lead actress

collocation in English

meaningsofleadandactress

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lead
adjective[before noun]
uk
/liːd/us
/liːd/
used to describe the main performer or part in ...
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actress
noun[C]
uk
/ˈæk.trəs/us
/ˈæk.trəs/
a woman who pretends to be someone else while performing in a film, play, or ...
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(Definition ofleadandactressfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The drama troupe soon faces trouble without aleadactress.
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She was one of theleadactressin the 1980s.
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Theleadactressin the video was never fully shown.
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At that time theleadactresswent off to college and the co-lead actor went into the military.
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She played theleadactressroles for over 100 feature films and switched over to the supporting character roles post year 2000.
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She was always theleadactressin film projects and a production company co-founded with her husband producing four of her own movies.
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Between 1957 and 1967 she appeared, often as the femaleleadactress, in dozens of films, but failed to emerge because of the stereotyped roles.
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This marked her debut as aleadactressin a full-length feature film.
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She was one of theleadactressduring the late 1970s.
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In this film he made love to theleadactresswhile flying a plane.
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That year she was nominated as bestleadactressin miniseries, but did not receive the award.
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She was aleadactressduring the late 1970s and early 1980s.
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The album was produced by theleadactressherself who is an accomplished record producer.
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She has her eyes set on making it big in films as aleadactress.
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Only a week into rehearsals, she was switched from the chorus to replace theleadactress, who had dropped out.
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When she regains consciousness, they make her theleadactressof the troupe.
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The initial pilot featured her as theleadactress, while she also contributed as a producer.
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The team, however, completed two schedules without theleadactressand waited patiently for her dates.
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