ingenue
Guileless young actress
An ingenue is a naive, innocent young woman, especially as a stock character in drama and film.
The role typically involves wholesome beauty and inexperience with the world: She was cast as the ingenue opposite the cynical leading man.
By extension, any guileless young woman may be called an ingenue, sometimes with a hint that the innocence is performed rather than genuine.
Innocently unsuspecting
- guilelessFree from deceit
- artlessLacking deceit or cunning
- unworldlyLacking practical awareness
- unsophisticatedLacking refinement or complexity
wholesome · pure · virginal · chaste · angelic · unblemished · untouched · sincere
Female stage performer
- debutFirst public appearance
- auditionTrial performance for selection
- rolePosition or part
- ingénueInnocent, unworldly young woman
soubrette · leading lady · starlet · understudy · stage · theater · cast · director
Brave female protagonist
- protagonistStory's central figure
- damselOld-fashioned maiden
- waifAbandoned, neglected child
- maidenUnmarried young woman
nymphet · Cinderella · Snow White · Cosette · Ophelia · Juliet · Desdemona · leading role
Sweetly charming
- endearingArousing fondness or affection
- adorableExtremely endearing
- sweetTasting of sugar
- delightfulHighly pleasing, wonderful
captivating · enchanting · beguiling · alluring · appealing · lovable · graceful · elegant
naive
Innocently unsuspecting
unsophisticated · wholesome · pure · virginal · chaste · angelic · unblemished · untouched · sincere · genuine
actress
Female stage performer
ingénue · soubrette · leading lady · starlet · understudy · stage · theater · cast · director · rehearsal
heroine
Brave female protagonist
- protagonistStory's central figure
- damselOld-fashioned maiden
- waifAbandoned, neglected child
maiden · nymphet · Cinderella · Snow White · Cosette · Ophelia · Juliet · Desdemona · leading role · romantic lead
winsome
Sweetly charming
delightful · captivating · enchanting · beguiling · alluring · appealing · lovable · graceful · elegant · coy
- Broadwaymusicals, musical, Tony Award, musical theatre, theaters
- theatreBroadway, acting, theatre, stage, actor
- character tropesantihero, hero, damsel in distress, mentor, femme fatale
- character typesprotagonist, hero, antagonist, villain, heroes
- fashion stylescasual wear, bohemian, formal wear, preppy, romantic
- femaleswoman, girl, lady, mother, daughter
ingenuevamp
Alluring seductress
femme fatale · seductress · temptress · siren · coquette
ingenuesophisticate
Worldly, cultured person
woman of the world · cynic · battle-axe · old hand · veteran
ingenuevillainess
Evil female character
grande dame · diva · character actress · leading lady · matriarch
- Yankee ingenuityResourceful improvisation, stereotypically American
ingenuity, ingenious, disingenuous, ingenuous, ingenuousness, ingenuously, ingenuities, ingenues