But he had loved a sham, a consummate actress, a hollow shell of a woman.

But this is a consummate actress giving the performance of her life.

What a lovely compliment - and from a consummate actress, I must say.

It was a good thing, though, that she was a consummate actress.

Yet she was a consummate actress, as so many women seemed to be.

Either the woman was a consummate actress or she was genuinely distressed.

After all, she was a consummate actress, making love to the camera every day when she worked.

Or maybe she was just brazen; a consummate actress.

Either she was a consummate actress, or she had no interest in his attention.

But because she is a consummate actress, she creates through her voice the sense of a scene, and then suffuses the songs with feeling.