Virginie Ledoyen Biography:
Quick facts about Virginie Ledoyen:
Birth Name: Virginie Fernandez
Stage name: Virginie Ledoyen
Date of birth: 15 November 1976
Place of birth: Aubervilliers, near Paris, France
Years active: 1987–present
Stage name: Virginie Ledoyen
Date of birth: 15 November 1976
Place of birth: Aubervilliers, near Paris, France
Years active: 1987–present
Virginie Ledoyen was born Virginie Fernandez on 15 November 1976 in Aubervilliers, near Paris. At the age of 2, she was already shooting advertisements for television. At 9, she started going to the École des Enfants du Spectacle, and made her film debut at 10 in Les exploits d'un jeune Don Juan. She was then nominated for the César (the French equivalent of an Oscar) for most promising actress in 1993.
Personal Quote:
"I don't waste money but I have a pleasant level of life. I have the possibility to live in Paris, in quarter I like. I have a house."
Personal Life and Acting Career:
She was born 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. She portrayed the character Cosette from the 2000 adaption of Les Misérables. She was in the television miniseries. On 29 September 2001, she gave birth to her first child, a girl named Lila. Since July 2010 she has a son Isaac with her partner Arie Elmaleh
Filmography:
Ø Les Exploits d'un jeune Don Juan (1987)
Ø Lo más natural (The Most Natural Thing, 1991)
Ø Le Voleur d'enfants (The Children Thief, 1991)
Ø Mima (1991)
Ø Les Marmottes (The Groundhogs, 1993)
Ø La Folie douce (Loose Screws, 1994)
Ø L'Eau froide (Cold Water, 1994)
Ø La Fille seule (A Single Girl', 1995)
Ø La Cérémonie (1995)
Ø Sur la route (1995)
Ø Les Sensuels (1995)
Ø Mahjong (1996)
Ø Ma 6-T va crack-er (1997)
Ø Héroïnes (1997)
Ø Marianne (1997)
Ø Jeanne et le garçon formidable (Jeanne and the Perfect Guy, 1998)
Ø A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries (1998)
Ø Fin août, début septembre (Late August, Early September, 1998)
Ø En plein coeur {In All Innocence} (1998)
Ø The Beach (2000)
Ø Les Misérables (TV miniseries) (2000)
Ø De l'amour (All About Love, 2001)
Ø 8 femmes (8 Women, 2002)
Ø Josy (2002)
Ø Mais qui a tué Pamela Rose? (2003)
Ø Bon Voyage (2003)
Ø Saint Ange (2004)
Ø Holly (2006)
Ø Bosque de sombras (BackWoods, 2006)
Ø La Doublure (The Valet, 2006) )
Ø Seed of Contention (2006)
Ø Un baiser s'il vous plaît (Shall We Kiss?, 2007)
Ø Mes amis, mes amours (London mon amour, 2008)
Ø L'Emmerdeur (A Pain in the Ass, 2008)
Ø The Army of Crime (2009)
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VK Pandey
