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co-star

British  

noun

  1. an actor who shares star billing with another

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. to share star billing (with another actor)

  2. (tr) to present as sharing top billing

    the film co-starred Mae West and W. C. Fields

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Her co-star Ayoade Bamgboye says making sketches feel distinctly British has been her "North Star from the very beginning" - and it feels like "there's always someone to catch you" on the team.

From BBC

"It was a decision that all of us girls came up with," Paul's co-star, Mikayla Matthews, said on Wednesday on social media.

From BBC

Straightforward storytelling was never the strong suit of the show, which relied very much on Mr. Murphy’s charisma and that of his co-stars, notably Sophie Rundle, who plays sister Ada Shelby.

From The Wall Street Journal

The video, a wedding scene from “The Drama,” shows Zendaya’s character posing alongside co-star Robert Pattinson’s, though his face is obscured by a picture of Holland.

From Los Angeles Times

And the couple will be seen together again this year, as co-stars in Christopher Nolan's epic re-telling of Homer's The Odyssey.

From BBC