as in actor
a woman or girl who acts in a play, movie, etc.
The versatile actress can seemingly play any role. The actresses in the musical vastly outperformed their male counterparts.
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Recent Examples of actress
The Devil Wears Prada actress and Princess of Genovia, Anne Hathaway, is pregnant with her third child with husband Adam Shulman.
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Alejandra Gularte,
Vulture,
19 June 2026
Anne Hathaway is pregnant with her third child, a representative for the actress confirmed to ABC News on Friday.
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Kelly McCarthy,
ABC News,
19 June 2026
The comedian-actress mentally prepared herself to go through Maya’s journey.
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Laura Sirikul,
Forbes.com,
19 June 2026
Eva Mendes The actress shares daughters Esmeralda, 11, and Amada, 9, with husband Ryan Gosling.
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Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal,
Parents,
18 June 2026
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Alejandra Gularte,
Vulture,
19 June 2026
Anne Hathaway is pregnant with her third child, a representative for the actress confirmed to ABC News on Friday.
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Kelly McCarthy,
ABC News,
19 June 2026
The comedian-actress mentally prepared herself to go through Maya’s journey.
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Laura Sirikul,
Forbes.com,
19 June 2026
Eva Mendes The actress shares daughters Esmeralda, 11, and Amada, 9, with husband Ryan Gosling.
—
Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal,
Parents,
18 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for actress
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Rogue actors are one of several concerns.
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Does the answer lie instead in Hollywood—the gift of an epic project that fully captures the American experience without literally being American Experience, crafted by homegrown talent and brought to life by America’s favorite performers (British actors who learned the accent by watching Friends)?
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Last week, Wilkins was named as being a performer at a Freedom 250 event to be held in Belgium June 28, opening for the Zac Brown Band.
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Her collection preserves not only the traces of a public life, but evidence of a performer who refused to separate politics from performance and performance from ephemerality.
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The president’s instinct to go for the jugular was on display in his first campaign, when he was written off early on as an entertainer but found success with brutal takedowns.
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Winter wants to be strong enough to perform by August 1 when friend and fellow drag entertainer Charity Kase comes to Kansas City.
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For Iraq, a victory would be its first in World Cup competition while Senegal, a quarterfinalist in 2002, would like to get a win for Sadio Mane, one of Africa’s most iconic players, who may be playing in his final World Cup.
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“Actress.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/actress. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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