Ingénue

/ɪndʒˈɛnjuː/

/ˈɑndʒəˌnu/, /ˈɪnˌdʒɛnˌju/, /ˈɪndʒənu/, /ɪnˈdʒɛnu/

[noun]

Ingénue

[NOUN]

the role of an innocent artless young woman in a play

a young, innocent, and naive character, often a young woman, in a story or play

an actress who specializes in playing the role of an artless innocent young girl

Examples

1. Sweet ingenues like Sandra were no longer a popular draw for moviegoers.

2. Do I still have the skin for an ingenue?

3. This led to roles as innocent ingenues in a long list of teen films in the 50s and 60s.

4. Your character is, like, an ingenue, the new muse, the new person, and the House of Woodcock is this brother, sister who work really closely and tightly together.