Virginie Ledoyen
Ledoyen in 2015
Born
Virginie Fernández

(1976-11-15) 15 November 1976
Aubervilliers, Seine-Saint-Denis, France
OccupationActress
Years active1986–present
Spouse
Iain Rogers
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(m. 2006; div. 2007)​
Partner(s)Louis Soubrier (1995–2005)
Arie Elmaleh (2007-2015)
Children3

Virginie Fernández (born 15 November 1976),[1][2] known by her stage name Virginie Ledoyen (French: [viʁʒini lədwajɛ̃]), is a French actress who has appeared in French, British and American films.

Life and career

Ledoyen was born in Aubervilliers, the daughter of Olga, a restaurateur, and Bernard Fernández, a merchant who sold cleaning products and knives.[3] Her paternal grandfather was Spanish.[4] 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 (1995) (stylized la fille seule), for which she was nominated for a César Award for Most Promising Actress. She also received two César Award nominations for Les marmottes (1993) and L'eau froide (1994). Outside France, her best-known role is in The Beach (2000). 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,[5] she was in a relationship with actor 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.[6][7]

In 2013 Ledoyen was named as a member of the jury at the 70th Venice International Film Festival.[8]

Filmography

Ledoyen at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival.
Ledoyen at the 2012 Berlinale.
Year Title Role Notes
1986 Exploits of a Young Don Juan Berthe
1988 La Vie en panne Joëlle TV mini-series
1990 Haute tension Dominique (15-year-old) TV series
1991 Mima Mima
1991 The Children Thief Gabrielle
1992 Mouche Incomplete
1993 Les Marmottes Samantha Nominated—César Award for Most Promising Actress
1994 La Folie douce Charlie Léger
1994 La Règle de l'homme Violette Telefilm
1994 Cold Water Christine Nominated—César Award for Most Promising Actress
1995 A Single Girl Valérie Sergent Nominated—César Award for Most Promising Actress
1995 La Cérémonie Melinda
1995 La Vie de Marianne Marianne Telefilm
1995 Sur la route Short film
1995 Les Sensuels Telefilm
1996 Mahjong Marthe
1997 Ma 6-T va crack-er The girl with the pistol
1997 Héroïnes Johanna
1998 The Perfect Guy Jeanne Paris Film Festival - Best Actress
1998 A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries Billy's Mother
1998 Late August, Early September Anne
1998 In All Innocence Cécile Maudet
2000 The Beach Françoise Nominated—Teen Choice Award - Choice Movie: Chemistry
2001 All About Love Maria
2002 8 Women Suzon Berlin Film Festival - Silver Bear for Outstanding Artistic Achievement
European Film Award for Best Actress
2002 Les Misérables Cosette TV mini-series
2003 Mais qui a tué Pamela Rose ? The cleaning lady
2003 Bon Voyage Camille
2004 Saint Ange Anna Jurin
2006 The Valet Émilie
2006 Holly Marie
2006 The Backwoods Lucy
2006 La Forteresse assiégée L'impératrice Eugénie Telefilm
2007 Shall We Kiss? Judith
2008 London mon amour Audrey Morraine
2008 L'Emmerdeur Louise
2009 The Army of Crime Mélinée Manouchian
2009 Myster Mocky présente TV series
2010 Tout ce qui brille Agathe
2011 The Last Beast Clémence
2011 XIII: The Series Irina TV series
2011 The Shape of Art to Come Short film
2012 Farewell, My Queen Gabrielle de Polignac
2013 Another Life Dolorès
2013 Scènes de ménages TV series
2013 À votre bon cœur, mesdames Lisa
2014 Ablations Léa Cartalas
2014 Le Monde de Fred Herself
2014 Enragés La femme
2015 Rabid Dogs The Woman
2016 Accro
2018 MILF Cécile
2018 Remi, Nobody's Boy
2019 Notre Dame Coconut
2019 A Magical Journey Mother
2020 Capitain Marleau Anne Duplesis TV series
2020 Ils étaient dix Barbara TV series
2021 Nona et ses filles Emmanuelle TV series
2022 L'île aux 30 cercueils Christine Vorksy TV series
2022 The King's Favorite Anne of Pisseuleu TV series
2023 Homecoming Sylvia
Just the Two of Us

Other awards

References

  1. ↑ "Virginie Ledoyen Biography". Fandango. Archived from the original on 20 July 2022. Retrieved 20 July 2022.
  2. ↑ Brooks, Xan (15 November 2002). "DiCaprio? I wouldn't wish his life on anybody". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 10 September 2014. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
  3. ↑ Lydia Slater (10 April 2012). "And God Created Virginie". ES Magazine. Archived from the original on 20 July 2022.
  4. ↑ Janine di Giovanni (5 May 2009). "Virginie Ledoyen: ten years after starring in The Beach". ES Magazine. Archived from the original on 9 May 2009.
  5. ↑ Yakoubaly, Samya (10 April 2015). "Virginie Ledoyen et Arié Elmaleh séparés : Fin du couple après huit ans d'amour". PurePeople. Archived from the original on 7 January 2022.
  6. ↑ "Virginie Ledoyen et Arié Elmaleh révèlent le prénom de leur fille". TF1. Archived from the original on 22 December 2015. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
  7. ↑ "La biographie de Virginie Ledoyen". Première. 15 November 1976. Archived from the original on 29 July 2022.
  8. ↑ "Juries and Awards of the 70th Venice Film Festival". labiennale. Archived from the original on 8 September 2013. Retrieved 28 July 2013.
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