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Possessing a unique blend of innocence and sexuality, the alarmingly pretty, almond-eyed Virginie Ledoyen... (Learn more)

Top Projects: The Beach, Love and Virtue, Les Miserables (View All)

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Virginie Ledoyen’s Milestones
Appeared in several television commercials as a child
Raised in Paris
1979 Began modeling as a toddler at age two (date approximate)
1987 At age nine, made stage acting debut in "L'affaire du courrier de Lyon" (date approximate)
1987 Film debut, "The Exploits of a Young Don Juan"
1991 Had supporting role in "Le Voleur d'enfants/The Children Thief"
1991 Played the title role of "Mima", a sweet 12-year-old who sees the men who take her grandfather away to kill him
1992 Directed by Marcel Carne in uncompleted "Mouche", put on hold in fall of the year due to bad weather and production insurance problems owing to the director's age and failing health
1993 Acted with Jacqueline Bisset and Jean-Hugues Anglade in "Les Marmottes/The Groundhogs"
1993 Appeared in the French telefilm "La Regle de l'homme"
1994 Breakthrough role in "L'Eau froid/Cold Water", directed by Olivier Assayas
1994 Initial collaboration with Benoit Jacquot, the French TV miniseries "La Vie de Marianne", adapted from the unfinished novel by 18th Century French writer Marivaux
1995 Co-starred in Claude Chabrol's "La Ceremonie", alongside Isabelle Huppert and Sandrine Bonnaire
1995 Had title role in Jacquot's "La Fille seule/A Single Girl"; received 1996 Cesar Award nomination as most promising young actress
1996 Acted in Edward Yang's "Mahjong"
1997 Appeared again in title role of Jacquot's "Marianne", a 90-minute distillation from the helmer's 1994 miniseries
1998 Made American film debut as a young mother who gives her son up for adoption in the Merchant Ivory production "A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries"; first English-language role
1998 Reteamed with Assayas for fine ensemble pic, "Late August, Early September"
1998 Starred opposite Guillaume Canet (as her bartender boyfriend) in "En Plain coeur/In All Innocence", a remake of the 1958 Brigitte Bardot film "En cas de malheur"; played the Bardot role of a young thief who has an affair with her lawyer
1998 Starred opposite Mathieu Demy in "Jeanne and the Perfect Guy", a musical recalling those directed by Demy's father Jacques (particularly "The Umbrellas of Cherbourg" 1964 and "The Young Girls of Rochefort" 1967); earned Paris Film Festival Best Actress Award
1999 Attended Cannes as a representative of L'Oreal, one of the official partners of the festival; also a member of the jury to select the best short film
1999 Signed by L'Oreal as a commercial spokesperson
2000 Acted in French miniseries version of "Les Miserables", starring Gerard Depardieu and John Malkovich; aired in USA on Fox Family Channel in January 2001
2000 Reteamed with Canet to play a couple who encounter a traveler (Leonardo DiCaprio) in the triangular love story "The Beach", adapted from the cult novel by Alex Garland
2002 Appeared in Francois Ozon's "8 Femmes"
2003 Appeared in "Bon voyage" with Gérard Depardieu
2007 Appeared in the drama, "Holly" about child trafficking in Cambodia
2007 Co-starred with Daniel Auteuil in Francis Veber's "The Valet"

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Quick Facts

Also known as

Birth Name : Virginie Fernandez

Born

November, 15 1976 in Aubervilliers, France

Education

  • Ecole des Enfants du Spectre, Paris, France: attended from age nine to age 16; studied dance, acting and piano in afternoon sessions

Professions

actor, model

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