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actress

[ak-tris] / ˈæk trɪs /
NOUN
woman actor
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It is unknown if actress Blake Lively, who drew Swift into a bitter legal battle with Lively's It Ends With Us co-star Justin Baldoni, will be invited.

From BBC • Jul. 2, 2026

The wedding itself will reportedly take place Friday with around 1,000 guests, including models Gigi Hadid and Cara Delevingne, singer Selena Gomez and actress Zoe Kravitz -- all known to be close Swift pals.

From Barron's • Jul. 2, 2026

Ellis herself—portrayed by the much-honored English actress Sharon D. Clarke—is a specialist of sorts, a crack investigator who parachutes into under-resourced locales to help with cases deemed otherwise unsolvable.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 2, 2026

At the time, the actress, who shot to fame while starring in the hit Nickelodeon series alongside her twin sister, Tia Mowry, admitted that the renovation represented a new chapter in her family’s life.

From MarketWatch • Jul. 2, 2026

She decided she wouldn’t be an actress after all.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith




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