History Main / ThePrimadonna

* Sims with the Diva trait in ''VideoGame/TheSims3'' will turn them to this. While they make very good actors, as a trade-off, this makes them far harder to be friends with, and ''much'' easier to be enemies with. Only those with an Easily Impressed, Good, and/or Friendly traits can tolerate them.

* Carlotta from ''Theatre/ThePhantomOfTheOpera''. She even gets a song ''called'' "Prima Donna" as the new theatre owners suck up to her and assure her that they won't let this "Opera Ghost" dictate how she should be treated; even after the Phantom humiliates her on stage and she's forced into a minor role in his ''Don Juan Triumphant'', she never lets up on this attitude.

* Carlotta from ''Literature/ThePhantomOfTheOpera''. In the musical, she even gets a song ''called'' "Prima Donna" as the new theatre owners suck up to her and assure her that they won't let this "Opera Ghost" dictate how she should be treated; even after the Phantom humiliates her on stage and she's forced into a minor role in his ''Don Juan Triumphant'', she never lets up on this attitude.

* In ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'' episode "Queen Banana", Chloe uses her father's influence to force herself into the film that the other students are putting on, and then immediately becomes one of these, making increasingly ridiculous ([[CatchPhrase utterly ridiculous!]]) demands and forcing script rewrite upon rewrite. When the prop hastily created for the villain (who she made up out of nowhere) isn't realistic enough for her liking, she decides to head home for some "beauty sleep". The students take this opportunity to shoot the film as originally written -- and without Chloe. To make things more infuriating for all involved, she had initially refused to be part of the film at all, only suddenly deciding that she needed to be the star upon realizing [[spoiler:her half-sister Zoe]] had been cast as the main heroine.

The Prima Donna is etymologically and stereotypically female, but men are just as likely to act this way, and the word's meaning gradually became less specific through overuse. It's Italian for "first lady" and [[TropeNamer originally referred]] to the lead female singer in an {{opera}} company. Evidently, enough of them embodied the traits described here that the word has gained a decidedly negative connotation. Nowadays it refers to any individual, regardless of gender or field of expertise who is immensely talented but insufferably egotistical. The term "diva," which is Italian for "goddess" and referred to a seasoned and respected female singer, has some of the same associations with ego and entitlement, though this isn't universal, as TheDiva trope is mostly framed in a positive context.

The Prima Donna is etymologically and stereotypically female, but men are just as likely to act this way, and the word's meaning gradually became less specific through overuse. It's Italian for "first lady" and [[TropeNamer originally referred]] to the lead female singer in an {{opera}} company. Evidently, enough of them embodied the traits described here that the word has gained a decidedly negative connotation. Nowadays it refers to any individual regardless of gender who is talented in their field but insufferably egotistical. The term "diva," which is Italian for "goddess" and referred to a seasoned and respected female singer, has some of the same associations with ego and entitlement, though this isn't universal, as TheDiva trope is mostly framed in a positive context.

* Darla Dimple from ''WesternAnimation/CatsDontDance'', combined with EnfantTerrible.

* Sharpay Evans from the ''Film/HighSchoolMusical'' movies, but she is more of a LovableAlphaBitch.

-->-- '''''{{Series/Angel}}''''', "[[Recap/AngelS05E19TimeBomb Time Bomb]]"

And everyone must rush around for me, me, me, me, me, me...\\

* Wrestling/ShawnMichaels was such a primadonna, in and out of the ring, on and off camera, that people largely forgot all about his {{jobber}} run in the Wrestling/NationalWrestlingAlliance, his TagTeam with Wrestling/MartyJannetty that imitated Wrestling/TheRockNRollExpress and even his stint as a GorgeousGeorge who feuded with Wrestling/RickMartel and posed for Playgirl magazine. Mostly what is remembered that Michaels was a whiny but talented wrestler who ruined the careers of several other wrestlers, quit the business, lost his smile and returned to atone for the wrongs he did after helping train several better-behaved wrestlers like Wrestling/BryanDanielson, Wrestling/LondonAndKendrick. Incidentally, Shawn sang too, [[SoBadItsGood but he wasn't any good at singing.]]

It's worth pointing out that despite the stereotype of Broadway stars behaving this way, stage actors are possibly the performers least likely to become prima donnas. Most modern-day theatre companies have it in their contract that such behavior will ''quickly'' get an actor fired, since no amount of talent excuses disrespect toward the cast and crew. And since theater is re-created with each performance, it's relatively easy to drop an actor and replace them with an understudy the next day. In contrast, it's much harder to replace a movie's main actor in the middle of a two-month shoot.

* Mike Shiner from ''Film/BirdmanOrTheUnexpectedVirtueOfIgnorance'' is a classic Prima Donna actor. Mike fights Riggan's direction throughout the film, trashes the set after realizing they aren't using real alcohol and traumatizes his co-star because he thinks an impromptu sex scene will make their on stage relationship more realistic. He also steals a story Riggan told him to make himself sound better in an interview. Despite the friction, Riggan keeps him on and they learn to work together.

** When Sharpay got to be the hero of [[Film/SharpaysFabulousAdventure her own film]], she was promptly and utterly blown out of the water by Amber Lee Adams, the film's villain. Sharpay's an emotional teenager who could conceivably grow out of it; Amber Lee, by contrast, is a ''professional'' prima donna. Just one example: when she gets the lead role in a Broadway musical about a dog, she spends the film growing increasingly paranoid that the audience will be coming for [[JustHereForGodzilla the dog, not her]], and ultimately, on the day of the very last dress rehearsal, orders ''the entire script rewritten'' to remove the dog.

%%* Creator/EdwardNorton in ''Film/BirdmanOrTheUnexpectedVirtueOfIgnorance'' played a borderline self-parody of one.

The Prima Donna is etymologically and stereotypically female, but men are just as likely to act this way, and the word's meaning gradually became [[YouKeepUsingThatWord less specific through overuse]]. It's Italian for "first lady" and [[TropeNamer originally referred]] to the lead female singer in an {{opera}} company. Evidently, enough of them embodied the traits described here that the word has gained a decidedly negative connotation. Nowadays it refers to any individual regardless of gender who is talented in their field but insufferably egotistical. The term "diva," which is Italian for "goddess" and referred to a seasoned and respected female singer, has some of the same associations with ego and entitlement, though this isn't universal, as TheDiva trope is mostly framed in a positive context.

The Prima Donna is etymologically and stereotypically female, but men are just as likely to act this way, and the word's meaning gradually became [[YouKeepUsingThatWord less specific through overuse]]. It's Italian for "first lady" and originally referred to the lead female singer in an opera company. Evidently, enough of them embodied the traits described here that the word has gained a decidedly negative connotation. Nowadays it refers to any individual regardless of gender who is talented in their field but insufferably egotistical. The term "diva," which is Italian for "goddess" and referred to a seasoned and respected female singer, has some of the same associations with ego and entitlement, though this isn't universal, as TheDiva trope is mostly framed in a positive context.

* Gussie in the musical ''Theatre/MerrilyWeRollAlong''. In the original play, ThePrimaDonna was called Althea Royce (her stage name, of course).

** Mike Shiner from ''Film/BirdmanOrTheUnexpectedVirtueOfIgnorance'' is a classic Prima Donna actor. Mike fights Riggan's direction throughout the film, trashes the set after realizing they aren't using real alcohol and traumatizes his co-star because he thinks an impromptu sex scene will make their on stage relationship more realistic. He also steals a story Riggan told him to make himself sound better in an interview. Despite the friction, Riggan keeps him on and they learn to work together.