as in actor
one who acts professionally (as in a play, movie, or television show)
although she's "acted" in a couple of horror movies, I'd hardly call her one of our more promising thespians
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There’s a strangely lively corpse, a leading lady who happens to fall unconscious and a set that seems intent on testing the limits of the thespians’ health-insurance plans.
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Randy McMullen, The Mercury News, 3 Oct. 2024
With this performance, Brody has the goods to join an elite club of nine other actors who have multiple Best Actor Oscars — a cadre of thespians that includes Jack Nicholson, Daniel Day-Lewis, and Marlon Brando.
—Clayton Davis, Variety, 7 Oct. 2024
This great mix of comedy and drama is bolstered by the all-star acting being performed by some of the movie industry’s best thespians of the time.
—Travis Bean, Forbes, 5 Oct. 2024
The 21-year old thespian, who attended London’s Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts as well as the Dance School of Scotland, was the understudy to Tom Holland in the Spider-Man actor’s splashy return to the theater world this past spring in the West End production of Romeo & Juliet.
—Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Oct. 2024
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Randy McMullen, The Mercury News, 3 Oct. 2024
With this performance, Brody has the goods to join an elite club of nine other actors who have multiple Best Actor Oscars — a cadre of thespians that includes Jack Nicholson, Daniel Day-Lewis, and Marlon Brando.
—Clayton Davis, Variety, 7 Oct. 2024
This great mix of comedy and drama is bolstered by the all-star acting being performed by some of the movie industry’s best thespians of the time.
—Travis Bean, Forbes, 5 Oct. 2024
The 21-year old thespian, who attended London’s Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts as well as the Dance School of Scotland, was the understudy to Tom Holland in the Spider-Man actor’s splashy return to the theater world this past spring in the West End production of Romeo & Juliet.
—Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Oct. 2024
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“Thespian.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/thespian. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.
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