as in leading man
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Filming was delayed by two years due to the pandemic and no sooner had the cameras started rolling in 2022 than the movie’s leading lady Rachel Zegler slammed the story in the 1937 animated classic.
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Caroline Reid, Forbes.com, 30 Mar. 2025
And Aniston is a veteran in the rom-com space herself, playing the leading lady in films like Along Came Polly (2004), Just Go with It (2011) and more.
—Jen Juneau, People.com, 24 Mar. 2025
Any leading lady could wear that this year and still look entirely chic.
—Christian Allaire, Vogue, 24 Mar. 2025
Glimpses of the unrequited longing prevalent in Song's first feature punctuate the trailer via a lovelorn Evans, leaving Johnson's leading lady uncertain of how her love story will play out.
—Jessica Wang, EW.com, 18 Mar. 2025
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Caroline Reid, Forbes.com, 30 Mar. 2025
And Aniston is a veteran in the rom-com space herself, playing the leading lady in films like Along Came Polly (2004), Just Go with It (2011) and more.
—Jen Juneau, People.com, 24 Mar. 2025
Any leading lady could wear that this year and still look entirely chic.
—Christian Allaire, Vogue, 24 Mar. 2025
Glimpses of the unrequited longing prevalent in Song's first feature punctuate the trailer via a lovelorn Evans, leaving Johnson's leading lady uncertain of how her love story will play out.
—Jessica Wang, EW.com, 18 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for leading lady
leading man
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One of the biggest criticisms is that the most dramatic part of the story, the leading man’s temptation in the big city, happens offstage.—
Pam Kragen,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
25 May 2025
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His looks were worthy of a leading man—but way more fun, and entirely unpredictable.—
Christian Allaire,
Vogue,
25 May 2025
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“Leading lady.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/leading%20lady. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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