APa woman who performs in a play or film 女演员► see thesaurus at actor
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actress• Dandridge was the first black to receive a best actressOscarnomination.• Someday, she was going to be a famousactress, Gladys said.• Julia Roberts is one of the most famous actresses in Hollywood.• At Elstree a quite famous actress got in, and cooed a bit to Heather until we got to London.• Rachel Gray might be an outstandingly good actress but many actor-managers preferred to have a lesser actress and less temperament.• Capucine, the French movieactress whose leading roles included one with PeterSellers in 'The PinkPanther', died after falling from a window.• One of the few surprises came when Marcia GayHarden won the best supporting actressaward for her acclaimedperformance in Pollock.