"Hva heter skuespilleren?"

Translation: What is the actor called?

[EricGjovaag]

"You know, the one who was in that thing we liked that one time…"

[Gary_Kotka]

Hey, it's that guy from the movie where the man died!

[Cececherry]

Can it also be actress?

[IceColors]

Skuespiller - Actor, actress

skuespillerinne - actress

[Stigjohan]

The "-inne" forms sound rather dated to me. I'd say "Hun er skuespiller".

EDIT: I wouldn't be shocked to hear someone say "skuespillerinne", either, but I absolutely think "actress" should be an accepted translation here.

[Lyssabel]

IMO, to extend the same gender-free courtesy to women as to men, one refers to a female actor as an actor. Either way, this sentence translates to actor.

[JacekWilka]

[skuespileren] or [skuespilern]? There is a difference in pronunciation of this word in the whole sentence (1st option) and as a single word (2nd option) :)

[Deliciae]

Yes, words do tend to sound a little different when we say them quickly in a sentence compared to slowly and separately. Some sounds are swallowed and others flow together. The same thing happens in English.

[GrandmaDoll]

I have noticed this happens in most languages. ; -) It is natural for the natives and irritating for the learners. Hopefully, one day soon I too will be blurring my words together into a beautiful language without thought for how each sounds by itself. Tusen takk for all your thought-provoking answers!

[JosBeiro1]

What is the actor name? Why is this wrong?

[JenniferTauber]

You can't say 'actor name' in English, it needs to be 'actor's name'

[VictorPaiam]

'What is it called the actress? ' why is wrong?

[JenniferTauber]

That's not grammatical in English; it should be 'What is the actress called?'