"star persona" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to describe someone who is in the public eye or well known for their work. For example, "The actor's star persona was often at odds with his private life away from the limelight."
Karenne was able to immediately construct a unique star persona.
There was a feeling that he was at last escaping his own over-determined star persona.
It meant the unity of story with character, of character with star persona.
And sometimes a star persona takes a dogleg, moving into new territory without an actual break.
Forbes had invented the name as a pop star persona for Sellers.
That star persona and hackneyed material, heavy on baking jokes, are a deadly combination.
They have not developed star personas or the practiced look of longtime corps dancers.
Hardy is a man somewhere in between the chameleonic skills of actors like Daniel Day-Lewis and the intractable movie star personas of Will Smith and Kevin Costner.
Assuming that star personas are constituted by performative acts and rely on mechanisms of repetition, the focus lies on exploring these complex star phenomena through their individual performances and appearances, as they generate a coherent image across various media.
Glenn Close (Paulina), Gene Hackman (Dr. Miranda and Richard Dreyfusss (as Paulina's husband, Gerardo) all display their most charming star personae in lieu of acting, as if they were running for public office instead of animating characters locked in a harrowing struggle for survival.
The difference between big-budget musicals and blockbuster pop concerts has shrunk over the years, since shows like "Mamma Mia!" can seem like a loosely connected collection of songs, while music tours regularly package carefully constructed star personas inside elaborate stagecraft and a narrative frame.
