Actress
noun
A woman who performs roles in plays, movies, or TV shows.
She is an actress in a popular TV show.
Often appears as...
- leading actress
- successful actress
noun
A woman who performs roles in plays, movies, or TV shows.
She is an actress in a popular TV show.
Often appears as...
- leading actress
- successful actress
Definition 1 of 1
Pro Tip 1/3Gender-Specific
The term 'actress' is used specifically for women, while 'actor' is used for men.
Meryl Streep is an accomplished actress.
Pro Tip 2/3Cultural Nuance
In some cultural discussions, 'actor' is used gender-neutrally to include both males and females.
The award category was changed from 'Best Actress' to 'Best Actor' regardless of gender.
Pro Tip 3/3Profession Versatility
An actress may also work in theater, do voice acting, or partake in other performance arts.
The actress received acclaim for her voice acting in the animated film.
Pro Tip 1/3Gender-Specific
The term 'actress' is used specifically for women, while 'actor' is used for men.
Meryl Streep is an accomplished actress.
Pro Tip 2/3Cultural Nuance
In some cultural discussions, 'actor' is used gender-neutrally to include both males and females.
The award category was changed from 'Best Actress' to 'Best Actor' regardless of gender.
Pro Tip 3/3Profession Versatility
An actress may also work in theater, do voice acting, or partake in other performance arts.
The actress received acclaim for her voice acting in the animated film.
Pro Tip 1/3Gender-Specific
The term 'actress' is used specifically for women, while 'actor' is used for men.
Meryl Streep is an accomplished actress.
Pro Tip 2/3Cultural Nuance
In some cultural discussions, 'actor' is used gender-neutrally to include both males and females.
The award category was changed from 'Best Actress' to 'Best Actor' regardless of gender.
Pro Tip 3/3Profession Versatility
An actress may also work in theater, do voice acting, or partake in other performance arts.
The actress received acclaim for her voice acting in the animated film.
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How movies teach manhood...
I don't know if you've seen it, but a lot of the movie takes place in this embassy where men and women are hiding out during the hostage crisis. We've got quite a few scenes of the men having deep, angst-ridden conversations in this hideout, and the great moment for one of the actresses is
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The function and fashion...
Audiences would see glamorous actresses and actors donning glasses to take on a different persona. Sometimes a pair of glasses became popularized by the actual person that was wearing them, and then that personality trait was projected into the actual device. You had the aviator glasses,
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Helping Hands PIPE Brain...
calculations behind them can be pretty complicated as you're about to see in this next experiment imagine you're walking through the park one afternoon when you see someone fall down would you lend a hand we've enlisted the help of an actress
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Porn Star Agent PIPE Drugs,...
drug use you your company your agency and everything will actually do better it's a strategy that's paid off Mark's clients include some of the industry's most in-demand and experienced actresses for the girls is the key to longevity
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Kare Anderson: Be an...
So let me tell you about a Hollywood party I went to a couple years back, and I met this up-and-coming actress, and we were soon talking about something that we both felt passionately public art. And she had the fervent belief
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How movies teach manhood...
men and women are hiding out during the hostage crisis we got quite a few scenes of the men having deep angst-ridden conversations in this hideout and the great moment for one of the actresses is to peek through the door
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TED2014 in review PIPE...
life I'm gonna start a business a probiotic yogurt I could be the spokesman like another middle-aged actress with short gray hair and instead of eating fruit on the bottom it will say fruit from the bottom started on all
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I got 99 problems......
they gave it to a non-palsy actress. College was imitating life. Hollywood has a sordid history of casting able-bodied actors to play disabled onscreen.
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What it's like to be a...
I'm going to begin today with a story and end with a revolution. Are you ready? Yes! Naomi Here's the story. All my life I wanted to be an actress.
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The Perils of Pangolins...
mega stars an actress a model and icon angela baby
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How movies teach manhood...
I don't know if you've seen it, but a lot of the movie takes place in this embassy where men and women are hiding out during the hostage crisis. We've got quite a few scenes of the men having deep, angst-ridden conversations in this hideout, and the great moment for one of the actresses is
Video examples
The function and fashion...
