Sentence examples for won a role from inspiring English sources

Eventually he won a role in "The Godfather Part III".

She soon won a role in the television mini-series Titanic.

In 1943, to his astonishment, he won a role in the Broadway production of "Junior Miss" and then played another part with the show's national touring company.

She started guest-appearing on TV talk shows and in 1983 won a role alongside Robert De Niro in Martin Scorsese's film, The King of Comedy.

She won a role in the horror movie White of the Eye, made by the infamous Donald Cammell, co-director of Performance ("a very odd man").

It was her co-star Kirstie Alley who encouraged Adams's move to Hollywood and, when she won a role in Steven Spielberg's Catch Me if You Can, she thought she was set.

Of course, winning a role like this is about more than just being a mannequin.

As for Britain's tax authorities, they could win a role in the Keystone Cops.

When Tracy wins a role on the show, she becomes an instant local celebrity and uses her newfound fame to launch a campaign to racially integrate the show.

By posing as a corpse on the Internet, he thought, perhaps he could win a role as a lifeless extra on "CSI: Miami".

There were plenty of banks, Mr. Cohen said, that lent to Enron with no hope of winning a role as an adviser or underwriter.