actress
noun
- female actor
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈæk.tɹɪs/ / [ˈæk.tɹ̝̊ɪs] / [ˈæk.t̠ɹ̠̊˔ɪs]
noun
Etymology: From actor + -ess. Probably formed independently of Middle French actrice.
- A female who performs on the stage or in films.
“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."”
- A female doer or "actor" (in a general sense).
“My mental anguish, and the dreadful scenes in which I had been an actress, advanced the period of my labour.”