{{Short description|Canadian television series}} {{for|the U.S. state|Virginia}} {{other uses}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2024}} {{Infobox television | writer = Fabienne Larouche | starring = Chantal Fontaine (1996–2008)<br/>Stéphanie Crête-Blais (2007–2010) | country = Canada | language = French | num_seasons = 15 | num_episodes = 1,740 | location = Montreal | runtime = 30 minutes | company = Aetios Productions | network = Radio-Canada | first_aired = {{start date|1996|9|16}} | last_aired = {{end date|2010|12|16}} }} '''''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.<ref>{{cite web|title=Auteure, Fabienne Larouche|url=http://virginie.radio-canada.ca/main.php?i=68&t=mainpages&d=1&l=f|publisher=Radio-Canada|access-date=October 6, 2011|archive-date=April 25, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120425051333/http://virginie.radio-canada.ca/main.php?i=68&t=mainpages&d=1&l=f|url-status=live}}</ref>
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.<ref>{{cite web|last=COUDÉ-LORD|first=Michelle|title=Fidèles à Virginie jusqu'à la fin|url=http://lejournaldemontreal.canoe.com/journaldemontreal/artsetspectacles/television/archives/2010/12/20101220-030159.html|publisher=Le journal de Montréal|access-date=October 6, 2011}}{{dead link|date=April 2026|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>
==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 Canadian Army's Royal 22<sup>e</sup> 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, Véronique. 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 == * {{Official website|https://www.radio-canada.ca/television/virginie/index.asp|Virginie official website}} * {{IMDb title|id=0131689}}
==References== {{Reflist}}
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