noun
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a young and inexperienced actress who is projected as a potential star
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a small star
Etymology
Origin of starlet
Example Sentences
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Two years after Mary-Kate Olsen checked herself into rehab for anorexia nervosa, eating disorders turned a hypercritical eye toward every young starlet.
From Salon ● Jun. 22, 2026
But he could not make the transition from academy starlet to first team at Liverpool.
From BBC ● Mar. 25, 2026
We’re more taken by the scenes in which her father, Stellan Skarsgård’s faded filmmaker Gustav, dusts off his moth-eaten charisma to charm Elle Fanning’s Hollywood starlet into doing his new project.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 22, 2026
Playing a starlet as a dummy would be a cliché; Ms. Fanning’s acting choices, in harmony with the rest of the film, are delicate.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2025
Up and back, up and back, eighteen laps, and when I’m done, I’m hanging on in the deep end, panting away, and over swims this starlet.
From "The Princess Bride" by William Goldman
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