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ingenue

noun as in innocent

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But her school had a traditionally beautiful ingenue who landed the leads.

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His nose twitches are as dramatic as an ingenue’s gasp.

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Pickett explains: "I wasn't really interested in her being an ingénue."

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With Early himself fulfilling a long-held dream of portraying a classic ingenue, a role he fulfills with tender gusto, the film feels like the work of a bunch of pals having fun together while simultaneously producing a treatise on how to update the melodrama for modern times.

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