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.
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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
For while other actors were as photogenic on screen as Dean, including “Giant” costar Elizabeth Taylor, it’s difficult to think of another star who made such an impact with his still images.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 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
"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
“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
The actor doesn’t connect with the material or their costars.
From Salon ● Dec. 29, 2023
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
Curtis shared photos of herself and costars Wilson and Stanfield and a video to her Instagram that showed her leaning over the balcony to address a crowd of fans gathered below.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 27, 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
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
It costarred no less than astronaut Buzz Aldrin, the Pointer Sisters and the late Rep. Tip O’Neill, Democrat speaker of the House from 1977 to 1987.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 8, 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
Still, he stepped away from a romantic comedy costarring Jennifer Lopez that he was set to film in the Dominican Republic last month.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 18, 2021
By 2007, she landed her first U.S. series, costarring in NBC’s goofy spy comedy “Chuck.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 4, 2019
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