actress /ˈæk.tɹɪs/ noun2 •a woman who plays a role in a story, on stage or on screenA while ago somewhere I don't know when / I was watchin' a movie with a friend / I fell in love with the actress / She was playin' a part that I could understand — 1972 •(no longer used) A female doer or "actor" (in a general sense).My mental anguish, and the dreadful scenes in which I had been an actress, advanced the period of my labour. — 1796 formsactresses
