# Virginie

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{{Short description|Canadian television series}}
{{for|the U.S. state|Virginia}}
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{{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](/source/Montreal)
| runtime              = 30 minutes
| company              = Aetios Productions
| network              = [Radio-Canada](/source/T%C3%A9l%C3%A9vision_de_Radio-Canada)
| first_aired          = {{start date|1996|9|16}}
| last_aired           = {{end date|2010|12|16}}
}}
'''''Virginie''''' is a [French-language](/source/French-language) [Canadian](/source/Television_in_Canada) [television series](/source/television_series) that aired Monday through Thursday on [Radio-Canada](/source/T%C3%A9l%C3%A9vision_de_Radio-Canada) (the French-language [CBC](/source/CBC_Television) 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](/source/Joan_of_Arc) [high school](/source/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](/source/t%C3%A9l%C3%A9roman)''-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](/source/St%C3%A9phanie_Cr%C3%AAte-Blais), 2007–2010) is a [physical education](/source/physical_education) teacher at the school.
* '''Frédéric Perreault''' ([Maxime Denommée](/source/Maxime_Denomm%C3%A9e)), boyfriend of Virginie Charest, is a member of the [Canadian Army](/source/Canadian_Army)'s [Royal 22<sup>e</sup> Régiment](/source/Royal_22e_R%C3%A9giment) and currently based in [Afghanistan](/source/Afghanistan). The 2009 season finale cliffhanger suggested that the character died on duty.
* '''Stéphane Lessieur''' ([Peter Miller](/source/Peter_Miller_(actor))), former boyfriend of Virginie Boivin and father of her two children. He is currently a police officer with the [Sûreté du Québec](/source/S%C3%BBret%C3%A9_du_Qu%C3%A9bec). 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](/source/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](/source/Genevi%C3%A8ve_N%C3%A9ron))
* '''Sylvain Lajoie''' (Cédric Pépin)
* '''Véronique Gagnon''' (Christine Beaulieu)

==Past characters==
* '''Virginie Boivin''' ([Chantal Fontaine](/source/Chantal_Fontaine), 1996–2008) was the main character until 2008 when she left the series. She was a [physical education](/source/physical_education) teacher at the school, who left to live in [Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean](/source/Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean) with her two young children.
* '''Maurice Ladouceur''' ([Jean-François Mercier](/source/Jean-Fran%C3%A7ois_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](/source/Claude_Blanchard) as Pierre Boivin
* [Anne Dorval](/source/Anne_Dorval) as Lucie Chabot
* [Jean-François Pichette](/source/Jean-Fran%C3%A7ois_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](/source/Pauline_Martin) as Suzanne Simoneau
* Bernard Fortin as Marc Dupras
* Muriel Dutil as Lise Bombardier
* [Frédéric Pierre](/source/Fr%C3%A9d%C3%A9ric_Pierre_(actor)) 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](/source/Yvan_Ponton) as Luc Paré
* [Denis Bernard](/source/Denis_Bernard_(actor)) as Roger Tremblay
* [Laurence Leboeuf](/source/Laurence_Leboeuf) as Évelyne Boivin
* Roxanne Gaudette-Loiseau as Pénélope Chabot-Charron
* [Omar Sharif Jr.](/source/Omar_Sharif_Jr.) as Oliver Briscbois
* [Béatrice Picard](/source/B%C3%A9atrice_Picard) as Alice
* Cleo Tellier as Émilie
* Dominique Lévesque as Henri-Paul Dutrisac
* [Maxim Roy](/source/Maxim_Roy) as Marie-Claude Roy
* [Pierre Curzi](/source/Pierre_Curzi) as Gilles Bazinet
* [Robert Gravel](/source/Robert_Gravel) as Gilles Bazinet 
* [Lucie Laurier](/source/Lucie_Laurier) as Karine Constantin
* [Antoine Bertrand](/source/Antoine_Bertrand) as Patrick Betrand
* Tony Conte as Pietro Curvo
* [André Ducharme](/source/Andr%C3%A9_Ducharme) as Alain Gauthier
* [Maxim Gaudette](/source/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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Jason_Roy_L%C3%A9veill%C3%A9e) 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](/source/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==
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Category:Television shows filmed in Quebec
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Category:2000s Canadian drama television series
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