ingenue
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I’d love to see this film’s ingenue, Monica Barbaro, ascend to their ranks.
From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2026
A thoroughly modern ingenue, Flora is determined to bring change.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 12, 2025
Born in New Jersey and raised in Florida, Gigi was a drama school nerd who turned to music when she realised she was "never going to be cast in the ingenue role".
From BBC • Nov. 21, 2024
Purser’s Anne isn’t the demure ingenue of more traditional productions, even though McDonald’s Edouard Dindon has no problem playing the farcical parental heavy.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 19, 2024
“I don’t know. I don’t have that whole ingenue thing down like she does.”
From "From Twinkle, with Love" by Sandhya Menon
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