Original sentence: "Actress" is used as the feminine form of "actor", for example, at the Academy Awards only male performers qualify for Best Actor or Best Supporting Actor; female performers instead compete for Best Actress or Best Supporting Actress.An actor or actressis a person who acts, or plays a role, in a dramatic production.In the United States, some feminist groups have claimed that the word 'actress' is sexist.The word 'actor' refers to a male who acts, whilst 'actress' refers to females who act.There has been some debate amongst feminists in the United States regarding possible sexist connotations with regards to the word 'actress'.This is due to the fact that the words are of Latin origin, where the suffixes -or and -ess are used, regardless of occupation, to describe the sex of the person.This view, however, has been largely dismissed by literary experts.This, however, is a minority view, almost unheard of outside of the United States
Edited sentence: "Actress" is still sometimes used as the feminine form of "actor", especially in awards shows where "actor" is still used in its traditional masculine sense.An actor, actress, or player is a person who acts, or plays a role, in a dramatic production.For example, at the Academy Awards only male actors qualify for Best Actor or Best Supporting Actor; female actors instead compete for Best Actress or Best Supporting Actress.However, there has been a recent resurgence in the medieval use of the word actor to denote members of both sexes.In other modern usage, however, "actor" is commonly deemed gender-neutral.The feminine form of the word actor is usually considered to be actress.This usage is still marginal, but growing - mainly due to the perception that using the word actress is sexist