Virginie Lemoine

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Virginie Lemoine
Lemoine in 2018
Born (1961-02-26) 26 February 1961 (age 63)
NationalityFrench
Swiss
Occupation(s)Actress, comedian
Years active1982–present

Virginie Lemoine (born 26 February 1961) is a French actress and comedian.[1]

Career[edit]

Virginie Lemoine attended acting school at the Conservatory in Rouen. From 1982 to 1990, she played theater on stage, and regularly participated in the show Ainsi font font font, hosted by Jacques Martin on France 2. In 1991, she became a radio host in the show C'est aussi bien à l'ombre and Le Vrai Faux Journal. In 1992, Laurent Gerra and Lemoine Virginie became a comedy duo and appeared in many television shows and became very popular.[2] In 1997, they won the Molière Award for Best one man show for their show on the Théâtre Déjazet.

Since 1999, she played in several theater productions ans also directed some plays. In 2010, she received a nomination for the Molière Award for Best Musical for the creation of Une diva à Sarcelles, a musical that she wrote and directed.

She is best known, for playing Marion Ferrière, the lead role of the TV series Famille d'accueil, broadcast on France 3 from 2001 to 2016.

Personal life[edit]

She was married to actor and singer Alexandre Bonstein. By her marriage with him, she also has Swiss nationality.[3]

From 1991 to 1997, she was in couple with Laurent Gerra.[4]

Today, she share her life with actor Darius Kehtari.[5]

Theater[edit]

As actress[edit]

Year Title Author Director Notes
1989 100 % Polyamide Virginie Lemoine Jean-Luc Dumesnil
1993-95 Le syndrome de Madame Chiasson Virginie Lemoine Alain Sachs
1996-97 Lemoine/Gerra au Théâtre Déjazet Virginie Lemoine
& Laurent Gerra
Agnès Boury Molière Award for Best one man show
1999 Absent Friends Alan Ayckbourn Catherine Allary
2001 Les désirs sauvages de mon mari
m’ont presque rendue folle
John Tobias Éric Civanyan
2004 The Vagina Monologues Eve Ensler Isabelle Rattier
2005 À fond la caisse Franck Didier Jérôme Foucher
2006-07 Si c'était à refaire Laurent Ruquier Jean-Luc Moreau
2007 Coiffure pour dames Robert Harling Daniel Roussel
2009 Move Over Mrs. Markham Ray Cooney Rodolphe Sand
2018 Deathtrap Ira Levin Éric Métayer
Manhattan Murder Mystery Woody Allen Elsa Royer
2019 Comme en 14 Dany Laurent Yves Pignot
2020 Spiridon Superstar Philippe Jaenada Virginie Lemoine & Laury André
2022-23 Oscar Claude Magnier Antony Mettler
Black Comedy Peter Shaffer Grégory Barco

As director[edit]

Year Title Author Notes
2008-11 Une diva à Sarcelles Virginie Lemoine Nominated - Molière Award for Best Musical
2012 Le Bal Irène Némirovsky
2013 Brigitte, directeur d'agence Virginie Lemoine
2014-16 Le Bal Irène Némirovsky
2015-16 Une diva à Sarcelles Virginie Lemoine Festival Off d'Avignon - Best Musical
2016-18 31 Gaëtan Borg, Stéphane Laporte
& Stéphane Corbin
2017 Le Bal Irène Némirovsky
2017-19 Chagrin pour soi Virginie Lemoine & Sophie Forte
2018 Le Bal Irène Némirovsky
Une diva à Sarcelles Virginie Lemoine
2018-20 Suite française Irène Némirovsky
Tempête en juin Irène Némirovsky
2019 Nos années parallèles Stéphane Corbin
Quand je serai grand, je serai Nana Mouskouri David Lelait-Helo
2020 Spiridon Superstar Philippe Jaenada
2021 Coming Out Pierre Aucaigne & Vincent Kohler
2021-22 Nos années parallèles Stéphane Corbin
2022-23 Hiring a Clown Matei Vișniec
La Vie est une fête Lilian Lloyd
2023 Europeana Patrik Ouředník
Coming Out Pierre Aucaigne & Vincent Kohler
2024 Un Air de Fête 5 de Cœur

Filmography[edit]

Year Title Role Director Actor
1996 Golden Boy Hélène Tiercelin Jean-Pierre Vergne
Les 2 papas et la maman Mother "Bébé Nobel" Jean-Marc Longval & Smaïn
Tendre piège Serge Moati TV movie
1998 Petite menteuse Cécile Thierry Chabert TV movie
Un mois de réflexion Sarah Serge Moati TV movie
1999 Tombé du nid Sonia Édouard Molinaro TV movie
2000 Le Mystère Parasuram Marie Chapsky Michel Sibra TV movie
2001 Tania Boréalis ou L'étoile d'un été Isabelle Patrice Martineau TV movie
2001-16 Famille d'accueil Marion Ferrière Alain Wermus, Bruno Bontzolakis, ... TV series (95 episodes)
2002 Ma femme s'appelle Maurice Marion Audefey Jean-Marie Poiré
2003 Les gaous Igor Sekulic
2004 La tresse d'Aminata Mireille Dominique Baron TV movie
2005 It's Our Life! The mother Gérard Krawczyk
2015 La boule noire Nora Ferreira Denis Malleval TV movie
2017 Quand je serai grand The press officer Jeremy Circus
MDM - Maman de merde The provisor Nicolas Goergen TV series (1 episode)
2018 Les disparus de Valenciennes Marianne Raguenelle Elsa Bennett & Hippolyte Dard TV movie
2019 Nina Marie-Pierre Jérôme Portheault TV series (1 episode)
2021 Cassandre Nathalie Marwen Abdallah TV series (1 episode)

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Virginie Lemoine — Biography" (in French). Evene. Retrieved 17 January 2010.
  2. ^ "Virginie Lemoine — Biography" (in French). Pure People. Retrieved 17 January 2010.
  3. ^ https://www.rireetchansons.fr/humoristes/virginie-lemoine/biographie
  4. ^ https://www.purepeople.com/article/virginie-lemoine-et-laurent-gerra-separes-avec-qui-sont-ils-en-couple-aujourd-hui_a494470/1
  5. ^ https://www.purepeople.com/article/virginie-lemoine-en-couple-avec-darius-kehtari-photos-tres-rares-des-amoureux_a478126/1