Canadian television series

For the U.S. state, see Virginia.

For other uses, see Virginie (disambiguation).

Canadian TV series or program

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
Release
Original network| Radio-Canada
Original release| September 16, 1996 (1996-09-16) –
December 16, 2010 (2010-12-16)

Virginie was 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[edit]

* 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 22e 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[edit]

* “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[edit]

* 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[edit]

* Virginie official website
* Virginie at IMDb

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Auteure, Fabienne Larouche". Radio-Canada. Retrieved October 6, 2011.
2. ^ COUDÉ-LORD, Michelle. "Fidèles à Virginie jusqu'à la fin". Le journal de Montréal. Retrieved October 6, 2011.

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