Virginie Ledoyen

Virginie Ledoyen
Ledoyen in 2009
Born	Virginie Fernandez 15 November 1976 (1976-11-15) (age 33) Aubervilliers, Paris, France
Years active	1987–present
Spouse(s)	Iain Rogers (2007–present)

Virginie Ledoyen (born 15 November 1976)¹ is a French actress.

Life and career

She was born Virginie Fernandez in Aubervilliers, Paris, the daughter of Olga, a restaurateur, and Bernard Fernandez, a merchant who sold cleaning products.² Her paternal grandfather was Spanish.³ She was a print model from the age of 2 and later took on the stage name "Ledoyen" after the maiden name of her maternal grandmother, who had been a stage actress.

Her breakthrough came with La Fille seule (1995), for which she was nominated for a César Award for Most Promising Actress. Also she received two César Award nominations for Les marmottes (1993) and L'eau froide (1994). Outside of France, her best-known role is alongside Leonardo DiCaprio in The Beach (2000). In the fall of 2000, she signed a contract with L'Oréal as a spokesmodel with the cosmetics company. She was featured alongside two models, Laetitia Casta and Noémie Lenoir.

On 29 September 2001, she gave birth to her first child, a girl named Lilas.

Filmography

Ledoyen at the 2000 Cannes Film Festival.

• Les Exploits d'un jeune Don Juan (1987)
• Lo más natural (The Most Natural Thing, 1991)
• Le Voleur d'enfants (The Children Thief, 1991)
• Mima (1991)
• Les Marmottes (The Groundhogs, 1993)
• La Folie douce (Loose Screws, 1994)
• L'Eau froide (Cold Water, 1994)
• La Fille seule (A Single Girl', 1995)
• La Cérémonie (1995)
• Sur la route (1995)
• Les Sensuels (1995)
• Mahjong (1996)
• Ma 6-T va crack-er (1997)
• Héroïnes (1997)
• Marianne (1997)
• Jeanne et le garçon formidable (Jeanne and the Perfect Guy, 1998)
• A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries (1998)
• Fin août, début septembre (Late August, Early September, 1998)
• En plein coeur {In All Innocence} (1998)
• The Beach (2000)
• Les Misérables (TV miniseries) (2000)
• De l'amour (All About Love, 2001)
• 8 femmes (8 Women, 2002)
• Josy (2002)
• Mais qui a tué Pamela Rose? (2003)
• Bon Voyage (2003)
• Saint Ange (2004)
• House of Voices (2005)
• Holly (2006)
• Bosque de sombras (BackWoods, 2006)
• La Doublure (The Valet, 2006) )
• Seed of Contention (2006)
• Un baiser s'il vous plaît (Shall We Kiss?, 2007)
• Mes amis, mes amours (London mon amour, 2008)
• L'Emmerdeur (A Pain in the Ass, 2008)
• The Army of Crime (2009)

Other media

• "Saint-Germain des Prés," narrator--an audio walking-tour of the Paris neighborhood. Created by Soundwalk⁴

References

External links

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