Virginie
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Stéphanie Crête-Blais (2007–2010)
| 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 |
| Original release | |
| Network | Radio-Canada |
| Release | September 16, 1996 – December 16, 2010 |
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.[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]
- 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 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, 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)