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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The big joke of “Gail Daughtry” could be that Slattery joins the gang to help locate his old costar, with whom he’s lost touch after being left on read too many times.
From Salon ● Jul. 12, 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
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
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
Second, the reconciliation and ensuing correspondence permitted Adams to join Jefferson as the costar of an artfully arranged final act in the revolutionary drama.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
“The Masked Singer” trophy was down to two contestants, Gumball and Goldfish, who were later revealed to have been former costars.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 19, 2024
Winona Ryder wishes her younger costars would share in her passion for cinema.
From Salon ● Aug. 30, 2024
Cowbells mixed with wedding bells this week when “Yellowstone” costars and on-screen love interests Ryan Bingham and Hassie Harrison tied the knot at Harrison’s family home in Dallas.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 29, 2024
Callum, can you talk about starring in the film, and building a relationship with your costars as you training and prepared for the role?
From Salon ● Dec. 25, 2023
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
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
The actors have costarred in two "Expendables" movies together.
From Salon ● Nov. 3, 2023
Zendaya, 25, and Holland, 26, have been romantically linked for years — pretty much since they costarred in 2017’s “Spider-Man: Homecoming” and gamely joked about the relationship rumors on Twitter.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 15, 2022
“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
“Broad City’s” Ilana Glazer turns from comedy to horror with “False Positive,” a pregnancy thriller costarring Justin Theroux and Pierce Brosnan.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 16, 2024
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
In addition to costarring on “The Dick Van Dyke Show” from 1961-66, she also appeared on “The Doris Day Show” and was a 14-year-long panelist on “The Hollywood Squares.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2019
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