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or ingénue
as in angel
an innocent girl or young woman
In her latest film she plays the part of an ingenue.
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Recent Examples of ingenue
In another world, a prestige Hollywood production of Othello, starring Robeson, with Jose Ferrer whispering into his ear as Iago, and a gutsy young screen ingenue — Julie Harris?
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Thomas Doherty, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Oct. 2024
However, the ambitious ingenue sees Trigorin, Arkadina’s lover, as a more useful stepping stone.
—Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 4 Oct. 2024
She’s been the damsel in distress (Dead Calm, Far and Away), the femme fatale (Moulin Rouge, The Human Stain), the unknowable ingenue (Birthday Girl, Dogville), the witch (Practical Magic, Bewitched).
—Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 13 Sep. 2024
Honoring such ingenue status is an increasingly common thing in this category, which could also mark a historic nod for buzzy Emilia Pérez star Karla Sofia Gascón, who'd become the first trans woman to appear in this category if she's nominated.
—EW.com, 4 Oct. 2024
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Thomas Doherty, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Oct. 2024
However, the ambitious ingenue sees Trigorin, Arkadina’s lover, as a more useful stepping stone.
—Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 4 Oct. 2024
She’s been the damsel in distress (Dead Calm, Far and Away), the femme fatale (Moulin Rouge, The Human Stain), the unknowable ingenue (Birthday Girl, Dogville), the witch (Practical Magic, Bewitched).
—Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 13 Sep. 2024
Honoring such ingenue status is an increasingly common thing in this category, which could also mark a historic nod for buzzy Emilia Pérez star Karla Sofia Gascón, who'd become the first trans woman to appear in this category if she's nominated.
—EW.com, 4 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ingenue
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In the movie, a well meaning but rather inept angel named Gabriel (Reeves) meddles in the lives of a struggling gig worker (Ansari) and a wealthy capitalist (Rogen).Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 5 Nov. 2024
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The new bar follows the transformation of an angel into a demon (inspired by Gokan's life and professional journey from Angel’s Share in New York to his bars in Asia and now Europe).Isabelle Kliger, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
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East is her foil, a naive innocent raised within the strictures of Mormonism, which she's never stopped to question.Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 10 Sep. 2024
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By contrast, the Westerners who Russia freed were seen by the U.S. as innocents — journalists and peaceful opponents to the Putin regime.Tracy Wilkinson, Los Angeles Times, 2 Aug. 2024
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The thesis addressed how oral storytelling on La Llorona floated between depictions of her as either a virgin or a harlot and the impacts these characterizations in movies had on Latina identity.Jose R. Gonzalez, The Arizona Republic, 27 Oct. 2024
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Gina Rodriguez stars as Jane Villanueva, a religious, 23-year-old virgin who somehow becomes pregnant.Jenna Ryu, SELF, 21 Oct. 2024
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In a 2017 interview translated into English, Zhang seemed prescient about the risk of expanding his fledgling TikTok into a global tech brand.Samuel Burke, Fortune, 29 Oct. 2024
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The fledgling relationships are subsequently put to the test as the couples live together and fend for themselves with few resources.Max Goldbart, Deadline, 21 Oct. 2024
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The author came to Canada from England in 1923 as a 23-year-old greenhorn.Anton Money, Outdoor Life, 15 Aug. 2024
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Hence the herring, every greenhorn’s rite of passage on the Wizard.Ashley Boucher, EW.com, 11 June 2024
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Smit-McPhee plays a hapless Scottish tenderfoot who teams with Fassbender's conflicted bounty hunter to track down his true love in the American West.and Kevin Jacobsen, EW.com, 21 June 2024
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The tenderfoot Americans, with six rookies, eight guys yet to reach 30, and minimal scar tissue, won three of four foursomes in the morning to get to 9-3 and two of four fourball rounds in the afternoon to reach 11-5.BostonGlobe.com, BostonGlobe.com, 25 Sep. 2021
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“Ingenue.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ingenue. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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