actress
IPA: ˈæktrʌs
noun
- A female who performs on the stage or in films.
- (now rare) A female doer or "actor" (in a general sense).
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Examples of "actress" in Sentences
- Scarlett Johansson "actress" is exactly that case.
- Someone kind should probably try to stop me, but this actress is amazing:
- The show is looking for a name actress to recur as Hank's med school nemesis.
- Surprised by Chelsea Handler's graphic rant about Angelina Jolie, in which she called the actress a "f**cking b**ch," and a "f**king c*nt?"
- She replaced the original actress slated for the title actress role in the 1960 movie and gained worldwide fame and infamy; an Asian American woman as a pioneering lead actress in a Hollywood movie in a role that reinforced biased Western perceptions of their sexuality.
- The First Actresses, National Portrait Gallery - review The catalogue of the new exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery opens with a dejected little enquiry into the origin of the term "actress", as though the author, Gill Perry, has some objection to the distinction in terms of gender between the male and female trouper.
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