screen presence
noun
: a quality that attracts attention in movies
She has tremendous screen presence.
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The filmmakers know exactly how to leverage Hawkins’s warm, naturalistic screen presence, using her offbeat sweetness to keep the audience guessing as to her character’s exact level of malevolence.
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David Sims, The Atlantic, 30 May 2025
Though never a conventional leading man, Baker was valued in the industry for his consistency and screen presence.
—Tahar Rajab, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 May 2025
Affleck, of course, has always been a more garrulous, charismatic screen presence.
—Jake Coyle, Twin Cities, 24 Apr. 2025
Hilaria is a fairly intense screen presence, so much so that her swapping between accents from scene to scene is among the less jarring things about her performance here.
—Daniel D'addario, Variety, 20 Feb. 2025
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David Sims, The Atlantic, 30 May 2025
Though never a conventional leading man, Baker was valued in the industry for his consistency and screen presence.
—Tahar Rajab, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 May 2025
Affleck, of course, has always been a more garrulous, charismatic screen presence.
—Jake Coyle, Twin Cities, 24 Apr. 2025
Hilaria is a fairly intense screen presence, so much so that her swapping between accents from scene to scene is among the less jarring things about her performance here.
—Daniel D'addario, Variety, 20 Feb. 2025
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“Screen presence.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/screen%20presence. Accessed 8 Jun. 2025.
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