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An understudy is an actor learning a role in case the main actor is indisposed.

Understudy or The Understudy may also refer to:

Literature

• The Understudy (novel), a 2005 novel by David Nicholls
• The Understudy, a 1975 novel by Elia Kazan
• The Understudy, a 2007 play by Theresa Rebeck

Film

• The Understudy (1922 film), an American film of 1922 directed by William A. Seiter
• The Understudy (1976 film), an Australian television film directed by Eric Luithle
• The Understudy: Graveyard Shift II, a 1988 Canadian horror film directed by Jerry Ciccoritti
• The Understudy (2008 film), a British comedy directed by David Conolly and Hannah Davis

Television episodes

• "The Understudy" (Inside No. 9)
• "The Understudy" (Seinfeld)
• "Understudy" (Smash)
• "The Understudy" (Upstairs, Downstairs)

• Disambiguation pages