Cameo
noun
A small role by a famous actor in a movie or play.
With her cameo in the movie, she managed to steal the show.
Often appears as...
- make a cameo
- cameo appearance
noun
A piece of jewelry, usually oval in shape, with a carved design on it.
She was wearing a beautiful cameo necklace from her grandmother.
Often appears as...
- cameo brooch
- cameo jewelry
noun
A small role by a famous actor in a movie or play.
With her cameo in the movie, she managed to steal the show.
Often appears as...
- make a cameo
- cameo appearance
noun
A piece of jewelry, usually oval in shape, with a carved design on it.
She was wearing a beautiful cameo necklace from her grandmother.
Often appears as...
- cameo brooch
- cameo jewelry
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Surprise Element
Cameos are often uncredited to surprise the audience when the famous actor appears.
Did you catch that? The author himself made a cameo in the film adaptation of his book!
Pro Tip 2/3Brief Appearance
Cameos are typically very short, so blink and you might miss it!
His cameo lasted just one scene, but fans can’t stop talking about it.
Pro Tip 3/3Recognizable Faces
Cameos usually involve well-known personalities or celebrities, adding interest to the production.
The pop star’s cameo in the sitcom was brief, but it delighted her followers.
Pro Tip 1/3Surprise Element
Cameos are often uncredited to surprise the audience when the famous actor appears.
Did you catch that? The author himself made a cameo in the film adaptation of his book!
Pro Tip 2/3Brief Appearance
Cameos are typically very short, so blink and you might miss it!
His cameo lasted just one scene, but fans can’t stop talking about it.
Pro Tip 3/3Recognizable Faces
Cameos usually involve well-known personalities or celebrities, adding interest to the production.
The pop star’s cameo in the sitcom was brief, but it delighted her followers.
Pro Tip 1/3Surprise Element
Cameos are often uncredited to surprise the audience when the famous actor appears.
Did you catch that? The author himself made a cameo in the film adaptation of his book!
Pro Tip 2/3Brief Appearance
Cameos are typically very short, so blink and you might miss it!
His cameo lasted just one scene, but fans can’t stop talking about it.
Pro Tip 3/3Recognizable Faces
Cameos usually involve well-known personalities or celebrities, adding interest to the production.
The pop star’s cameo in the sitcom was brief, but it delighted her followers.
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Video examples
Pixar: The math behind...
And Geri actually made a cameo apperance in Toy Story 2 as the toy cleaner. Each of his hands was the first time we ever used subdivision. So, each hand was a subdivision surface, his face was a subdivision surface, so was his jacket. Here's Geri's hand before subdivision, and here's Geri's hand after subdivision,
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Acting With Reese...
good luck and it turns out there's a lot of ways you can say good luck so that performance was not nothing you guys but it is funny because it's the perfect cameo but I will say it's you know life sometimes this works out that way we didn't plan it what happened is all for
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How to create meaningful...
like people from all around the world but also a lot of political leaders in the u.s. like kind of joined and came in came out Bernie Sanders came in Elizabeth Warren made a cameo Michelle Obama came in and and you know that kind
Video examples
Pixar: The math behind...
And Geri actually made a cameo apperance in Toy Story 2 as the toy cleaner. Each of his hands was the first time we ever used subdivision. So, each hand was a subdivision surface, his face was a subdivision surface, so was his jacket. Here's Geri's hand before subdivision, and here's Geri's hand after subdivision,
Video examples
Acting With Reese...
good luck and it turns out there's a lot of ways you can say good luck so that performance was not nothing you guys but it is funny because it's the perfect cameo but I will say it's you know life sometimes this works out that way we didn't plan it what happened is all for
Video examples
How to create meaningful...
like people from all around the world but also a lot of political leaders in the u.s. like kind of joined and came in came out Bernie Sanders came in Elizabeth Warren made a cameo Michelle Obama came in and and you know that kind
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Quote examples
Alison Doody
Irish Actress
Generally, if a good script comes in I read it, and if it appeals to me, it appeals to me. And it doesn't have to be anything - it doesn't have to be the main character, it doesn't have to be a huge part. It could be a nice cameo - anything that I think is good and surrounded by good, enthusiastic people.
