: a woman or girl who is an actor
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In her new memoir, Rebel Rising, the 44-year-old actress details being invited to an event by an unnamed member of the royal lineage in 2014.
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Angel Saunders, Peoplemag, 23 Apr. 2024
The song spans a century starting with the silent film actress made famous in the 1920s.
—Bryan West, USA TODAY, 23 Apr. 2024
The former president is on trial in New York on felony charges of falsifying business records to hide the reimbursement of a hush money payment his then-attorney Michael Cohen made to adult film actress Stormy Daniels in order to boost his electoral prospects in the 2016 presidential election.
—Peter Charalambous, ABC News, 23 Apr. 2024
One person who did meet with Tarantino, however, was actress Olivia Wilde.
—Pamela McClintock, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Apr. 2024
Then in 1996, Deneuve was sued for copyright infringement by French actress Catherine Deneuve.
—Lindsay Lee Wallace, TIME, 23 Apr. 2024
One such opportunity arose with a barn-find 1930 Bugatti Type 46, a car that formerly belonged to actress Melina Mercouri, who also served as Greece’s Minister of Culture late last century.
—Basem Wasef, Robb Report, 23 Apr. 2024
Squeaky Fromme and Sara Jane Moore, convicted of trying to assassinate President Gerald Ford, were housed there, and more recently, actresses Lori Loughlin and Felicity Huffman, for their roles in the Varsity Blues college admissions scam.
—Julia Prodis Sulek, The Mercury News, 23 Apr. 2024
First, Shirley actress Regina King wore a head-to-toe Louis Vuitton look to the French fashion house’s Shanghai runway show.
—Essence, 22 Apr. 2024
Angel Saunders, Peoplemag, 23 Apr. 2024
The song spans a century starting with the silent film actress made famous in the 1920s.
—Bryan West, USA TODAY, 23 Apr. 2024
The former president is on trial in New York on felony charges of falsifying business records to hide the reimbursement of a hush money payment his then-attorney Michael Cohen made to adult film actress Stormy Daniels in order to boost his electoral prospects in the 2016 presidential election.
—Peter Charalambous, ABC News, 23 Apr. 2024
One person who did meet with Tarantino, however, was actress Olivia Wilde.
—Pamela McClintock, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Apr. 2024
Then in 1996, Deneuve was sued for copyright infringement by French actress Catherine Deneuve.
—Lindsay Lee Wallace, TIME, 23 Apr. 2024
One such opportunity arose with a barn-find 1930 Bugatti Type 46, a car that formerly belonged to actress Melina Mercouri, who also served as Greece’s Minister of Culture late last century.
—Basem Wasef, Robb Report, 23 Apr. 2024
Squeaky Fromme and Sara Jane Moore, convicted of trying to assassinate President Gerald Ford, were housed there, and more recently, actresses Lori Loughlin and Felicity Huffman, for their roles in the Varsity Blues college admissions scam.
—Julia Prodis Sulek, The Mercury News, 23 Apr. 2024
First, Shirley actress Regina King wore a head-to-toe Louis Vuitton look to the French fashion house’s Shanghai runway show.
—Essence, 22 Apr. 2024
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“Actress.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/actress. Accessed 26 Apr. 2024.
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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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