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n. A female character actor.
Usage examples of "character actress".
Much chastened, she turned t' the stage and became a character actress, appearing in the first successful summer music circus in Lambertsville, New Jersey.
I've no illusions I'm gonna be a superstar, but I'd like to think I could learn enough as I go, and one day be a half-way-decent character actress.
If I do a Sofia Coppola out there, the thought of being a small-time character actress might seem pretty far-fetched.
By twenty, she'd been a respected character actress, with a room full of awards, homes on three continents, and her first -- and last -- unhappy marriage behind her.
A character actress hired by Alexander for the occasion, she'd never been to Illyria in her life and recited from a prepared script of which she hadn't understood one word.
Much chastened, she turned to the stage and became a character actress, appearing in the first successful summer music circus at Lambertsville, New Jersey.
Much chastened, she turned to the stage and became a character actress, appearing in the first successful summer music circus at Lambertville, New Jersey.