Sentence examples for colourful role from inspiring English sources

Thelma Ritter was Oscar nominated for her colourful role as a hard-luck snitch.

Penn said that " larger-than-life, colourful role" of the reporter was what attracted him to the project.

Jack O'Connell is a dourly persuasive presence as the hapless, near-mute Hook; inevitably he's a little overshadowed by the more colourful roles around him: Sean Harris, as a moustachioed undercover operative, is probably the pick of the supporting cast.

But for now, without a shadow of doubt, that colourful vibrant role belongs to Dubai, and for that reason alone it is a place worthy of a traveller's interest.

For the last two years, the making and publicity around the film – commenting on the script, approving designs, having a cameo role in the film alongside my daughter – have been a big, unexpected and colourful part of my life.

Davis was a colourful character.

Greenfield is regarded as a forthright and colourful character whose love of neuroscience, entrepreneurial drive and determination not to conform to the stereotype of dull scientist secured her position as a role model for female scientists.

You're nothing!" Gandolfini was laboriously climbing the greasy pole of cinematic status; but seemed locked into colourful sideman roles.

Marshall also had an on-screen presence, using his New York accent and gruff delivery in colourful supporting roles in movies that included Lost in America and Soapdish.

In a Daily Politics film, Giles Dilnot looks back at its colourful history and its role in UK politics, especially in evidence on by-election nights.

But of all the sometimes bloody spats between regular people and bosses over the years, the 1894 Pullman Strike still stands out, in part thanks to its colourful characters, and the ugly role played by the feds.