Virginie
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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.
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.
Louise Pouliot (Pascale Desrochers)Louise left after giving birth to her child.
Télévision de Radio-Canada
Télévision de Radio-Canada is a Canadian French language television network. It is owned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, known in French as Société Radio-Canada. Headquarters are at Maison Radio-Canada in Montreal, which is also home to the network's flagship station, CBFT-DT...
(the French-language CBC
CBC Television
CBC Television is a Canadian television network owned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, the national public broadcaster.Although the CBC is supported by public funding, the television network supplements this funding with commercial advertising revenue, in contrast to CBC Radio which are...
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
High school
High school is a term used in parts of the English speaking world to describe institutions which provide all or part of secondary education. The term is often incorporated into the name of such institutions....
. 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
Téléroman
A téléroman is a French-language dramatic programming television series, similar to a soap opera or a Spanish language telenovela, in Canada. In France, the téléroman genre is known as feuilleton télévisé...
-style drama that often used "cliffhangers" in the storylines. It aired 120 episodes per year of 30 minutes each.
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.
Current main characters
- Virginie Charest (Stéphanie Crête-Blais, 2007–present) is a physical educationPhysical educationPhysical education or gymnastics is a course taken during primary and secondary education that encourages psychomotor learning in a play or movement exploration setting....
teacher at the school. - Frédéric Perreault (Maxime Denommée), boyfriend of Virginie Charest, is a member of the Royal 22e RégimentRoyal 22e RégimentThe Royal 22nd Regiment is an infantry regiment and the most famous francophone organization of the Canadian Forces. The regiment comprises three Regular Force battalions, two Primary Reserve battalions, and a band, making it the largest regiment in the Canadian Army...
and currently based in AfghanistanAfghanistanAfghanistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located in the centre of Asia, forming South Asia, Central Asia and the Middle East. With a population of about 29 million, it has an area of , making it the 42nd most populous and 41st largest nation in the world...
. 2009 season finale cliffhanger suggested that the character died on duty. - Stéphane Lessieur (Peter MillerPeter Miller (actor)Peter Miller is a Canadian actor.Miller currently appears in the centre-piece CBC TV drama MVP. He has appeared in the SRC drama Virginie since 1996. Miller recently portrayed Galeazzo Maria Sforza in the 2009 short-film series Assassin's Creed: Lineage...
), former boyfriend of Virginie Boivin and father of her two children. He is currently a police officer with the Sûreté du QuébecSûreté du QuébecSûreté du Québec or SQ is the provincial police force for the Canadian province of 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
- Maurice Ladouceur (Jean-François Mercier) Maurice got killed by a drunk driver.
Louise Pouliot (Pascale Desrochers)Louise left after giving birth to her child.
- Virginie Boivin (Chantal Fontaine, 1996–2008) was the main character until 2008 when she left the series. She was a physical educationPhysical educationPhysical education or gymnastics is a course taken during primary and secondary education that encourages psychomotor learning in a play or movement exploration setting....
teacher at the school, who left to live in Saguenay-Lac-Saint-JeanSaguenay-Lac-Saint-JeanSaguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean is a region in Quebec, Canada. It contains the Saguenay Fjord, the estuary of the Saguenay River, stretching through much of the region...
with her two young children. - Patrick Labbé as Gary Lamothe
- Monique Chabot as Cécile Boivin
- Claude Blanchard as Pierre Boivin
- Anne Dorval as Lucie Chabot
- 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
- Dominique Lévesque as Henri-Paul Dutrisac
- Maxim Roy as Marie-Claude Roy
- Pierre Curzi 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 Soeur Jacinthe Lacroix
- Linda Malo as Sophie Lapierre
- Isabelle Maréchal as Andréanne Rocheleau
- Lise Martin as Soeur 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
- 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