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actress

[ak-tris] / ˈæk trɪs /
NOUN
woman actor
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The actress, who is deaf, played the major role of "Jia" in "Godzilla v Kong" and the sequel "Godzilla X Kong: The New Empire."

From Barron's Jul. 21, 2026

Fricker won the Oscar for best supporting actress in 1990 for playing Daniel Day-Lewis's on-screen mother in My Left Foot.

From BBC Jul. 17, 2026

Fricker earned the Academy Award for supporting actress, becoming the first Irish female actor to win an Oscar, and Day-Lewis took home the prize for lead actor.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 17, 2026

Regina Hall, 55, is an actress known for the films “Scary Movie” and four of its sequels, “Support the Girls” and “One Battle After Another.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 14, 2026

It was important to the actress and she sought my counsel!

From "From Twinkle, with Love" by Sandhya Menon

His nuanced supporting work allowed some of the greatest actresses of their moment attain their first fireworks.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 13, 2026

Dame Judi is regarded as one of the most accomplished stage, musical theatre and television actresses of her generation, with a career spanning seven decades.

From BBC Jun. 16, 2026

"I always sort of go back to classic actresses in the way that they could sort of toe a line between extreme femininity and just rock hard will and grit," she said.

From Barron's Jun. 3, 2026

Many actresses warrant other titles, and there should be spaces for those, too.

From Salon May 10, 2026

I stood too, and clapped for everyone around me, all the actors, actresses, the stagehands, the technicians, my producer.

From "From Twinkle, with Love" by Sandhya Menon




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