costar
Americannoun
verb (used without object)
verb (used with object)
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to present (two or more actors) as having equal billing or prominence.
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to present as having slightly less status than that of a star.
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of costar
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Actress Blake Lively has reportedly told a New York court that she lost more than $40 million as a result of “reputational damage” she suffered during her ongoing feud with her former costar, Justin Baldoni.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 30, 2026
Instead, she at first finds Mr. Hamm’s “Mad Men” costar, a touchy John Slattery, living out of his garage.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 29, 2026
When he recalls the moment he told Candy that Jim Belushi died in 1981, Candy’s “SCTV” costar Dave Thomas tearfully recalls his friend saying, “Oh God, it’s starting.”
From Salon ● Oct. 12, 2025
Mirren and Brosnan are not the first to push back on the idea of Bond being played by a woman, with the sentiment echoed by Brosnan's Die Another Day costar, Halle Berry.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2025
He could throw a tantrum or two until Jenny figured out what he wanted: Cha-Cha to costar in every episode!
From "Dog Squad" by Chris Grabenstein
Winona Ryder wishes her younger costars would share in her passion for cinema.
From Salon ● Aug. 30, 2024
You also have interviews with Dunaway, but also her son, friends, writers/scholars and costars.
From Salon ● Jul. 15, 2024
The Oscar-nominated costars of “The Lost Daughter” have a new project together, “Wicked Little Letters,” as well as a giddy way of making each other laugh.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 30, 2024
Upcoming: “Palm Royale” on Apple TV+, teased in the birthday special by costars Laura Dern, Kristen Wiig and Allison Janney.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 26, 2023
Howie answered phone calls from costars, his little cousin whose popularity in school is tied to Howie’s success, more lawyers, and his parents.
From "They Both Die at the End" by Adam Silvera
Nicky Katt, a character actor who costarred in Richard Linklater’s indie classic “Dazed and Confused” and the Fox series “Boston Public,” has died.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 13, 2025
It was filmed entirely in Japan and costarred the legendary actor Toshiro Mifune as Toranaga, around whom the kingdom’s political constellation methodically arranges itself.
From Salon ● Feb. 27, 2024
She had just completed directing "Waitress," a film she wrote and costarred in when she was slain; a few months later, it would premiere at the Sundance Film Festival.
From Salon ● Dec. 1, 2021
“Do the Right Thing” Spike Lee wrote, directed and costarred in this potent 1989 exploration of racial tensions in Brooklyn’s Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 2021
The Conners As ABC’s “cast from the past” week continues, Dan Aykroyd, who costarred with this sitcom’s John Goodman in “Blues Brothers 2000,” puts in an appearance in this new episode.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2019
You first came to prominence in the late '70s with two back-to-back ensemble films "Breaking Away," and "The Long Riders," the latter costarring your brother, Randy.
From Salon ● Mar. 15, 2023
Desi's rise — musician turned bandleader turned actor turned cofounder of a production company with a hit TV show costarring him — was objectively impressive, but for the senior Arnazes it wasn't enough.
From Salon ● Jan. 2, 2022
She made her first movie at 16 and graduated from teenage roles to costarring in the lavish musical productions there were a 20th-century Hollywood staple.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 16, 2021
Tony Ortega, a well-known Scientology critic, said in June 2020 that it was Danny Masterson who brought Prepon into Scientology in the late 1990s, when they were both costarring on the Fox sitcom.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2021
Stanley Tucci voices Bitsy Brandenham on Apple TV+'s animated musical series “Central Park,” cocreated by and costarring Josh Gad.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 2, 2020
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