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actress

[ ak-tris ]

noun

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


actress

/ 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
“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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Word History and Origins

Origin of actress1

First recorded in 1580–90; act(o)r + -ess
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Example Sentences

The This Is Us actress knows the value of institutional support.

Something I learned during one of Camille’s photoshoots was that photographers back then would dose actresses in baby oil to make them shine!

She’s an actress, choreographer, dancer, director, producer, singer-songwriter and the proud owner of a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

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The supporting actress trophy went to his co-star Annie Murphy.

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The powerful series “Watchmen,” a graphic novel-adaptation steeped in racial pain, was voted best limited series and King won lead actress for her work on the HBO show.

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Once upon a time, a girl named Onika Maraj dreamed of being an actress.

We might have thought The Comeback was about a desperate actress's shameless struggle for fame.

In another year, stories about the strange new face of an A-list actress might draw chortles and cackles.

We recently saw that very thing with the new “Annie” movie because a black actress played Annie.

The Oscar-winning actress put nude photo thieves in their place with one perfect statement.

In a very thin house in the country, an actress spoke very low in her communication with her lover.

He was defendant in the breach of promise suit brought by a notorious London actress, then playing in a popular revue.

"She's a moving picture actress or something, I'm sure of it," Grace confided in Betty's unsympathetic ear.

I have seen her twice, and I must own she has made great progress as an actress since I heard her for the first time in Paris.

Cardot was the "protector" of the actress, Florentine, whom he discovered and started.

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