
Rolling Stone,
25 Sep. 2025
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Who's the leading man of The Golden Bachelor season 2?—
Allison DeGrushe,
Entertainment Weekly,
24 Sep. 2025
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“Leading lady.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/leading%20lady. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.
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