Movie star

/mˈuːvi stˈɑː/

/mˈuːvi stˈɑːɹ/

[noun]

Movie star

[NOUN]

a famous actor or actress who plays the leading role in a movie

synonyms : film star

Examples

1. He rubbed elbows with his movie star clients and appeared on numerous TV talk shows.

2. She put her singing career on the back burner to pursue her dream of being a movie star.

3. This movie stars two young actors that you may recognize from other movies or TV series: Asa Butterfield and Chloë Grace Moretz.

4. Movie stars like Marie Dressler, here seen on Hearst's arm, and his longtime mistress, actress Marion Davies, on the left ham it up in home movies.