An actress is also can be reckoned as the Player who acts in a dramatic plays or in films, television, theatre or radio. In distinction from others "Actress" refers to a female who acts. The word "actress" was `probably formed independently` in English. Some feminist groups state categorically that the word "actress" is sexist, as "actress" is a specifically feminine word.

With the introduction of television in India, it became one of the most predominent media. Soap operas were being made with a stereotypical storyline and characterization. The family shows in those soap operas were the ideals of the quintessential Indian Family. Often they are given that rabid attention too. The typical Indian Woman, and other similar themes that have been portyaing through this medium often varies from the practical world.

Some of these actresses often being ideolized by the mass. Noted of them are:

Archana Puran Singh	Hansika Motwani	Mehul Kajaria	Priya Wal	Shabnam	Prachi Shah
Aanchal Dwiwedi	Bhairavi Raichura	Kamini Kaushal	Muni Jha	Rati Agnihotri	Arti Singh
Indira Krishnan	Sangeeta Ghosh	Megha Gupta	Priya Badlani	Ashima Bhalla	Arzoo Govitrikar
Aashka Goradia	Bhavana Balsaver	Kamya Punjabi	Jaya Bhattacharya	Ravee Gupta	Sonali Sachdeva
Soniya Kapoor	Bobby Darling	Kanchan Mirchandani	Jenifer Vinget	Mansi Verma	Sudeepa Singh
Rakhi Sawant	Carol Gracias	Kanchi Kaul	Nandini Singh	Raymon Singh	Sudha Chandran
Rakhi Tandon	Shubhaavi K.	Kanika Maheshwari	Nandita Puri	Reena Kapoor	Sudha Shivpuri
Rakshandha Khan	Chandana Sharma	Kannu Gill	Narayani Shastri	Renuka Shahane	Saumya Tandon
Abhileen Pandey	Anita Kanwal	Kannu Raj Gill	Russhad Rana	Resham Seth	Saurabh Arya
Muskaan Mehani	Pooja Bedi	Bakthiar Irani	Natasha Singh	Reshmi Ghosh	Suganya
Achint Kaur	Chetanya Adib	Barkha Bisht	Nausheen Sardar Ali Khan	Rinku Ghosh	Suhasi Goradia
Adita Wahi	Chhavi Mittal	Beena Kak	Saakshi Siva	Rinku Karmarkar	Suhasini Mulay
Ratna Pathak Shah	Chinky Jaiswal	Mouli Ganguly	Navneet Nishan	Rita Bahaduri	Sujata Segal
Tabassum	Cyrus Sahukar	Mouni Roy	Suchita Trivedi	Ritu Chaudhary	Sujata Thakkar
Kiran Joneja	Daljit Kaur	Mrinal Deshraj	Neena Gupta	Ritu Raj Singh	Sulbha Arya
Aishwarya Narkar	Shubhangi Aatre	Mrinal Kulkarni	Neena Kulkarni	Riva Bubber	Rajeshwari Sachdev
Simone Singh	Shweta Gulati	Mugdha Chapekar	Neeru Bajwa	Rohini Hattangadi	Rajni Tendulkar
Simple Kaul	Deepa Parab	Alisha Chenoy	Neeta Shetty	Mansi Verma	Rajshri Thakur
Smita Bansal	Malaika Arora Khan	Divya Dutta	Neha Bamb	Shalini Chandran	Supriya Pathak
Snigdha Akolkar	Malini Kapoor	Karishma	Neha Devi Singh	Romanchak Arora	Supriya Pilgaonkar
Sonal Chainani	Manasi Joshi Roy	Karishma Randeva	Neha Marda	Shalini Khanna	Surbhi Tiwari
Aliraza Namdar	Poonam Dhillon	Karishma Tanna	Neha Mehta	Sonali Verma	Mini Mathur
Akangsha Rawat	Poonam Gulati	Kashmira Shah	Neha Sareen	Anju Mahendroo	Mishal Raheja
Aly Khan	Delnaaz Paul	Kavita Barjatya	Nidhi	Roshni Chopra	Mita Vashisht
Kitu Gidwani	Devayani	Kavita Kapoor	Nigaar Z. Khan	Ruby Bhatia	Dolly Minhas
Akriti Kakar	Sanjeeda	Kavita Kaushik	Tasneem Sheikh	Rucha Gujrati	Sushma Seth
Priyanka Bassi	Poonam Joshi	Manini Mihir Mishra	Niki Aneja Walia	Rupa Divetia	Sushmita Daan
Shilpa Agnihotri	Pooja Ghai Rawal	Khyati Khandke	Nimai Bali	Rupa Ganguly	Sushmita Mukherjee
Sheetal Thakkar	Dilkush	Kim Jagtiani	Nimisha Vakharia	Rupali Ganguly	Suvarna Jha
Apara Mehta	Gunjan Walia	Ashlesha Savant	Pratichi Mishra	Savita Prabhune	Himanshi Choudhary
Zarina Wahab	Shweta Keswani	Honey Chhaya	Arunima Sharma	Sarita Joshi	Tina Parekh
Alka Kaushal	Divya Seth	Kirron Kher	Nisha Rawal	Shama Sikander	Tanaaz Currim
Prabha Sinha	Divyanka Tripathy	Kirti Gaekwad	Nisha Sareen	Payal Sarkar	Tanushree Kaushal
Himani Kapoor	Mihika Verma	Priyamvada Sawant	Nishigandha Wad	Sandhya Mridul	Tanvi Azmi
Aparna Tilak	Gazala Selmin	Irawati Harshe	Preeti Puri	Sayantani ghosh	Yuvika Choudhary
Anu Sinha	Gitanjali Tikekar	Jassveer Kaur	Nivideta Bhattacharya	Maneka Lalwani	Tina Kuwajerwala
Amdhaan	Dolly Sohi	Krutika Desai	Niyati Joshi	Mahru Shaikh	Tina Parekh
Ami Trivedi	Dolly Thakore	Kshitee Jog	Pallavi Joshi	Sai Deodhar	Tisca Chopra
Mona Ambegaonkar	Ghazal Rai	Asawari Joshi	Pallavi Kulkarni	Himani Shivpuri	Tuhinaa Vohra
Mona Singh	Ekta Sharma	Kuljeet Randhawa	Pallavi Subhash	Sakshi Talwar	Twinkle Bajpai
Mona Vasu	Eva	Kulraj Randhawa	Pamella Mukherji	Shoma Anand	Anupama Verma
Monaz Mevawalla	Manasi Parekh	Gracy Singh	Panchi Bohra	Shonali Malhotra	Upasana Shukla
Moonmoon	Farhan Akhtar	Kunika Lal	Pankit Thucker	Shonali Nagrani	Grusha Kapoor
Gunjan Vijaya	Farida Jalal	Kushal Punjabi	Gulrez Khan	Shraddha Nigam	Urmila Kanitkar
Aroona Irani	Harshada Khanvilkar	Poonam Narula Goyal	Shaleen Bhanot	Samiksha	Vaishali Thakkar
Amita Chandekar	Galhi Pandey	Lubna Salim	Pariva Pranati	Mansi Salve	Vaishnavi
Amrapalli Gupta	Gargi Sharma	Maahin	Parizad Kolha	Sanchita Bhattacharya	Vandana Pathak
Amrita Saluja	Garima Bhatnagar	Shweta Salve	Mansi Parekh	Mandira Bedi	Anita Wahi
Amruta Khanvilkar