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This year’s Critics Choice Awards will be hosted by comedienne/TV personality Chelsea Handler, TVLine has confirmed.—Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 8 Jan. 2025 The comedienne wore her brunette tresses in a braided half-updo, while her makeup consisted of a smokey eye, rosy blush and a glossy nude lip.—Hannah Malach, WWD, 3 Sep. 2019 Will & Grace and comedienne Ellen DeGeneres are credited with playing significant roles in transforming the image of gay Americans and, as such, the modern LGBTQ equity movement.—Keli Goff, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Oct. 2024 Other award ceremonies are based around comedienne, actor and producer Sandra Ng, who will be honored with the HIFF Spotlight On Hong Kong Filmmaker in Profile Award; Temuera Morrison, recipient of the HIFF Leanne K Ferrer Pasifika Trailblazer Award; and Stanley Nelson.—Patrick Frater, Variety, 6 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for comedienne
Word History
Etymology
French comédienne, feminine of comédien comedian, from comédie
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