Virginie Ledoyen BiographyVirginie Ledoyen (born 15 November 1976) is a French actress. Ledoyen was born Virginie Fernandez in Aubervilliers, France. 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. 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. On 29 September 2001 she gave birth to her first child, a girl named Lilas. As of 20 September 2007 she married film director Iain Rogers. Filmography * Les Exploits d'un jeune Don Juan (1987) * Lo más natural {The Most Natural Thing} (1991) * Le Voleur d'enfants {The Children Thief} (1991) * Mima (1991) * Les Marmottes {The Groundhogs} (1993) * La Folie douce {Loose Screws} (1994) * L'Eau froide {Cold Water} (1994) * La Fille seule {A Single Girl} (1995) directed by Benoît Jacquot * La Cérémonie (1995) directed by Claude Chabrol, with Sandrine Bonnaire, Jacqueline Bisset, Isabelle Huppert... * Sur la route (1995) * Les Sensuels (1995) * Mahjong (1996) * Ma 6-T va crack-er (1997) directed by Jean-François Richet * Héroïnes (1997) * Marianne (1997) directed by Benoît Jacquot * Jeanne et le garçon formidable {Jeanne and the Perfect Guy} (1998) with Mathieu Demy * A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries (1998) directed by James Ivory * Fin août, début septembre {Late August, Early September} (1998) * En plein coeur {In All Innocence} (1998) with Gérard Lanvin and Guillaume Canet * The Beach (2000) * De l'amour {All About Love} (2001) * 8 femmes {8 Women} (2002) directed by François Ozon with Catherine Deneuve, Isabelle Huppert, Danielle Darrieux, Emmanuelle Béart, Fanny Ardant, Firmine Richard and Ludivine Sagnier. * Josy (2002) * Mais qui a tué Pamela Rose? (2003) * Bon Voyage (2003) directed by Jean-Paul Rappeneau with Yvan Attal, Isabelle Adjani, Gérard Depardieu, Grégori Derangère * Saint Ange (2004) with Lou Doillon * Holly (2006) * La Doublure {The Valet} (2006) directed by Francis Veber with Daniel Auteuil * Seed of Contention (2006)
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