Pauline Virginie Déjazet (30 August 1798 – 1 December 1875) was a French actress, famous soubrette,[1] and a well-known travesti performer.

It was not until 1820, when she began her seven years' connexion with the recently founded Gymnase, that she won her triumphs in soubrette and "Breeches roles", which came to be known as "Dejazets."

Here, at the age of sixty-five she still had success in youthful parts, especially in a number of Sardou's earlier plays, previously unacted.

[5] Over a period of three decades, starting from the 1820s, Virginie Déjazet was a big draw at the box office as a comic actress and singer.

[5] She was a famous soubrette of the popular theatre, specialized in travesti (cross-roles) performance.