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Virginie Ledoyen, or Françoise from the Beach, was born, November 15th, 1976 in Aubervilliers, France. Her father is a businessman and her mother a restaurant manager. It has been said that she inherited her unusual eyes from her Spanish grandparents. Virginie was in the spotlight at a early age as she got her first modeling job at the age of 2 and made several adds at the age of 3 including ads for Bledina, Buitoni and Air Inter.

Virginie was about 15 years old when she realized that acting would be something she wanted to pursue as an occupation and soon she had earned enough money to get her own apartment. Her big break in the movies was in 1994 when, at the age of 17, she was in the film Cold Water in which she played a troubled teen. She was later nominated for the 1995 Césars (French Awards) for Cold Water. This lead to even bigger things in the 1995 film Single Girl which received critical acclaim. It was a surprise hit in America, and the New York Times said, in reference to this film, that Virginie had a "natural screen presence."

"I absolutely want to keep working in France. What's good is when you're doing an international movie, like The Beach is, it's going to be released everywhere in the world, so many directors that probably never saw you in a French movie are going to see you. For me being an actress, it's also working with different directors from different cultures. I would like doing other American movies, but I also would like doing some Spanish or Italian, so it's a good opportunity."

"There is not a geographic place for paradise... I would say that paradise is when I'm doing what I like and when I'm with people I love."


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