breakout roles
Career-launching parts
A breakout role is the part that transforms an unknown performer into a recognized talent.
It's the role that breaks an actor out of obscurity into public awareness: Her breakout role came in an indie film that surprised everyone at Sundance.
The term appears most often in entertainment journalism discussing career trajectories.
- breakthroughSudden important advance
- star turnA standout featured performance
- discoveryAct of finding something
- debutFirst public appearance
- launchSet into motion
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