Profile: Virginie Ledoyen
Birth Name: Virginie Fernandez
Birth Date: November 15, 1976
Birth Place: Aubervilliers, France
Height: 5' 5¼"
Measurements: 34-24-33
Daughter: Lilas, born September 29, 2001
Quote: "I've had better kisses, I've had worse." --On kissing Leonardo DiCaprio for The Beach
Virginie Ledoyen Biography
Virginie Ledoyen was born, November 15th, 1976 in Aubervilliers, France, the daughter of Bernard, a salesman and Olga, a restauranteur. Virginie's parents are now divorced and her mother has remarried. Virginie has one brother, Michel, who is a production assistant. It has been said that she inherited her unusual eyes from her Spanish grandparents. Virginie got her first modeling job at age 2 and made several ads when she was only 3.
She was cast in her first film, an Italian comedy, at the age of 9 which was also the year she was enrolled in a performing arts school. By 11 years old she had also acted on stage as well.
Virginie was about 15 years old when she realized that acting would be something she wanted to pursue as an occupation and soon she had earned enough money to get her own apartment. Her big break in the movies was in 1994 when, at the age of 17, she was in the film Cold Water in which she played a troubled teen. This lead to even bigger things in the 1995 film Single Girl which received critical acclaim. It was a surprise hit in America, and the New York Times said, in reference to this film, that Virginie had a "natural screen presence."
Following Single Girl, Virginie received calls from Hollywood including Woody Allen's agent. Up till this point she had yet to make an American movie though she was said to be a fan of Francis Ford Coppola and Stanley Kubrick.
Virginie's biggest break in the American market came with the release of The Beach in February 2000 and this is sure to lead to even bigger and better opportunities.
When she isn't acting, Virginie loves to read. She is also heavily involved with an organization called 'Pour le Tibet' which provides medical aid to Tibeten centers.
Virginie Ledoyen Filmography
Saint-Ange (2004)--Anna
Bon voyage (2003)--Camille
Mais qui a tué Pamela Rose? (2003)--La femme de ménage
8 femmes (2002)--Suzon
De l'amour (2001)--Maria (aka All About Love)
Les Misérables (2000) (mini) TV Series--Cosette
The Beach (2000)--Françoise
En plein coeur (1998)--Cécile (aka In All Innocence)
Fin août, début septembre (1998)--Anne (aka Late August, Early September)
A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries (1998)--Billy's Mother (aka La Fille d'un
soldat ne pleure jamais)
Jeanne et le garçon formidable (1998)--Jeanne (aka Jeanne and the Perfect
Guy)
Marianne (1997)--Marianne
Héroïnes (1997)--Johanna
Ma 6-T va crack-er (1997)
Mahjong (1996)--Marthe
Les Sensuels (1995)
Sur la route (1995)
La Cérémonie (1995)--Melinda (aka Biester, aka Blutiger Engel, aka A Judgement
in Stone)
La Fille seule (1995)--Valérie (aka A Single Girl)
La Vie de Marianne (1994) (mini) TV Series--Marianne
L'Eau froide(1994)--Christine (aka Cold Water, aka La Page blanche)
La Règle de l'homme (1993) (TV)--Violette
Les Marmottes (1993)--Samantha (aka The Groundhogs)
Mima (1991)--Mima
Le Voleur d'enfants (1991)--Gabrielle (aka The Children Thief, aka Il Ladro
di ragazzi, aka El Ladrón de niños) Lo más natural (1990) (aka The Most Natural
Thing)
La Vie en panne (1988) (mini) TV Series--Joëlle
Les Exploits d'un jeune Don Juan (1987)--Berthe (aka L'Iniziazione)
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