An opportunity or chance that leads to professional success, especially in sport or show business.
she is an out-of-work actress waiting tables until she gets her big break
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This is a droll drama revolving around a junior financial adviser who finally gets his big break when he is assigned to the prestigious portfolio of a very wealthy client.
He got his first big break playing a high school boy having a last fling before heading off to college.
He loved being on location, but because nobody saw his scene, it didn't give him his big break.
Roman Holiday was Audrey Hepburn's big break.
Our big break came through a connection we made at the Newport Film Festival.
The aspiring producer's big break came after working as an assistant engineer at Townhouse Studios.
He's still waiting for his big break into films, and moonlights in any movie project that may help him make connections.
However, his big break came when he won the role of chain-smoking forensic psychiatrist Fitz in Cracker, the hard-hitting police drama that marked a landmark in British television.
He formed another long-term artistic relationship with G. Stanton Gallery in Dallas, which gave him his first big break and continues to sell his work today.
She hoped that Cut would be her big break back into mainstream movies.