Bankable
adjective
Able to make a lot of money; likely to be popular or successful.
Her last three movies were all big hits, so she's considered very bankable right now.
Often appears as...
- bankable star
- bankable actor
adjective
Reliable or dependable.
He's a bankable player; we can always count on him to perform well.
Often appears as...
- bankable talent
- bankable source
adjective
Able to make a lot of money; likely to be popular or successful.
Her last three movies were all big hits, so she's considered very bankable right now.
Often appears as...
- bankable star
- bankable actor
adjective
Reliable or dependable.
He's a bankable player; we can always count on him to perform well.
Often appears as...
- bankable talent
- bankable source
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Entertainment Industry
Often used in the context of film, music, or sports, where earning potential is high.
After the championship, she became a bankable athlete with many endorsements.
Pro Tip 2/3Success Expectation
Implies a high level of confidence that a person or project will succeed financially.
His innovative app idea was considered highly bankable by the investors.
Pro Tip 3/3Market Appeal
Refers to the capacity to attract a sizeable audience or market demand.
With her huge following, any product she endorses is bankable.
Pro Tip 1/3Entertainment Industry
Often used in the context of film, music, or sports, where earning potential is high.
After the championship, she became a bankable athlete with many endorsements.
Pro Tip 2/3Success Expectation
Implies a high level of confidence that a person or project will succeed financially.
His innovative app idea was considered highly bankable by the investors.
Pro Tip 3/3Market Appeal
Refers to the capacity to attract a sizeable audience or market demand.
With her huge following, any product she endorses is bankable.
Pro Tip 1/3Entertainment Industry
Often used in the context of film, music, or sports, where earning potential is high.
After the championship, she became a bankable athlete with many endorsements.
Pro Tip 2/3Success Expectation
Implies a high level of confidence that a person or project will succeed financially.
His innovative app idea was considered highly bankable by the investors.
Pro Tip 3/3Market Appeal
Refers to the capacity to attract a sizeable audience or market demand.
With her huge following, any product she endorses is bankable.
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Video examples
Safari Live - Day 292 PIPE...
past this area and possibly with new tiny baby little cubbies are we gonna hang around here because this is obviously the most bankable sighting for our TV show later on today and hopefully
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Quote examples
Bruce McGill
American Actor
There's a cumulative effect to getting good parts as a freelance actor, because you're only as good as your last job, and you have to keep going out and getting them. Unless you're part of the finance structure, by which I mean a bankable star, which I never was and never will be.
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Rosamund Pike
British Actress
People are saying we need more females in our industry and we need more female-driven stories, but that takes the men of bankable star quality to come forward and play supporting roles in those films because, ultimately, that's what the women have always done.
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Lin-Manuel Miranda
American Actor
Because of the success of 'Hamilton' and 'On Your Feet!' you can't hide behind the old argument of, 'It needs to be bankable, so we can't put all these people of color in the show.' We are bankable.
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Spike Lee
American Director
I've been blessed with the opportunity to express the views of black people who otherwise don't have access to power and the media. I have to take advantage of that while I'm still bankable.
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Arundhati Bhattacharya
Indian Businesswoman
In order to ensure long-term investment, it is important to make infrastructure as transparent and as bankable as possible - should be a win-win for all.
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Kartik Aaryan
Indian Actor
I want to be a commercially viable actor. I want that the distributors and producers should earn the money; then only, you become a bankable actor.
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Harriet Walter
English Actress
I yearn to make a really good, intelligent movie before I die: I don't completely rule out the possibility, but in Hollywood, I'm not bankable.
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Laura Linney
American Actress
I've always thought that I'm sexy in my own right, but not in a way that people thought was bankable.
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Arbaaz Khan
Indian Actor
I'm a recognisable actor, but I'm not a bankable actor.
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Miriam Defensor-Santiago
Filipino Politician
I am a bankable candidate.
Quote examples
Bruce McGill
American Actor
There's a cumulative effect to getting good parts as a freelance actor, because you're only as good as your last job, and you have to keep going out and getting them. Unless you're part of the finance structure, by which I mean a bankable star, which I never was and never will be.
Quote examples
Rosamund Pike
British Actress
People are saying we need more females in our industry and we need more female-driven stories, but that takes the men of bankable star quality to come forward and play supporting roles in those films because, ultimately, that's what the women have always done.
Quote examples
Lin-Manuel Miranda
American Actor
Because of the success of 'Hamilton' and 'On Your Feet!' you can't hide behind the old argument of, 'It needs to be bankable, so we can't put all these people of color in the show.' We are bankable.
Quote examples
Spike Lee
American Director
I've been blessed with the opportunity to express the views of black people who otherwise don't have access to power and the media. I have to take advantage of that while I'm still bankable.
Quote examples
Arundhati Bhattacharya
Indian Businesswoman
In order to ensure long-term investment, it is important to make infrastructure as transparent and as bankable as possible - should be a win-win for all.
Quote examples
Kartik Aaryan
Indian Actor
I want to be a commercially viable actor. I want that the distributors and producers should earn the money; then only, you become a bankable actor.
Quote examples
Harriet Walter
English Actress
I yearn to make a really good, intelligent movie before I die: I don't completely rule out the possibility, but in Hollywood, I'm not bankable.
Quote examples
Laura Linney
American Actress
I've always thought that I'm sexy in my own right, but not in a way that people thought was bankable.
Quote examples
Arbaaz Khan
Indian Actor
I'm a recognisable actor, but I'm not a bankable actor.
Quote examples
Miriam Defensor-Santiago
Filipino Politician
I am a bankable candidate.
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