i Register
In some senses, actress is marked as archaic. Watch for register when choosing this word.
noun
A female who performs on the stage or in films.
A 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
"I'm an actress -- actor, as we have to say these days."
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.