They hope to profit from hard roles she played (12)

I believe the answer is:

shareholders

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'they hope to profit' is the definition.
The definition suggests an adverb but the answer is not.

'hard roles she played' is the wordplay.
'played' is an anagram indicator (letters playing around).
'hard'+'roles'+'she'='hardrolesshe'
'hardrolesshe' with letters rearranged gives 'SHAREHOLDERS'.

'from' acts as a link.

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