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Paul Harding
American Author
The fictional world seems larger, seems to have more dimension and richness when, for example, the protagonist from one novel you've read has a cameo role in another. I think that recognition is a very, very powerful phenomenon; it is one of the deepest and greatest pleasures of reading.
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Mark Goddard
American Actor
There's a certain way you stand to give yourself authority, which gives you the texture for the part. I chose that my character hadn't been married, he'd worked his way up the chain of command. For a small cameo role, I gave it a lot of thought.
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Marcel Dzama
Canadian Artist
I feel that, for each show I've been doing, there's a character that dominates. Then in the next show it plays a smaller part, and then in the next it has a sort of cameo piece. So they all have their moment.
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Tony Todd
American Actor
Whenever I do something, particularly if it's a cameo, I make sure that I have a backstory written out so that I can talk to the director intelligent and try to communicate a three-dimensional character.
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Govinda
Indian Actor
I was told by many well-wishers not to do the film because my role was just a cameo. But it's very important to be part of big, successful films like 'Holiday.
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Shamna Kasim
Indian Actress
Be it a cameo, a character role or a lead role, I am happy that people are finally recognising my acting calibre and are casting me in their films.
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Sajid Nadiadwala
Indian Producer
Cameos are good only if we have actors do it as per the requirement of the script otherwise no point just having someone for the heck of it.
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Ranveer Singh
Indian Actor
I really enjoy doing cameos. It is just a day's work, and you get to play a new character.
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Lindsey Morgan
American Actress
Cameos are fun. You get to be the new kid on a new set, in a new world with a new family.
Quote examples
Alison Doody
Irish Actress
Generally, if a good script comes in I read it, and if it appeals to me, it appeals to me. And it doesn't have to be anything - it doesn't have to be the main character, it doesn't have to be a huge part. It could be a nice cameo - anything that I think is good and surrounded by good, enthusiastic people.
Quote examples
Paul Harding
American Author
The fictional world seems larger, seems to have more dimension and richness when, for example, the protagonist from one novel you've read has a cameo role in another. I think that recognition is a very, very powerful phenomenon; it is one of the deepest and greatest pleasures of reading.
Quote examples
Mark Goddard
American Actor
There's a certain way you stand to give yourself authority, which gives you the texture for the part. I chose that my character hadn't been married, he'd worked his way up the chain of command. For a small cameo role, I gave it a lot of thought.
Quote examples
Marcel Dzama
Canadian Artist
I feel that, for each show I've been doing, there's a character that dominates. Then in the next show it plays a smaller part, and then in the next it has a sort of cameo piece. So they all have their moment.
Quote examples
Tony Todd
American Actor
Whenever I do something, particularly if it's a cameo, I make sure that I have a backstory written out so that I can talk to the director intelligent and try to communicate a three-dimensional character.
Quote examples
Govinda
Indian Actor
I was told by many well-wishers not to do the film because my role was just a cameo. But it's very important to be part of big, successful films like 'Holiday.
Quote examples
Shamna Kasim
Indian Actress
Be it a cameo, a character role or a lead role, I am happy that people are finally recognising my acting calibre and are casting me in their films.
Quote examples
Sajid Nadiadwala
Indian Producer
Cameos are good only if we have actors do it as per the requirement of the script otherwise no point just having someone for the heck of it.
Quote examples
Ranveer Singh
Indian Actor
I really enjoy doing cameos. It is just a day's work, and you get to play a new character.
Quote examples
Lindsey Morgan
American Actress
Cameos are fun. You get to be the new kid on a new set, in a new world with a new family.
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