Virginie Ledoyen

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Virginie Ledoyen
Born Virginie Fernandez
(1976-11-15) 15 November 1976 (age 35)
Aubervilliers, Paris, France
Years active 1987–present
Partner Louis Soubrier
Arie Elmaleh
Children Lilias Soubrier (b. 2001)
Isaac Elmaleh (b. 2010)

Virginie Fernandez (born 15 November 1976)[1], known by her stage name Virginie Ledoyen, is a French actress.

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[edit] Life and 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.

[edit] Filmography

Ledoyen at the 2000 Cannes Film Festival.

[edit] Other media

  • "Saint-Germain des Prés," narrator—an audio walking-tour of the Paris neighborhood. Created by Soundwalk[4]

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