Wise lady confused actor (3-5)

I believe the answer is:

day-lewis

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'actor' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are singular nouns.
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'wise lady confused' is the wordplay.
'confused' indicates an anagram.
'wise'+'lady'='wiselady'
'wiselady' anagrammed gives 'DAY-LEWIS'.

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(Another definition for day-lewis that I've seen is " Cecil --, poet laureate".)

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