1.1A woman who behaves in a way that is not genuine.
‘I became a very good actress and they nearly always believed me’
‘Isabella declares to be concerned only about helping her brother and shows herself to be a good actress, not making Angelo suspicious that she is disingenuous and plays a cagey game to trap him.’
‘But try as I might, I could not get her to crack, to reveal some inauthentic, insincere actress under the bright exterior.’
‘If that was not genuine, then Elaine was a skilled actress!’
‘Maybe she was a better actress than he had guessed, fooling him about her innocence.’
‘He was happy because she was not a thief, just a very strange and enchanting actress, liar, whatever!’
‘He said Tanya was an actress and a liar.’
‘She's such an actress, fake laugh, fake smile, faking happiness when she's really sad and ready to cry.’
‘Oh dear her fake tears, she is such an actress.’
‘She wasn't a total actress, there were some parts that were true.’