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The Beach's Virginie Ledoyen has a wholesome look in the French movie musical Jeanne and the Perfect Guy.
By Rob. Walton
Playboy.com: In the American press, you've been compared to all the Gallic greats: Bardot, Deneuve, Béatrice Dalle. Do you like these comparisons?
Virginie Ledoyen: I have no special idea about it. You're always compared to someone, especially when you're a French actress. There are few French actors known in the United States, so you always have these kind of comparisons, but it's fine. They're great actresses, so it's quite flattering, but I don't think that I have anything in common with them, other than being French.
PB: You moved out on your own when you were 16 years old. Is that common in Paris?
VL: It's not very common. I didn't move from my parents' place because I had a problem with them. I didn't move very far; we were living almost on the same street. It was just because I started working and I started having money and I just wanted to pay for my own apartment, my own phone bills. It was something very important for me.
PB: I hear you like to take the subway in different cities. Don't people recognize you, especially in Paris?
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photo: Strand Releasing
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THE BASICS
WHO IS SHE?:
Actress/model Virginie Ledoyen, 24, is the first woman to pique Leonardo DiCaprio's attention on screen since Jack Dawson sank to the bottom of the Atlantic more than two years ago. In The Beach, American backpacker Leo splashes around warmer waters with Virginie, the French beauty whom he seduces away from her traveling companion on a secluded island paradise.
WHAT HAS SHE DONE?:
The veteran of more than 20 French films, her recent roles include a young hotel maid in A Single Girl, a kinky, bohemian fashion designer in Late August, Early September and a promiscuous romantic in the movie musical Jeanne and the Perfect Guy. She got her first screen kiss (from Marcello Mastroianni) at the age of 14 in The Children Thief. Modeling since the age of two for everything from linguini to Lacoste, she is now on L'Oréal's dream team, joining the sisterhood of Claudia Schiffer, Laetitia Casta, Gong Li, Milla Jovovich and Jennifer Lopez. Look for Virginie next year in the cable version of Les Misérables with John Malkovich and Gérard Depardieu.
WHY DO WE CARE?:
She's got Meryl Streep's talent and Liv Tyler's libido. This fiercely independent actress isn't afraid to get dramatic or undressed.
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