Priscilla

[pri-sil-uh]

noun

1. a female given name: from a Roman family name.

Example Sentences

He’s an actor who seems to specialize in exposing the underbelly of idols, be they the wealthy brats of “Saltburn” or the King himself in Sofia Coppola’s “Priscilla.”

From Los Angeles Times

In 1994 he decided to try something radically different when he took on the role of a transgender woman named Bernadette in Stephan Elliott’s now cult-classic film, “Priscilla Queen of the Desert.”

From Los Angeles Times

“Priscilla,” about a group of drag performers on a bus trip to play a show at a resort hotel in the Australian desert, was a critical success, with Turan writing that it, “added some needed life to the Cannes Film Festival scene,” debuting in a “raucous midnight screening.”

From Los Angeles Times

Thirty years after his career began, he shocked his fans - but picked up a Golden Globe nomination - as transgender woman Bernadette Bassenger in The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert.

From BBC

But his most unlikely - and celebrated - performance was as transgender woman in the Australian film, The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert in 1994.

From BBC