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actress

[ ak-tris ]

noun

  1. a woman who acts in stage plays, motion pictures, television broadcasts, etc., especially professionally.


actress

/ ˈæٰɪ /

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
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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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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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of actress1

First recorded in 1580–90; act(o)r + -ess
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The actress says she found out she had been nominated for the prestigious acting prize after leaving a Zumba class.

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The Years, which also won best director for Eline Arbo, sees five actresses play a woman at different stages of her life.

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Varada, who's 32, told my colleagues in Asian Network that when she first told her family she wanted to be an actress, there wasn't immediate support.

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Game operators can find a steady supply of labor in a city famously thick with struggling actresses and models.

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She was not an actress, but she held her own in that film.

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