thespian
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Throughout his childhood and early adolescence, Godoy took multiple acting courses, including one with seasoned Mexican thespian Silverio Palacios.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 10, 2026
Undeterred by this vote of no confidence, both actors decamped to New York where they shared a flat with another aspiring thespian, Robert Duvall.
From BBC ● Feb. 27, 2025
He used the tactics of a thespian – wild gesticulations, theatrical shifts in cadence – to animate into life the stakes of his subject matter.
From Salon ● Aug. 20, 2024
Is Timothée Chalamet a sensitive thespian or a swaggy hypebeast?
From Slate ● Dec. 15, 2023
My thespian career, which had lain dormant since I played John Wilkes Booth while at Fort Hare, had a modest revival on Robben Island.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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