You don’t have to be the main character to be essential. Ask any stage crew.

Visibility and importance are different measurements, and people constantly confuse them. A show with no lighting, no sound and nobody moving the set does not happen, and none of those people get a bow. Being needed is a real position, even when it is not a loud one.

Notice who holds your team or class together without being thanked, and say something to them. Then ask where you are genuinely useful. Doing that job well beats competing badly for the spotlight.