Virginie

*Virginie*
Virginie
Written by	Fabienne Larouche
Starring	Chantal Fontaine (1996–2008); Stéphanie Crête-Blais (2007–2010)
Country of origin	Canada
Original language	French
No. of seasons	15
No. of episodes	1,740
Production
Production location	Montreal
Running time	30 minutes
Production company	Aetios Productions
Original release
Network	Radio-Canada
Release	September 16, 1996 –; December 16, 2010

Virginie is a French-language Canadian television series that aired Monday through Thursday on Radio-Canada (the French-language CBC television network). It debuted in 1996. The show examined the public and private lives of teachers, students, and families at the fictional Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc high school. It frequently dealt with controversial social topics, such as teen drug use, ethnic prejudice, divorce, and other subjects touching on contemporary Quebec life. "Virginie" was a téléroman-style drama that often used "cliffhangers" in the storylines. It aired 120 episodes per year of 30 minutes each.^[1]

The series was produced and largely written by Fabienne Larouche. Virginie ended in December 2010 after 15 years on air; the last episode aired on December 15, 2010. The final episode drew more than 807,000 viewers in Quebec, or about 200,000 more than its average viewership for a typical episode. The program maintained a high level of popularity throughout its television run.^[2]

Current main characters

Virginie Charest (Stéphanie Crête-Blais, 2007–2010) is a physical education teacher at the school.
Frédéric Perreault (Maxime Denommée), boyfriend of Virginie Charest, is a member of the Royal 22^e Régiment and currently based in Afghanistan. The 2009 season finale cliffhanger suggested that the character died on duty.
Stéphane Lessieur (Peter Miller), former boyfriend of Virginie Boivin and father of her two children. He is currently a police officer with the Sûreté du Québec. He dated the sexologist of the school, Veronique. He is now dating Virginie Charest
Bernard Paré (Jean L'Italien)
Pierre Lacaille (JiCi Lauzon)
Hercule Bellehumeur (Martin Larocque) He is an overweight gym teacher. He is dating Agathe, who is also a gym teacher. Hercule is always on a diet...but loves food and eating too much to resist!
Péneloppe Belhumeur (Sonia Vachon) She was a teacher at Ste-Jeanne D'arc. She is the sister of Hercule Belhummeur, the gym teacher. She used to date Lacaille, and had a child with him.
Hugo Lacasse (played by Patrice Bissonnette before the 2002 season, then by Fabien Dupuis)
Michel Rivest (Marcel Leboeuf)
Ghislaine Cormier (Louise Deschâtelets)
Monique Rivest (Annick Bergeron)
René Ouellet (Michel Forget)
* Bobby Rajotte (Hubert Proulx)
Pierre-Paul Laporte (Benoit Langlais)

Other current characters

“Toutoune” Laporte (Eric Hoziel)
Cathie Laurendeau (Joëlle Morin)
Juge Pringle (Réjean Lefrançois)
Agathe Sirois (Geneviève Néron)
Sylvain Lajoie (Cédric Pépin)
Véronique Gagnon (Christine Beaulieu)

Past characters

Virginie Boivin (Chantal Fontaine, 1996–2008) was the main character until 2008 when she left the series. She was a physical education teacher at the school, who left to live in Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean with her two young children.
Maurice Ladouceur (Jean-François Mercier) Maurice was killed by a drunk driver.
Louise Pouliot (Pascale Desrochers) Louise left after giving birth to her child.
Patrick Labbé as Gary Lamothe
Monique Chabot as Cécile Boivin
Claude Blanchard as Pierre Boivin
Anne Dorval as Lucie Chabot
Jean-François Pichette as Daniel Charron
Marie-Joanne Boucher as Claudie Paré
Julie Vincent as Dominique Latreille
Frédéric Angers as Guillaume Tremblay
Michel Daigle as Édouard Lirette
Katerine Mousseau as Mireille Langlois
Jacques L'Heureux as Julien Constantin
Nathalie Gascon as Andrée Constantin*
Véronique Bannon as Karine Constantin
Patrice Godin as Marc Dubuc
Pauline Martin as Suzanne Simoneau
Bernard Fortin as Marc Dupras
Muriel Dutil as Lise Bombardier
Frédéric Pierre as Sylvestre Paul
Alexandra Laverdière as Julie Constantin
Marie-Josée Normand as Marilyn Potvin
Fanny Lauzier as Véronique Bernier
Jean Petitclerc as Michel Francoeur
Denyse Chartier as Carmen Paré
Yvan Ponton as Luc Paré
Denis Bernard as Roger Tremblay
Laurence Leboeuf as Évelyne Boivin
Roxanne Gaudette-Loiseau as Pénélope Chabot-Charron
Omar Sharif Jr. as Oliver Briscbois
Béatrice Picard as Alice
Cleo Tellier as Émilie
Dominique Lévesque as Henri-Paul Dutrisac
Maxim Roy as Marie-Claude Roy
Pierre Curzi as Gilles Bazinet
Robert Gravel as Gilles Bazinet
Lucie Laurier as Karine Constantin
Antoine Bertrand as Patrick Betrand
Tony Conte as Pietro Curvo
André Ducharme as Alain Gauthier
Maxim Gaudette as Éric Pouliot
Martin Gendron as Stéphane Pouliot
Myriam Houle as Kim Dubé
Nicole Leblanc as Yolande Lacaille
Pierre Legris as Robert Bourdages
Danièle Lorain as Sœur Jacinthe Lacroix
Linda Malo as Sophie Lapierre
Isabelle Maréchal as Andréanne Rocheleau
Lise Martin as Sœur Rose-Marie
Dominique Michel as Geneviève Leblanc
Louis-David Morasse as Simon Laberge
Iannicko N'Doua-Légaré as Claude Armand
Patricia Nolin as Marie Lalonde
Eric Paulhus as Guy Landry
Julien Poulin as Jean-Louis Beaudry
Adèle Reinhardt as Normande Legault
Cleo Tellier as Élève principale
Geneviève Rochette as Maria-Isabella Ortiz
Martin Rouette as Videk Striknër
Jason Roy Léveillée as Steve Ferron
Isabelle Sénécal-Lapointe as Léa-Marie Clément
Caroline Tanguay as Annie Legault
Lily Thibeault as Josiane Despaties
Daniel Thomas as Philippe Gagné
Johanne-Marie Tremblay as Ginette Boivin
Sonia Vachon as Pénélope Belhumeur
Rosie Yale as Lily Péloquin

External links

References

^ "Auteure, Fabienne Larouche". Radio-Canada. Archived from the original on April 25, 2012. Retrieved October 6, 2011.
^ COUDÉ-LORD, Michelle. "Fidèles à Virginie jusqu'à la fin". Le journal de Montréal. Archived from the original on July 16, 2012. Retrieved October 6, 2011.

[1] "Auteure, Fabienne Larouche". Radio-Canada. Archived from the original on April 25, 2012. Retrieved October 6, 2011.

[2] COUDÉ-LORD, Michelle. "Fidèles à Virginie jusqu'à la fin". Le journal de Montréal. Archived from the original on July 16, 2012. Retrieved October 6, 2011.

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