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Before “stepping into the bratty curls of ‘Oh, Mary!’,” the actress became known for playing prima donnas on TV.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 17, 2025

I look around the rest of the squad and think they are over-paid prima donnas, the lot of them.

From BBC • Dec. 2, 2024

Hitters get only one timeout during an at-bat now, so no more prima donnas holding a hand up, asking for time while they dig to China.

From Washington Post • Feb. 27, 2023

Her songs have more recently become popular fare for prima donnas including Annick Massis, Cecilia Bartoli and Aude Extrémo.

From New York Times • Jul. 16, 2021

Mr. Goldstein asks him about me and I hear him saying something about not needing any prima donnas on the team.

From "Slam!" by Walter Dean Myers