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Before Blanchett played the Evil Stepmother of 2015’s Cinderella, Wiegler was the actress’s first stab at a fairy-tale-like villainess, rocking a white-trash accent offset by her sleek outfits and lethal skills with a gun.
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Tim Grierson, Vulture, 18 Oct. 2024
As Jennifer, Zamata will be a key member of the coven led by the titular Agatha Harkness (Kathryn Hahn), the villainess still reeling from the loss of her witchy magic a la Wanda Maximoff’s (Elizabeth Olsen) revenge.
—Shania Russell, EW.com, 9 Sep. 2024
Bob Odenkirk is reprising his role as mild-mannered family man who is secretly a former government assassin, while Sharon Stone is cast as the stone-cold villainess of the piece.
—Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
Actress Alison Sweeney, who has played the scheming soap villainess on and off for decades, is reprising her role on the long-running daytime drama.
—Raechal Shewfelt, EW.com, 6 Aug. 2024
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Tim Grierson, Vulture, 18 Oct. 2024
As Jennifer, Zamata will be a key member of the coven led by the titular Agatha Harkness (Kathryn Hahn), the villainess still reeling from the loss of her witchy magic a la Wanda Maximoff’s (Elizabeth Olsen) revenge.
—Shania Russell, EW.com, 9 Sep. 2024
Bob Odenkirk is reprising his role as mild-mannered family man who is secretly a former government assassin, while Sharon Stone is cast as the stone-cold villainess of the piece.
—Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
Actress Alison Sweeney, who has played the scheming soap villainess on and off for decades, is reprising her role on the long-running daytime drama.
—Raechal Shewfelt, EW.com, 6 Aug. 2024
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“Villainess.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/villainess. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
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villainess
noun
vil·lain·ess
ˈvil-ə-nəs 
: a woman who is a villain
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