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1. Leading Lady by DorothyArzner

   Fandoms: Pluribus (TV 2025)  

   • Mature
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • F/F
   • Complete Work

   10 May 2026

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Carol Sturka/Zosia
   • Helen/Carol Sturka
   • Carol Sturka
   • Zosia (Pluribus)
   • Original Male Character(s)
   • Koumba Diabaté
   • Helen (Pluribus)
   • Manousos Oviedo
   • Original Female Character(s)
   • Alternate Universe - Hollywood
   • Period-Typical Homophobia
   • Period-Typical Sexism
   • Implied/Referenced Drug Use
   • Angst
   • Alternate Universe - 1940s
   • 1940s
   • Period Typical Attitudes
   • Director Carol
   • Actress Zosia
   • Golden Age Hollywood
   • Eventual Happy Ending
   • It Gets Worse Before It Gets Better
   • Alternate Universe
   • Dark
   • Writer Carol Sturka
   • POV Zosia (Pluribus)
   • POV Carol Sturka
   • Implied/Referenced Alcohol Abuse/Alcoholism
   • Implied/Referenced Disordered Eating
   • Films
   • Secret Relationship
   • Alternate Universe - Historical

   Summary

   Hollywood, 1949. Director Carol Sturka has a new leading lady.
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   After the suspicious death of her longtime star Helen Umstead, the Studio has handpicked newcomer Zosia to lead writer/director Carol Sturka's next film, Winds of Wycaro, but she could threaten to expose Carol's secrets under the watchful and oppressive Hollywood system.

   Language:

   English

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