: a young movie actress being coached and publicized for starring roles
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She was a starlet in the 1940s.
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Elle Fanning, who plays a Hollywood starlet in the feature, wiped away tears and embraced Trier as the crowd whooped and hollered for her performance.
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Ellise Shafer, Variety, 21 May 2025
The director casts amateur boxer Jean-Paul Belmondo (Aubry Dullin, another uncanny resemblance) to play the male lead and Hollywood starlet Jean Seberg (Zoey Deutch, convincing as a fish out of water) to play his American girlfriend.
—Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 17 May 2025
Today, the network revealed the first slate of artists who will take the stage: rap icon (and recent Rolling Stone cover boy) Lil Wayne, multi-hyphenate Teyana Taylor, rap dynamo Playboi Carti, Memphis starlet GloRilla, and Mutt singer Leon Thomas.
—Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 15 May 2025
For her second appearance at fashion's biggest night, Shakira's Met Gala 2025 look was fit for a princess or an Old Hollywood starlet.
—Antonio Fuentes, Glamour, 6 May 2025
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Ellise Shafer, Variety, 21 May 2025
The director casts amateur boxer Jean-Paul Belmondo (Aubry Dullin, another uncanny resemblance) to play the male lead and Hollywood starlet Jean Seberg (Zoey Deutch, convincing as a fish out of water) to play his American girlfriend.
—Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 17 May 2025
Today, the network revealed the first slate of artists who will take the stage: rap icon (and recent Rolling Stone cover boy) Lil Wayne, multi-hyphenate Teyana Taylor, rap dynamo Playboi Carti, Memphis starlet GloRilla, and Mutt singer Leon Thomas.
—Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 15 May 2025
For her second appearance at fashion's biggest night, Shakira's Met Gala 2025 look was fit for a princess or an Old Hollywood starlet.
—Antonio Fuentes, Glamour, 6 May 2025
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“Starlet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/starlet. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.
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starlet
noun
star·let
ˈstär-lət 
: a young movie actress
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