starring

[US]/stɑr/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n.playing the leading role, taking the top billing;a surface of pure antimony with a star-shaped pattern.

Phrases & Collocations

star in

starring actor

starring roles

Example Sentences

a film starring Liza Minnelli.

cast an unknown in the starring role.

he always had the inside track for the starring role.

she landed the starring role in a new film.

Still, despite brotherhood's strong starring cast, the actors can't hide the paleness of plotline.

Earnest thriller-cum-weepie starring Russell Crowe as a maths genius whose life is wracked by schizophrenia.

He began by acting in TV dramas such as The Last Match, co-starring Shim Eun-ha, and he eventually made his film debut in Repechage (1997) together with Kim Hee-sun.

For the film, Allen has written sketches starring Burt Reynolds, Heather MacRae, Lynn Redgrave and John Carradine as victims of everything from satyriasis to frigidity.

Real-world Examples

It was my first starring role.

Source: CNN 10 Student English of the Month

So, nobody's wondering why Uncle Phil is starring in a laundromat movie?

Source: Modern Family - Season 10

All four original cast members from the show are also starring in the movie.

Source: BBC Listening Collection December 2015

Leonard Hayes is starring in it. - Yeah, and directing.

Source: Friends Season 9

" Spirochete" was a fun play starring syphilis.

Source: Crash Course in Drama

But now there's drama starring the euro.

Source: Financial Times

Avalon was used for the filming of the 2017 movie Ghost in the Shell starring Scarlett Johannsen.

Source: VOA Special English: World

Nature plays a starring role in today's show.

Source: CNN 10 Student English Compilation September 2020

His first starring role came in 1980's Popeye.

Source: Biography of Famous Historical Figures

The General's Daughter, starring John Travolta.

Source: Stephen King on Writing

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