ingenue vs role player

ingenue and role player both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
ingenue	Yes	No	No	No
role player	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, role player is a hypernym of ingenue; that is, role player is a word with a broader meaning than ingenue:

ingenue: an actress who specializes in playing the role of an artless innocent young girl
role player: a theatrical performer

Other hypernyms of ingenue include actor, histrion, player, thespian.

ingenue (noun)	role player (noun)
the role of an innocent artless young woman in a play	a theatrical performer
an artless innocent young girl (especially as portrayed on the stage)	a person who makes deceitful pretenses
an actress who specializes in playing the role of an artless innocent young girl