Virginia Madsen
Acting
- Born:
- 1961-09-11
- Place of birth:
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
Biography
Virginia Gayle Madsen (born September 11, 1961) is an American actress and film producer. She made her film debut in Class (1983), which was filmed in her native Chicago. After she moved to Los Angeles, director David Lynch cast her as Princess Irulan in the science fiction film Dune (1984). Madsen then starred in a series of successful teen movies, including Electric Dreams (1984), Modern Girls (1986), and Fire with Fire (1986). Madsen received further recognition for her starring role as Helen Lyle in the horror film Candyman (1992). For her performance in Alexander Payne's comedy-drama Sideways (2004), Madsen was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. On television, Madsen has appeared in the comedy-drama series Moonlighting (1989), the comedy series Frasier (1998), the period drama series American Dreams (2002–2003), the murder mystery series Monk (2002–2009), the science fiction series The Event (2011), the supernatural drama series Witches of East End (2013–2014), the political thriller series Designated Survivor (2016–2017), and the DC Universe superhero horror series Swamp Thing (2019). Description above from the Wikipedia article Virginia Madsen, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Filmography
Street Smart
Sheepdog
Holidazed
Lola
Obliterated
The Portrait
Give Me an A
One Day as a Lion
Prey for the Devil
American Badass: A Michael Madsen Retrospective
Behind the Monsters
Candyman
Operation Christmas Drop
That Click
Swamp Thing
Her Smell
Spare Room
It Was Always You, Helen
1985
Red Christmas: Making 'Better Watch Out'
Better Watch Out
A Change of Heart
Burn Your Maps
Designated Survivor
Burning Bodhi
American Gothic
Joy
Lost Boy
An American Girl: Grace Stirs Up Success
Dead Rising: Watchtower
Walter
All the Wilderness
Metropolis
Road to Capri
Jake Squared
Witches of East End
The Hot Flashes
Anna Nicole
Crazy Kind of Love
The Last Keepers
Elementary
Ruth & Erica
The Magic of Belle Isle
Hornet's Nest
Hell on Wheels
Red Riding Hood
The Talk
Scoundrels
Father of Invention
Amelia
I Know a Woman Like That
The Haunting in Connecticut
Wonder Woman
Diminished Capacity
Cutlass
Being Michael Madsen
Francis Ford Coppola Directs 'John Grisham's the Rainmaker'
Ripple Effect
The Number 23
The Astronaut Farmer
Smith
The Megan Mullally Show
A Prairie Home Companion
Firewall
Stuart Little 3: Call of the Wild
Scooby-Doo! in Where's My Mummy?
I Love the '90s: Part Deux
Sideways
Dog Whisperer
Nobody Knows Anything!
Sweets to the Sweet: The 'Candyman' Mythos
Justice League Unlimited
Brave New Girl
Teen Titans
Spider-Man: The New Animated Series
Artworks
Tempted
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Boomtown
American Dreams
CSI: Miami
Monk
American Gun
Justice League
Just Ask My Children
Full Disclosure
Almost Salinas
Lying in Wait
Captured on Film: The True Story of Marion Davies
Crossfire Trail
Children of Fortune
After Sex
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
The Haunting
Ballad of the Nightingale
The Florentine
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
Ambushed
Dawson's Creek
The Rainmaker
The View
The Apocalypse Watch
The Practice
The Apocalypse Watch
Ghosts of Mississippi
Just Your Luck
The Prophecy
Star Trek: Voyager
Earth 2
Bitter Vengeance
Blue Tiger
Caroline at Midnight
Linda
Frasier
Candyman
A Murderous Affair: The Carolyn Warmus Story
Love Kills
Becoming Colette
Victim of Love
Ironclads
Highlander II: The Quickening
The Hot Spot
Heart of Dixie
Third Degree Burn
Hot to Trot
Gotham
Mr. North
Zombie High
Slam Dance
Long Gone
Modern Girls
Fire with Fire
Mussolini: The Untold Story
Creator
Moonlighting
The Hearst and Davies Affair
Dune
A Matter of Principle
Electric Dreams
The Hitchhiker
Class
American Playhouse
The Oscars
The Ice at the Bottom of the World