actress

Sentences
An user
In   high school   she
👩
  was   voted   Girl
👧
  Most   Likely   to   Succeed   as   an   Actress .
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An user
She
👩
  is   regarded   as  Hollywood's  first
1st
  Latin   and   Hispanic   movie star   actress .
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An user
Sandor   began   her   career   as   an   actress ,  becoming   a
🅰️
  writer
✍️🧑‍🦱
  in   her  mid-twenties.
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Meaning

  1. A female who performs on the stage or in films.
  2. (archaic) A female doer or "actor" (in a general sense).

Synonyms

actor

performer
C2
player
B1
comedian
C1

leading lady

dancing girl
artiste
24k
entertainer
C2
heroine
C1
🦸‍♀️
artist
B1
🧑‍🎨
star
A2
⭐
impersonator
30k
dissimulator
movie star

screen actor

dancer
B2
💃
presenter
22k
renderer

amateur. actor

thespian
47k
trouper
42k
variety show

histrion

Thespian
47k

celebrity

dancing-girl
film star
fox
B2
🦊

female performer

Translations

actrice
attrice
actriz
Schauspielerin
actrice
atriz
actriz

ηθοποιός

aktris
toneelspeelster
Schauspieler
Darstellerin
acteur
actriu
Frequency

B2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈæk.tɹɪs/
Etymology

Cognate with Middle French
actrice
In summary

From actor + -ess. Probably formed independently of Middle French actrice.

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