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
Here’s everything to know about Jo Powell and his relationship with the Supergirl actress.
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Makena Gera,
PEOPLE,
26 June 2026
The Booksmart actress sidestepped questions about the PDA pictures in a June 2025 interview with Vanity Fair.
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Bailey Bujnosek,
InStyle,
26 June 2026
The project — which Miranda developed with playwright and actress Eisa Davis — will be his first Broadway show since Hamilton.
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Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
23 June 2026
There's an important distinction between a role being loved by fans and a role being loved by the actress who played her, however.
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Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
23 June 2026
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Makena Gera,
PEOPLE,
26 June 2026
The Booksmart actress sidestepped questions about the PDA pictures in a June 2025 interview with Vanity Fair.
—
Bailey Bujnosek,
InStyle,
26 June 2026
The project — which Miranda developed with playwright and actress Eisa Davis — will be his first Broadway show since Hamilton.
—
Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
23 June 2026
There's an important distinction between a role being loved by fans and a role being loved by the actress who played her, however.
—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
23 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 entertainer gained notoriety on social media in the late 2010s for his sketches mocking everyday scenarios.
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Cody Johnson won for entertainer of the year.
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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 30 Jun. 2026.
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