screen presence

noun

: a quality that attracts attention in movies
She has tremendous screen presence.

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Reigns has previously ventured into acting, showcasing his charisma and screen presence in various projects. Andrew Ravens‎, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Apr. 2025 Her work already reflects a distinct voice and powerful screen presence that resonates with a new generation of storytellers. Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 25 June 2025 Her simmering screen presence, filled with raw mistrust reveals — by contrast — the thin atmosphere in the majority of the scenes. Sophie Monks Kaufman, IndieWire, 15 May 2025 John is a starving-artist stereotype in search of a character, and Evans, always an appealingly angular and mischievous screen presence, is treated as little more than a hangdog hunk. Justin Chang, New Yorker, 9 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for screen presence

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“Screen presence.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/screen%20presence. Accessed 20 Jul. 2025.

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