Let's use actor. Her gender identity is clear from the pronouns.

On Thu, Oct 22, 2015 at 7:42 PM, James Alexander <[email protected]>
wrote:

> Yeah, my understanding of the definition is essentially that with the
> definition of actress being 'a female actor' etc. It's one of the places
> where we created a female gendered noun but never an exclusive male one.
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> On Thu, Oct 22, 2015 at 10:37 AM, Joe Sutherland <
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>> A female actor is an actor, as far as I know.
>>
>> Joe
>>
>>
>> On Thursday, 22 October 2015, Heather Walls <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> On Thu, Oct 22, 2015 at 10:05 AM, Victor Grigas <[email protected]>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> At least in English, articles aren't gendered
>>>>
>>>
>>> Are you saying that "actor" = not gendered?
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Oct 22, 2015 at 1:02 PM, Heather Walls <[email protected]>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Actress or actor? Actress on Wikipedia redirects to actor. Interesting.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> http://www.theguardian.com/theobserver/2011/sep/25/readers-editor-actor-or-actress
>>>>>
>>>>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Actor
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Thu, Oct 22, 2015 at 7:41 AM, Jeff Elder <[email protected]>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Happy birthday, Catherine Deneuve, born this day in 1943. The French
>>>>>> actress has appeared in more than 120 films, from 1957 to a film due out
>>>>>> next year. See more about her here: http://buff.ly/1RYxBUO See more
>>>>>> about this public domain image on Wikimedia Commons here:
>>>>>> http://buff.ly/1kvra09
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Happy birthday, Catherine Deneuve, born this day in 1943. The French
>>>>>> actress has appeared in more than 120 films. http://buff.ly/1RYxBUO
>>>>>>
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