My acting's awfully athletic (9)
I believe the answer is:
gymnastic
'athletic' is the definition.
('gymnastic' can be a synonym of 'athletic')
'my acting's awfully' is the wordplay.
'awfully' is an anagram indicator.
'my'+'actings'='myactings'
'myactings' is an anagram of 'GYMNASTIC'.
(Other definitions for gymnastic that I've seen before include "Very agile" , "Involving exercises" .)