Virginia Madsen
Acting
Born 1961-09-11
Chicago, Illinois, USA
144 credits
Screen Actors Guild Awards 1
Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Female 1
Saturn Award for Best Actress 1
Awards
Nominated for 1 Academy Award
Academy Awards 1 nominated
- 2005 Best Supporting Actress Nominated Sideways
Screen Actors Guild Awards 1 won · 1 nominated
- 2005 Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture Won
- — Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role Nominated Sideways
Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Female 1 won · 1 nominated
Saturn Award for Best Actress 1 won · 1 nominated
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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).
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Acting
59 credits
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
CSI: Miami
Frasier
Monk
Elementary
Star Trek: Voyager
The View
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
The Practice
Dawson's Creek
The Talk
American Playhouse
Designated Survivor
Teen Titans
Hell on Wheels
Moonlighting
Justice League Unlimited
The Oscars
American Dreams
Spider-Man: The New Animated Series
Obliterated
The Hitchhiker
Justice League
Dune
The Megan Mullally Show
Swamp Thing
Witches of East End
Red Riding Hood
Dog Whisperer
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
Boomtown
The Hot Spot
The Rainmaker
The Number 23
Earth 2
The Haunting
Candyman
Candyman
Joy
Prey for the Devil
Sideways
The Haunting in Connecticut
The Prophecy
Firewall
Her Smell
Wonder Woman
Better Watch Out
Highlander II: The Quickening
Scooby-Doo! in Where's My Mummy?
Stuart Little 3: Call of the Wild
Smith
Electric Dreams
American Gothic
The Magic of Belle Isle
Amelia
Class
Dead Rising: Watchtower
Fire with Fire
Operation Christmas Drop
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