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His leading lady, Mia Goth, agrees with the positive praise and adds that the back-to-back-to-back gigs have also reshaped something else — her career.
—Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 July 2024
In an essay published last year, Tremblay and Alise lamented the distribution disparity between Fancy Dance and Killers of the Flower Moon, which both premiered the same year and starred the same leading lady.
—Jessica Wang, EW.com, 28 June 2024
Aaron is a romantic who is excited about the opportunity to find true love with Jenn and can’t wait to meet our leading lady.
—Dana Rose Falcone, Peoplemag, 3 June 2024
Eventually the costuming and dancing become ludicrously anachronistic, and a leading lady who is Lindy-hopping in the initial scenes will inevitably end up bumping and grinding in contemporary bondage gear by the time all is said, done and smoked.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 16 June 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1860, in the meaning defined above
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“Leading lady.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/leading%20lady. Accessed 7 Jul. 2024.
Kids Definition
leading lady
noun
: an actress who plays the leading female role in a play or movie
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