actress

A actress is a woman that assumes the playing a role in a movie, series, or play. Actresses put themselves in the shoes of other people, thus embodying a character.

The male equivalent of the actress is the actor. Typically, actresses and actors interact in works of fiction, enabling the narration of a story.

An actress plays a character.

The origins of acting

Acting was born in the Ancient Greece. The playwright is often mentioned Thepis (550 - 500 BC) as the first actor of all time.

Thepis was in charge of interpreting the god Dionysus, acting on a float. From then on, and little by little, the performance became a art valued that had numerous ramifications.

The first actresses

Despite these remote origins of the performance, the woman could not get on stage until the XVII century. For a long time it was considered that women should not act, with which the own mens they assumed female roles.

In the theaters from Venice, already in the Middle Ages, it was accepted for the first time that women interpret characters in plays. In this way the actresses emerged.

Of course, to speak of this irruption of the actresses is to refer to the idea acting as a profession, trade or art. Before that milestone in the Venetian theaters, any girl or woman who, at home or elsewhere, played a role, was already acting. Therefore, it could be said that there were always actresses, although not in a formal plane or in the public sphere.

The roles that actresses can assume are very diverse.

Activity characteristics

It is understood that an actress, following a text or through the improvisation, pretends to be someone who is not, performing different actions that are framed in a fictional universe. To carry out her work, the actress uses her Body and his voice, displaying multiple expressive resources.

The characteristics of the performance depend on the type of construction site. In the theater, the actress performs live and in front of the spectators' eyes, without any intermediation. In the cinema, on the other hand, you act in front of the camera and there is the possibility of shooting the same scene over and over again.

Radio drama actresses should convey feelings and emotions only with the voice and not with the image. This does not usually happen in other media, although in film, television and theater there is the possibility that the actress contributes her voice to an animated character or a doll, for example.

The most recognized actresses

Numerous actresses have managed to captivate the public Yet the review thanks to his talent. Katharine hepburn (1907-2003), to mention one case, won four awards Oscar What Best actress, setting a record that has yet to be reached. Hepburn got the statuette in 1933, 1967, 1968 Y nineteen eighty one and was also nominated eight other times.

Ingrid bergman (1915-1982), meanwhile, conquered three Oscar and was the first actress to get a prize Tony. Also three Oscar they got Meryl streep Y Frances McDormand.