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scene-stealer
[seen-stee-ler]
noun
a performer in a play, motion picture, etc., who by charm, talent, or artifice, draws most of the audience's attention, often away from the leading performers.
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of scene-stealer1
Example Sentences
She’s a known scene-stealer, so remarkably adept in front of the camera that she can brighten up anything she’s in, even if it’s only for a second.
She’s one of the best features in a smallish role in “Migration” and she’s an artful scene-stealer in “Panda 4.”
Olsen: You kind of had this niche of these really captivating, intriguing supporting roles and I’ve heard you say that you don’t like the phrase scene-stealer.
Braugher, who died on Monday at age 61, became a breakout scene-stealer in this series as Frank Pembleton, a Baltimore detective who acted as the squad’s frustrated moral center.
The scene-stealer wasn’t initially conceived as an adorably round, pantomime character.
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