Name for an actress - could be Peters (6)

I believe the answer is:

streep

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'name for an actress' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I cannot tell whether this works.

'could be peters' is the wordplay.
'could be' indicates an anagram.
'peters' is an anagram of 'STREEP'.

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(Other definitions for streep that I've seen before include "Meryl - - (films)" , "Film star in The Iron Lady, b. 1949" , "Meryl -, US actress" , "See 22" , "Inflamed swelling inside" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.

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