ingenue

ingenue
  a young, teenaged female actress often in an important or lead role in a film; usually portrays an innocent, sometimes naive, and attractive character; also refers to an actress sometimes known as a starlet; the male counterpart is known as a juvenile.
  Example: young Leslie Caron as Lise in An American in Paris (1951) in contrast to Nina Foch as womanly-wise Milo

Glossary of cinematic terms . 2015.

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