leading lady

noun

: an actress who plays the leading female role

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At one point, the project’s two leading ladies gave a speech of their own defining the power of friendship-first collaboration between costars. —

Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 8 Jan. 2025 The two leading ladies — Keerthy Suresh, who makes her Hindi debut, and Wamiqa Gabbi, who makes her mass film debut — don’t get enough to do. —

Anupama Chopra, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Jan. 2025 Breaking from tradition, Adivi Sesh chose to announce his leading lady on his birthday, rather than making it about himself. —

Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 17 Dec. 2024 The tyrannical showrunner, Cal, is our victim of the week, done in by his (in her mind) long-suffering leading lady, Regina Coburn (Laurie Metcalf, what a get!), who finally has a chance to put her classical training to work in a production of Macbeth in London. —

Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 19 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for leading lady