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Her mantel already groaning under the weight of honorary hardware, the country ingénue is expected to collect the trophy for best album, a surprise to no one except perhaps shut-out Kanye West.

'Fearless' Grammy prediction: Taylor Swift for best album 2010

She sees herself as the ingénue, as the girlfriend, but is always told, 'You're the funny best friend or you're the comic relief.'

Jennifer Weiner: From Novelist to Showrunner with State of Georgia 2011

"From ingénue to screen legend, Shirley has entertained a global audience through song, dance, laughter and tears, and her career as writer, director and producer is even further evidence of her passion for the art form and her seemingly boundless talents."

Shirley MacLaine to Receive AFI Life Achievement Award 2011

Katharine McPhee Karen, the ingénue: Jack Davenport calls it Mount McPhee — he gave me a lot of sh-- for that.

Decoding Mount McPhee: Is It a Smash Spoiler? 2012

On the drama side, NBC has invested in Steven Spielberg's Smash, which follows a group of people, including Debra Messing as a put-upon lyricist and Katharine McPhee as a spirited ingénue, as they come together to put on a Broadway show about Marilyn Monroe.

NBC Picks Up Prime Suspect, Christina Applegate and Debra Messing Pilots 2011

Marin Ireland is blond, pretty and slim, but she's never been terribly interested in playing the ing é nue.

Meeting Her Match Lizzie Simon 2010

I'm not here to push any romantic stories or be the ingénue.

Exclusive: Joanna Johnson Returns to The Bold and the Beautiful 2011

Randall Grahm had the bon mot on twitter: “Cotes de nue-its?”

FTC, Hong Kong, more nudity, Gourmet mag RIP, NYC dining – sipped and spit | Dr Vino's wine blog 2009

In the blink of an eye you can go from being an ingénue to playing someone's mother laughs and you'll be desperate to get that mother job!

Exclusive: Joanna Johnson Returns to The Bold and the Beautiful 2011

One is unquestionably a star (Scotty), and the other is a perfectly sweet if under-confident ingénue (Lauren) who might have been better served if she'd waited until at least her late teens to play this game.

Matt's TV Week in Review 2011