An actress is an individual of the female gender who performs professionally in either film, television or the theatre. In more recent years, the term "actor" has taken on a more gender-neutral definition and actresses are often referred to as actors as well. The term actress is still widely used in award ceremonies and most award shows have categories for Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress.
In film[]
Hollywood Boulevard: Candy Wednesday was like many young women her age and went out to Hollywood to become an actress. After a bizarre and unexpected involvement with a bank robbery, she gets the chance to sign on to Miracle Pictures as a stunt driver, but quickly ascends to the role of starlet in a film being made by director Erich Von Leppe called Machete Maidens of Mora Tau. Unfortunately, the film's female lead, Mary McQueen, does not take kindly to the competition and Candy finds herself the victim of a series of traumatic events.
Pulp Fiction: In the 1994 movie Pulp Fiction, the character of Mia Wallace was a former actress. She appeared on the pilot episode for a failed TV series called Fox Force Five, where she played a character whose gimmick was to tell a joke once per episode. As the show never took off, Mia's acting career came to a brief and abrupt end.
