Clockword

The solutions from 1 to 12 are all six-letter words ending with the letter S in the centre. Moving clockwise from 1, the letters in the outer circle will spell out the name of an American actress.

1. Ships 7. Coercion

2. Speaks 8. Builds

3. Dark cloud 9. Reimburses

4. Fillings 10. Pebbles

5. Digressions 11. Mammals

6. Fractions 12. Sounds