Virginie Ledoyen


Virginie Fernández, known by her stage name Virginie Ledoyen, is a French actress who has appeared in French, British and American films.

Life and career

Born in Aubervilliers, the daughter of Olga, a restaurateur, and Bernard Fernández, a merchant who sold cleaning products. Her paternal grandfather was Spanish. She was a print model from the age of two and later took on the stage name "Ledoyen" after the maiden name of her maternal grandmother, who was a stage actress.
Ledoyen's film breakthrough came with A Single Girl , for which she was nominated for a César Award for Most Promising Actress. She also received two César Award nominations for Les marmottes and L'eau froide. Outside France, her best-known role is in The Beach. In the fall of 2000, she signed a contract as a spokesmodel with the cosmetics company L'Oréal. She was featured alongside two models, Laetitia Casta and Noémie Lenoir.
She portrayed the character Cosette in the 2000 French television miniseries of Les Misérables.
On 29 September 2001, Ledoyen gave birth to her first child, a girl named Lila, with production designer Louis Soubrier, whom she met on the set of La fille seule in 1995. She was in a short-lived marriage with Iain Rogers, a film director, from 2006 to 2007. From 2007 to 2015, she was in a relationship with actor :fr:Arié Elmaleh|Arie Elmaleh, whose brother was her co-star in The Valet. Ledoyen and Elmaleh have a son, Isaac, born in July 2010, and a daughter, Amalia, born in April 2014.
In 2013 Ledoyen was named as a member of the jury at the 70th Venice International Film Festival.

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
1986Exploits of a Young Don JuanBerthe
1988La Vie en panneJoëlleTV mini-series
1990Haute tensionDominique TV series
1991MimaMima
1991The Children ThiefGabrielle
1992MoucheIncomplete
1993Les MarmottesSamanthaNominated—César Award for Most Promising Actress
1994La Folie douceCharlie Léger
1994La Règle de l'hommeVioletteTelefilm
1994Cold WaterChristineNominated—César Award for Most Promising Actress
1995A Single GirlValérie SergentNominated—César Award for Most Promising Actress
1995La CérémonieMelinda
1995La Vie de MarianneMarianneTelefilm
1995Sur la routeShort film
1995Les SensuelsTelefilm
1996MahjongMarthe
1997Ma 6-T va crack-erThe girl with the pistol
1997HéroïnesJohanna
1998The Perfect GuyJeanneParis Film Festival - Best Actress
1998A Soldier's Daughter Never CriesBilly's Mother
1998Late August, Early SeptemberAnne
1998In All InnocenceCécile Maudet
2000The BeachFrançoiseNominated—Teen Choice Award - Choice Movie: Chemistry
2001All About LoveMaria
20028 WomenSuzonBerlin Film Festival - Silver Bear for Outstanding Artistic Achievement
European Film Award for Best Actress
2002Les MisérablesCosetteTV mini-series
2003Mais qui a tué Pamela Rose ?The cleaning lady
2003Bon VoyageCamille
2004Saint AngeAnna Jurin
2006The ValetÉmilie
2006HollyMarie
2006The BackwoodsLucy
2006La Forteresse assiégéeL'impératrice EugénieTelefilm
2007Shall We Kiss?Judith
2008London mon amourAudrey Morraine
2008L'EmmerdeurLouise
2009The Army of CrimeMélinée Manouchian
2009Myster Mocky présenteTV series
2010Tout ce qui brilleAgathe
2011The Last BeastClémence
2011IrinaTV series
2011The Shape of Art to ComeShort film
2012Farewell, My QueenGabrielle de Polignac
2013Another LifeDolorès
2013Scènes de ménagesTV series
2013À votre bon cœur, mesdamesLisa
2014AblationsLéa Cartalas
2014Le Monde de FredHerself
2014EnragésLa femme
2015Rabid DogsThe Woman
2016Accro
2018MILFCécile

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