 virginie fernandez (born 15 november 1976),virginie ledoyen - biography - aol television known by her stage name virginie ledoyen (), is a french actress. ==life and career== born in aubervilliers, paris, the daughter of olga, a restaurateur, and bernard fernandez, a merchant who sold cleaning products.virginie ledoyen biography (1976-). filmreference.com. retrieved on 2014-05-22. her paternal grandfather was spanish. 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. her film breakthrough came with la fille seule (1995), for which she was nominated for a cÃ©sar award for most promising actress. also she received two cÃ©sar award nominations for les marmottes (1993) and l'eau froide (1994). outside of france, her best-known role is alongside leonardo dicaprio in the beach (2000). in the fall of 2000, she signed a contract as a spokesmodel with the cosmetics company l'orÃ©al. she was featured alongside two models, laetitia casta and noÃ©mie lenoir. she portrayed the character cosette from the 2000 adaption of les misÃ©rables. on 29 september 2001, she gave birth to her first child, a girl named lila. in july 2010 she had a son isaac with her partner arie elmaleh, whose brother gad elmaleh was her co-star in the valet. in 2013 she was named as a member of the jury at the 70th venice international film festival. ==filmography==  * les exploits d'un jeune don juan a.k.a. l'iniziazione (exploits of a young don juan, 1987) * lo mÃ¡s natural (the most natural thing, 1991) * le voleur d'enfants (the children thief, 1991) * [[
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