Virginia Madsen

Madsen at the 2009 Academy Awards

Virginia Madsen (born September 11, 1961 in Chicago , Illinois ) is an American actress .

life and career

After graduating from high school , Madsen attended the Ted Liss Studio for Performing Arts in Chicago and the Harand Camp Adult Theater Seminar in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin . Her older brother Michael and his son Christian are also actors.

In the mid-1980s, when she was an actress committed to the role of seductress, her breakthrough failed. After guest roles in series like CSI: Miami , she made a comeback in Sideways . For her performance in the melancholy comedy , she received nominations for both an Oscar and a Golden Globe Award . For her role in Candyman's Fluch she received a Saturn Award in the category Best Actress in 1993 .

Personal

From 1989 to 1992 Madsen was married to actor and director Danny Huston . She has a son with the actor Antonio Sabato junior .

Filmography (selection)

Virginia Madsen (2006)

• 1983: Class
• 1984: The Desert Planet (Dune)
• 1984: Electric Dreams
• 1985: Creator - The Professor and Sin (Creator)
• 1986: Fire with Fire - Forbidden Passion (Fire with Fire)
• 1986: Modern Girls
• 1987: Blondes Die Earlier (Slam Dance)
• 1987: Zombie High
• 1988: Hot to Trot (Hot to Trot)
• 1989: The dead love better (Third Degree Burn)
• 1990: The Hot Spot - Playing with Fire (The Hot Spot)
• 1990: Highlander II - The Quickening
• 1991: Battle of Virginia (Ironclads)
• 1991: Becoming Colette
• 1992: Candyman's Curse (Candyman)
• 1993: The Secret of Linda (Linda)
• 1994: Blue Tiger
• 1995: God's Army - The Last Battle (The Prophecy)
• 1996: The assassination (Ghosts of Mississippi)
• 1997: The Rainmaker (The Rainmaker)
• 1998: Ambushed - Dark Rituals (Ambushed)
• 1998: Star Trek: Spaceship Voyager ( Star Trek: Voyager , TV series, episode 4x22)
• 1999: The Haunting (The Haunting)
• 1999: The Florentine
• 1999: Frasier (TV series, 3 episodes)
• 2000: Deadly Freedom (Children of Fortune)
• 2000: The Devil in You (Lying in Wait)
• 2002–2003: Dawson's Creek (TV series, episode 6x23)
• 2001: The ride home (Crossfire Trail)
• 2004: Sideways
• 2006: Firewall
• 2006: Robert Altman's Last Radio Show (A Prairie Home Companion)
• 2007: Astronaut Farmer (The Astronaut Farmer)
• 2007: Number 23 (The Number 23)
• 2007: Cutlass (short film)
• 2008: Memories to Go - Forgive ... and forget! (Diminished Capacity)
• 2009: The Haunting (The Haunting of Connecticut)
• 2009: Monk (TV series, 3 episodes)
• 2009: Wonder Woman (speaking role)
• 2011: Red Riding Hood - Under the Wolf Moon (Red Riding Hood)
• 2012: The Magic of Belle Isle - An Enchanted Summer (The Magic of Belle Isle)
• 2013: Witches of East End (TV series, 8 episodes)
• 2015: Dead Rising: Watchtower
• 2015: Joy - Anything but Ordinary (Joy)
• 2016: American Gothic (TV series, 13 episodes)
• 2016–2017: Designated Survivor (TV series, 15 episodes)
• 2016: Better Watch Out
• 2017: A Change of Heart
• 2018: 1985
• 2018: The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair ( The Truth About The Harry Quebert Affair , TV series, 10 episodes)

Web links

Commons : Virginia Madsen  - Collection of Images

• Virginia Madsen in the Internet Movie Database (English)