costar
Americannoun
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costars
plural
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.
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Origin of costar
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Robert Pattinson’s Chris Hansen is ready for ‘Primetime,’ Brad Pitt and his canine costar brave the Alaskan wilderness in ‘Heart of the Beast,’ the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art opens in Los Angeles, and more.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026
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
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 was attracted to Jessica Vestal on “Perfect Match” but then kissed costar Melinda Melrose and lied about it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2025
"Don't you think it's kind of awesome to be, like, the costar of Tiny's life?"
From "Will Grayson, Will Grayson" by John Green and David Levithan
Later, in a pre-recorded skit, Hargitay and her costars from Law & Order SVU tried to solve the mystery of whether Taylor Swift would appear at the Emmys.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026
And it costars Brian Tyree Henry as her coach.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 12, 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
They napped in meadows and stood knee-deep in frigid streams, costars in their own private dog-food commercial.
From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris
The actors have costarred in two "Expendables" movies together.
From Salon ● Nov. 3, 2023
“I costarred with a ferret in ‘Kindergarten Cop.’
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 2022
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
Mars, played by Spike Lee, costarred with Jordan in the commercial that brought urban culture to the sports landscape.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 3, 2020
The longtime family home of the late Rose Marie, who costarred in “The Dick Van Dyke Show,” has come on the market in the Chisholm Estates neighborhood of Van Nuys at $1.049 million.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 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
Also, Reynolds’ “Red Notice,” costarring Dwayne Johnson, opens this week in limited theatrical release before hitting Netflix on Nov. 12.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2021
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
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