Virginie Lemoine
Introduction '''Virginie Lemoine''' (born 26 February 1961) is a French actress and comedian.
Career Virginie Lemoine attended acting school at the Conservatory in Rouen. From 1982 to 1990, she played theater on stage, and regularly participated in the show ''Ainsi font font font'', hosted by Jacques Martin on France 2.In 1991, she became a radio host in the show ''C'est aussi bien à l'ombre'' and ''Le Vrai Faux Journal''. In 1992, Laurent Gerra and Lemoine Virginie became a comedy duo and appeared in many television shows and became very popular. In 1997, they won the Molière Award for Best one man show for their show on the Théâtre Déjazet.Since 1999, she played in several theater productions ans also directed some plays. In 2010, she received a nomination for the Molière Award for Best Musical for the creation of ''Une diva à Sarcelles'', a musical that she wrote and directed.She is best known, for playing Marion Ferrière, the lead role of the TV series ''Famille d'accueil'', broadcast on France 3 from 2001 to 2016.
Personal life She was married to actor and singer Alexandre Bonstein. By her marriage with him, she also has Swiss nationality.From 1991 to 1997, she was in couple with Laurent Gerra.Today, she share her life with actor Darius Kehtari.
Theater ===As actress=== Year Title Author Director Notes 1989 ''100 % Polyamide'' Virginie Lemoine Jean-Luc Dumesnil 1993-95 ''Le syndrome de Madame Chiasson'' Virginie Lemoine Alain Sachs 1996-97 ''Lemoine/Gerra au Théâtre Déjazet'' Virginie Lemoine & Laurent Gerra Agnès Boury Molière Award for Best one man show 1999 ''Absent Friends'' Alan Ayckbourn Catherine Allary 2001 ''Les désirs sauvages de mon mari m’ont presque rendue folle'' John Tobias Éric Civanyan 2004 ''The Vagina Monologues'' Eve Ensler Isabelle Rattier 2005 ''À fond la caisse'' Franck Didier Jérôme Foucher 2006-07 ''Si c'était à refaire'' Laurent Ruquier Jean-Luc Moreau 2007 ''Coiffure pour dames'' Robert Harling Daniel Roussel 2009 ''Move Over Mrs. Markham'' Ray Cooney Rodolphe Sand2018 ''Deathtrap'' Ira Levin Éric Métayer ''Manhattan Murder Mystery'' Woody Allen Elsa Royer 2019 ''Comme en 14'' Dany Laurent Yves Pignot 2020 ''Spiridon Superstar'' Philippe Jaenada Virginie Lemoine & Laury André2022-23 ''Oscar'' Claude Magnier Antony Mettler ''Black Comedy'' Peter Shaffer Grégory Barco===As director=== Year Title Author Notes 2008-11 ''Une diva à Sarcelles'' Virginie Lemoine Nominated - Molière Award for Best Musical 2012 ''Le Bal'' Irène Némirovsky  2013 ''Brigitte, directeur d'agence'' Virginie Lemoine  2014-16 ''Le Bal'' Irène Némirovsky  2015-16 ''Une diva à Sarcelles'' Virginie Lemoine Festival Off d'Avignon - Best Musical 2016-18 ''31'' Gaëtan Borg, Stéphane Laporte & Stéphane Corbin  2017 ''Le Bal'' Irène Némirovsky  2017-19 ''Chagrin pour soi'' Virginie Lemoine & Sophie Forte 2018 ''Le Bal'' Irène Némirovsky  ''Une diva à Sarcelles'' Virginie Lemoine 2018-20 ''Suite française'' Irène Némirovsky  ''Tempête en juin'' Irène Némirovsky 2019 ''Nos années parallèles'' Stéphane Corbin ''Quand je serai grand, je serai Nana Mouskouri'' David Lelait-Helo 2020 ''Spiridon Superstar'' Philippe Jaenada 2021 ''Coming Out'' Pierre Aucaigne & Vincent Kohler 2021-22 ''Nos années parallèles'' Stéphane Corbin2022-23 ''Hiring a Clown'' Matei Vișniec ''La Vie est une fête'' Lilian Lloyd2023 ''Europeana'' Patrik Ouředník ''Coming Out'' Pierre Aucaigne & Vincent Kohler 2024 ''Un Air de Fête'' 5 de Cœur
Filmography  Year Title Role Director Actor1996 ''Golden Boy'' Hélène Tiercelin Jean-Pierre Vergne  ''Les 2 papas et la maman'' Mother "Bébé Nobel" Jean-Marc Longval & Smaïn  ''Tendre piège''  Serge Moati TV movie1998 ''Petite menteuse'' Cécile Thierry Chabert TV movie ''Un mois de réflexion'' Sarah Serge Moati  TV movie 1999 ''Tombé du nid'' Sonia Édouard Molinaro  TV movie 2000 ''Le Mystère Parasuram'' Marie Chapsky Michel Sibra TV movie 2001 ''Tania Boréalis ou L'étoile d'un été'' Isabelle Patrice Martineau  TV movie 2001-16 ''Famille d'accueil'' Marion Ferrière Alain Wermus, Bruno Bontzolakis, ... TV series (95 episodes) 2002 ''Ma femme s'appelle Maurice'' Marion Audefey Jean-Marie Poiré 2003 ''Les gaous''  Igor Sekulic 2004 ''La tresse d'Aminata'' Mireille Dominique Baron TV movie 2005 ''It's Our Life!'' The mother Gérard Krawczyk 2015 ''La boule noire'' Nora Ferreira Denis Malleval TV movie2017 ''Quand je serai grand'' The press officer Jeremy Circus  ''MDM - Maman de merde'' The provisor Nicolas Goergen TV series (1 episode) 2018 ''Les disparus de Valenciennes'' Marianne Raguenelle Elsa Bennett & Hippolyte Dard TV movie 2019 ''Nina'' Marie-Pierre Jérôme Portheault TV series (1 episode) 2021 ''Cassandre'' Nathalie Marwen Abdallah TV series (1 episode)
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