starlet

noun3

1. •
   A young actress with a promising career ahead of her.

   • There were other flapper-era starlets, of course—Louise Brooks, Greta Garbo—but they were poseurs by comparison. — 2012
2. •
   An accomplished and important supporting player in a sports team.
3. •
   (literary) A small star.

   • As I saw the love-light beam From her radiant eyes, more glorious far Than the starlet's nightly gleam : — 1859