Virginie Gervais
French actress
Virginie Gervais (born 24 June 1979), also known as Virginie Caprice, is a French glamour model, television personality, and former pornographic actress.
Early life
The Versailles-born Caprice was the 2005 winner of FHM France's "High Street Honeys" competition. It was later discovered that she had made an adult film before being famous, which appeared soon on the Internet and propelled her to fame.
Career
In 2002, a German porn producer contacted Gervais. He proposed that she appear in his next film... X, Anmacherinnen 15: Enge Spalten. Later she started using a new model name, 'Virginie Caprice', as her success continued and increased her appearances in TV commercials, music videos, films and magazines. In 2007 she participated in another adult film, the Story of Virginie (2007), produced by Marc Dorcel and distributed by Wicked Pictures.
In February 2008, she played the role of a stripper in Episode 10 of the French TV series, Paris enquêtes criminelles. The episode, Un cri dans la nuit (A scream in the night) was broadcast on TF1 in February 2008.
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