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actress

noun

  1. a woman who acts

    in stage plays, motion pictures, television broadcasts, etc., especially professionally.

/ ˈæktrɪs /

noun

  1. a woman who acts in a play, film, broadcast, etc

  2. informal.

    a woman who puts on a false manner in order to deceive others

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Usage

Use of the word actress to refer to a female who acts is old-fashioned. The modern gender-neutral form is actor

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Gender Note

What's the difference between

actress

and

actor?

See -ess.

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Word History and Origins

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Example Sentences

Halle Bailey, a black actress, was cast in another recent Disney live-action movie, The Little Mermaid.

Stranger Things actress Sadie Sink is set to appear in Spider Man 4, according to US reports.

And in “Opening Night,” Gena Rowlands’ fabulous yet tortured stage actress Myrtle descends into addiction, tormented by ghostly visions and crippling doubt.

He dated actress Amber Heard, giving her Teslas as gifts, but she later worried they were bugged, because she said he was "controlling."

A man has denied stalking actress Anna Friel for almost three years.