Synonyms of actresses

actresses

noun

plural of actress

as in actors

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.

Related Words

• actors
• performers
• entertainers
• players
• stars
• starlets
• thespians
• thesps
• troupers
• comedians
• impersonators
• enactors
• personators
• costars
• mummers
• leading men
• supernumeraries
• leading ladies
• spear-carriers
• coactors
• barnstormers
• comediennes
• extras
• leads
• monologuists
• tragedians
• doubles
• walk-ons
• prima donnas
• scene-stealers
• understudies
• farceurs
• impressionists
• clowns
• posers
• hams
• buffoons
• masqueraders
• imitators
• mimes
• maskers
• apers
• tragediennes
• apes
• harlequins
• pantomimists
• pantomimes
• stooges
• mimics
• zanies

Dissimilar Words

• nonactors

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of actresses

The show projects a lot of images, including photographs of the actresses as girls. — Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 25 July 2026

In a newly viral clip posted on Thursday (July 23), Perry and the actresses excitedly shared that new episodes for Season 4 are in the works. — Malik Davis, VIBE.com, 24 July 2026

At the same time, the director was himself a devastatingly handsome heartbreaker — several of his actresses, including the legendary Maria Callas, fell hard for him — and so perhaps knew something about the aloof, unnamed lover being pined for. — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 24 July 2026

Following her opening performance on July 6, Jean Smart attended the afterparty celebrating the milestone, and the two actresses posed together for photos after the show. — Angelique Brenes, PEOPLE, 23 July 2026

But if the opportunity presented itself, both actresses were game. — Angelique Jackson, Variety, 22 July 2026

Lauren Graham and Alexis Bledel helped launch what has become a massive cultural phenomenon when the actresses appeared in the pilot for Gilmore Girls back in 2000. — Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 20 July 2026

Producer Walter Wanger, director Mervyn LeRoy, and the actresses Lillian Gish and Helen Hayes also offered endorsements. — Thomas Doherty, HollywoodReporter, 18 July 2026

My colleague Erin Jensen talked with the actresses about the show and battling imposter syndrome. — Brian Truitt, USA Today, 17 July 2026