: a woman or girl who is an actor
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Season 3 also earned star Abela a BAFTA win for leading actress.
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Jack Dunn, Variety, 22 Dec. 2025
Helen Siff, a character actress who appeared on television shows like Modern Family and Scrubs, as well as in films like The Karate Kid, has died.
—Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 22 Dec. 2025
Although the film is male-dominated, key women in the film include Marty’s mother, played by Fran Drescher, Marty’s childhood friend Odessa A’zion, and Gwyneth Paltrow, who plays a glamorous older actress living in the Upper East Side.
—Kristen Tauer, Footwear News, 22 Dec. 2025
In 1990, Vanity Fair reported that Steven Spielberg was ordered to pay his ex-wife, the actress Amy Irving, a hundred million dollars after a judge voided their prenup, which had allegedly been scrawled on a scrap of paper.
—Jennifer Wilson, New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2025
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Jack Dunn, Variety, 22 Dec. 2025
Helen Siff, a character actress who appeared on television shows like Modern Family and Scrubs, as well as in films like The Karate Kid, has died.
—Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 22 Dec. 2025
Although the film is male-dominated, key women in the film include Marty’s mother, played by Fran Drescher, Marty’s childhood friend Odessa A’zion, and Gwyneth Paltrow, who plays a glamorous older actress living in the Upper East Side.
—Kristen Tauer, Footwear News, 22 Dec. 2025
In 1990, Vanity Fair reported that Steven Spielberg was ordered to pay his ex-wife, the actress Amy Irving, a hundred million dollars after a judge voided their prenup, which had allegedly been scrawled on a scrap of paper.
—Jennifer Wilson, New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2025
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“Actress.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/actress. Accessed 28 Dec. 2025.
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actress
noun
ac·tress
ˈak-trəs 
: a woman or girl who acts especially in a play or movie or on television
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