scream queen
noun [ C ] informal uk/ˈskriːm ˌkwiːn/ us/ˈskriːm ˌkwiːn/
尖叫女王（恐怖片中遭受袭击的女主角，或饰演这个角色的女演员）
a female actor who plays a main character in a horror film who gets frightened or attacked, or the character she plays
More than 100 horror, sci-fi and fantasy films feature veteran scream queen Brinke Stevens. 100多部恐怖片、科幻片和奇幻片中都能看到老牌尖叫女王布林克·史蒂文斯的身影。
Heather Langenkamp played scream queen Nancy Thompson in "A Nightmare On Elm Street". 希瑟·兰根坎普在《榆树街噩梦》中饰演尖叫女王南希·汤普森。
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- Jamie Lee Curtis is a Hollywood scream queen turned comedian and children's book author.
- Twenty years after starring in the original horror classic Halloween, Jamie Lee Curtis is back in her original role as scream queen Laurie Strode.
- We didn't set out to be scream queens. We just took all the work that was offered to us.
- Well into her later years, Fay Wray continued to travel to film events where she was feted as the "scream queen".