Definitions
Female actor or woman who performs roles in plays, films, or television.
Word origin
From actor + -ess. Probably formed independently of Middle French actrice.
Used in a sentence
“A while ago somewhere I don't know when / I was watchin' a movie with a friend / I fell in love with the actress / She was playin' a part that I could understand”
“"I'm an actress -- actor, as we have to say these days."”
“Court documents appear to show that Ian Edmondson, a senior News of the World journalist, had authorised Mr Mulcaire to hack phones belonging to Sienna Miller, an actress.”
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Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Female performer”7 letters
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