- Born
- Birth nameVirginie Fernandez
- Height1.66 m
- 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 (1986). She was then nominated for the César (the French equivalent of an Oscar) for most promising actress in 1993, 1994 and 1995.
Her international breakthrough was in 1999, when she became ambassador for the cosmetics L'Oréal; this led to her casting in La Plage (2000), with Leonardo DiCaprio.- IMDb mini biography by: Pruneau
- SpouseIain Rogers(2006 - September 2007) (divorced)
- ParentsOlga FernandezBernard Fernandez
- She took the stage name Ledoyen, which is her paternal grandmother's maiden name. Her grandmother had been a French stage actress. Her paternal grandfather was of Spanish descent.
- Has 3 children: a daughter Lilias Soubrier (b.Septemebr 29, 2001) with her ex-boyfriend Louis Soubrier; a son Isaac Elmaleh (b.July 2010) and a daughter Amalia Elmaleh (b.April 23, 2014) with her ex-boyfriend Arié Elmaleh.
- Was a model in print and on TV from the age of 2.
- L'Oreal celebrity model (2000-2005).
- Favourite actresses are Sophie Marceau and Isabelle Huppert.
- 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.
- I became a mother young. It was just obvious to me, and I wanted that baby so much, it wasn't even an issue.
- It's funny; I just did it (acting) like a hobby. Then I reached adolescence and people started asking: "What do you want to do with your life?" I thought maybe I wanted to be a lawyer. But I knew I could not do both. Both require a certain discipline. So I became an actress.
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