as in actor
a woman or girl who acts in a play, movie, etc.
The versatile actress can seemingly play any role. The actresses in the musical vastly outperformed their male counterparts.
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Recent Examples of actress
Margarita’s last act is to pass on that spirit to a young actress, Nuria, and in the process, to us.
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Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 9 May 2025
Alexander’s Lesley was the driving force behind many of GH’s major plotlines in the 1970s, and Alexander earned a Daytime Emmy nomination for best actress in a daytime drama in 1976.
—Dave Nemetz, TVLine, 9 May 2025
The exhibition encompasses the house’s work from its inception to the 1920s — when famous actresses and singers, such as Sarah Bernhardt, Sophie Croizette and Nellie Melba, wore its clothes on-stage and off.
—Brian Ng, CNN Money, 9 May 2025
But the Method thing was buried deeply in Marilyn’s own experience — the fact is that Marilyn Monroe was an extremely difficult actress to work with.
—Matt Minton, Variety, 28 Apr. 2025
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Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 9 May 2025
Alexander’s Lesley was the driving force behind many of GH’s major plotlines in the 1970s, and Alexander earned a Daytime Emmy nomination for best actress in a daytime drama in 1976.
—Dave Nemetz, TVLine, 9 May 2025
The exhibition encompasses the house’s work from its inception to the 1920s — when famous actresses and singers, such as Sarah Bernhardt, Sophie Croizette and Nellie Melba, wore its clothes on-stage and off.
—Brian Ng, CNN Money, 9 May 2025
But the Method thing was buried deeply in Marilyn’s own experience — the fact is that Marilyn Monroe was an extremely difficult actress to work with.
—Matt Minton, Variety, 28 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for actress
Noun
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His maternal great-grandmother survived the Armenian genocide by the Ottoman Empire during World War I. In April, the actor traveled to Washington to give a speech for the Armenian Assembly of America.—
Ralphie Aversa,
USA Today,
10 May 2025
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At a time when Lilo wants nothing more than a best friend, a fugitive alien named Stitch (voiced again by original Disney actor Chris Sanders) escapes his handlers and crash-lands on Earth.—
Nick Romano,
EW.com,
9 May 2025
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The Knicks, who are on the verge of sending the Celtics home for the summer, already have all of their key rotation players under contract next year.—
Bryan Toporek,
Forbes.com,
14 May 2025
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But neither player packs enough star power at the position to make sense as a long-term starting option.—
Julia Poe,
Chicago Tribune,
14 May 2025
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“Actress.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/actress. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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