The phrase "fictional figure" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to a character or persona that is created in literature, film, or other forms of storytelling.
Example: "Sherlock Holmes is a well-known fictional figure created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle."
Alternatives: "imaginary character" or "made-up character".
D'Artagnan, the most dashing of all the musketeers, may seem to us like a fictional figure.
The devadasis disappeared from view while the fictional figure, immortalised in the iconic 1877 ballet La Bayadère, lived on.
Instead, he set to writing, and stocked a desk drawer with tales about his "mouse-child... the only fictional figure ever to have honored and disturbed my sleep".
The character Titty has been discreetly altered to Tatty, to the fury of the family of Titty Altounyan, the woman who inspired this fictional figure.
Pegler did let off steam, in columns featuring "George Spelvin, American," a fictional figure whom he beckoned to opine on problems domestic and foreign.
The French director François Truffaut made a number of films about Antoine Doinel (Jean-Pierre Léaud) — a fictional figure, but heavily laced with traces of Truffaut himself.
Veteran producers Stephen Woolley and Elizabeth Karlsen decided to create fictional figures rather than depict the actual individuals involved.
"The novel has five hundred historical figures and fictional figures, so we have to write commentaries for the historical ones, which are the vast majority.
One of the most popular fictional figures come film awards season is likely to be Malcolm Tucker, Peter Capaldi's poetically profane spin doctor from In the Loop.
Hewlett posted new pictures of the group's fictional figures Murdoc and Noodle to his account, later adding, in response to queries, "Yes.
That last expectation increased after seeing her latest film, Rage, a strange, experimental project that features 14 actors playing fictional figures in and around the fashion world, who give monologues before a plain backdrop.