Audiences would see glamorous actresses and actors donning glasses to take on a different persona. Sometimes a pair of glasses became popularized by the actual person that was wearing them, and then that personality trait was projected into the actual device. You had the aviator glasses,
Video examples
Helping Hands PIPE Brain...
calculations behind them can be pretty complicated as you're about to see in this next experiment imagine you're walking through the park one afternoon when you see someone fall down would you lend a hand we've enlisted the help of an actress
Video examples
Porn Star Agent PIPE Drugs,...
drug use you your company your agency and everything will actually do better it's a strategy that's paid off Mark's clients include some of the industry's most in-demand and experienced actresses for the girls is the key to longevity
Video examples
Kare Anderson: Be an...
So let me tell you about a Hollywood party I went to a couple years back, and I met this up-and-coming actress, and we were soon talking about something that we both felt passionately public art. And she had the fervent belief
Video examples
How movies teach manhood...
men and women are hiding out during the hostage crisis we got quite a few scenes of the men having deep angst-ridden conversations in this hideout and the great moment for one of the actresses is to peek through the door
Video examples
TED2014 in review PIPE...
life I'm gonna start a business a probiotic yogurt I could be the spokesman like another middle-aged actress with short gray hair and instead of eating fruit on the bottom it will say fruit from the bottom started on all
Video examples
I got 99 problems......
they gave it to a non-palsy actress. College was imitating life. Hollywood has a sordid history of casting able-bodied actors to play disabled onscreen.
Video examples
What it's like to be a...
I'm going to begin today with a story and end with a revolution. Are you ready? Yes! Naomi Here's the story. All my life I wanted to be an actress.
Video examples
The Perils of Pangolins...
mega stars an actress a model and icon angela baby
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Quote examples
Jennifer Lopez
American Musician
I just knew that was what I wanted to do. I was going to perform as a singer; I was going to perform as a dancer, and I was, you know, going to do movies and be an actress. I was going to do it or die trying. That's what my life was.
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Michael Douglas
American Actor
I was undeclared. I was in my third year of school. They said you have to decide upon a major, and my father was an actor. My mother was an actress. So, I thought theater might be the way to go.
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Viola Davis
American Actress
The reason I became an actress is because I wanted my acting to reflect life as it is. I want to put truth on the screen. I want real women to see real women on the screen.
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Meryl Streep
American Actress
I didn't have any confidence in my beauty when I was young. I felt like a character actress, and I still do.
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Bette Davis
American Actress
I don't think of myself as a character actress - that's become a phrase which means you've had it.
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Kim Cattrall
English Actress
I'm not a personality actress. I never have been. I have been a character actress.
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Gena Lee Nolin
American Actress
Somewhere deep inside, I knew I had to be an actress.
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Julie Walters
British Actress
That's why I'm an actress - escaping into a world.
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Jill Clayburgh
American Actress
I want to be an actress, not a personality.
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Janet McTeer
English Actress
I was always a character actress.
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Jennifer Lopez
American Musician
I just knew that was what I wanted to do. I was going to perform as a singer; I was going to perform as a dancer, and I was, you know, going to do movies and be an actress. I was going to do it or die trying. That's what my life was.
Quote examples
Michael Douglas
American Actor
I was undeclared. I was in my third year of school. They said you have to decide upon a major, and my father was an actor. My mother was an actress. So, I thought theater might be the way to go.
Quote examples
Viola Davis
American Actress
The reason I became an actress is because I wanted my acting to reflect life as it is. I want to put truth on the screen. I want real women to see real women on the screen.
Quote examples
Meryl Streep
American Actress
I didn't have any confidence in my beauty when I was young. I felt like a character actress, and I still do.
Quote examples
Bette Davis
American Actress
I don't think of myself as a character actress - that's become a phrase which means you've had it.
Quote examples
Kim Cattrall
English Actress
I'm not a personality actress. I never have been. I have been a character actress.
Quote examples
Gena Lee Nolin
American Actress
Somewhere deep inside, I knew I had to be an actress.
Quote examples
Julie Walters
British Actress
That's why I'm an actress - escaping into a world.
Quote examples
Jill Clayburgh
American Actress
I want to be an actress, not a personality.
Quote examples
Janet McTeer
English Actress
I was always a character actress.
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