Virginia Madsen

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Virginia Madsen
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Madsen in 2012
Born (1961-09-11) September 11, 1961 (age 63) [1] [2]
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Education New Trier High School
Occupations
  • Actress
  • producer
Years active1983–present
Spouse
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​
(m. 1989;div. 1992)​
Nick Holmes
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(m. 2020)​
Partner(s) Antonio Sabàto Jr.
(1993–1998)
Children1
Mother Elaine Madsen
Relatives
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Virginia Madsen (born September 11, 1961) is an American actress. She is the recipient of two Critics' Choice Awards, an Independent Spirit Award, and a Screen Actors Guild Award, in addition to nominations for one Academy Award and one Golden Globe Award.

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Madsen made her film debut in 1983 with a small part in Class . Her breakout role came the following year when she played Princess Irulan in David Lynch's Dune . After a string of parts in teen films, comedies and thrillers of varying commercial success, Madsen received critical acclaim and a Saturn Award for Best Actress for her portrayal of grad student Helen Lyle in Candyman (1992). Other notable film appearances during this period included The Prophecy (1995), Ghosts of Mississippi (1996), and The Rainmaker (1997). For her portrayal of waitress Maya Randall in Sideways (2004), Madsen was nominated for the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress. Subsequent credits include A Prairie Home Companion (2006), The Number 23 (2007), The Haunting in Connecticut (2009), Joy (2015), and Lola (2024).

Outside film, Madsen has played recurring roles on Moonlighting (1989), Frasier (1998), American Dreams (2002–2003), Monk (2009), The Event (2011), Hell on Wheels (2012), Witches of East End (2013–2014), and Designated Survivor (2016–2017). Other television credits include American Gothic (2016), The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair (2018), and Swamp Thing (2019). She is married and has one child.

Early life

Virginia Madsen was born in Chicago, Illinois, [3] the daughter of Elaine (née Nelson), who became an Emmy Award-winning filmmaker and author, and Calvin Christian Madsen, a firefighter. [4] After Madsen's parents divorced in the late 1960s, when the children were young, her mother left a career in finance to pursue a career in the arts, encouraged by film critic Roger Ebert. [5] Madsen's siblings are Michael Madsen, an actor, and Cheryl Madsen, an entrepreneur. Her paternal grandparents were Danish, and her mother has Irish and Scottish along with distant Native American ancestry. [6] Madsen and her best friend Rusty Schwimmer are graduates of New Trier High School in Winnetka, Illinois. [7]

Madsen later attended the Ted Liss Acting Studio in Chicago, and Harand Camp Adult Theater Seminar in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin. Of her experience with Liss, she said: "I had wanted to join his class since I was 12. It was well worth the wait because I don't think I could have got that sort of training anywhere else, especially in the United States ... I always wanted to make a real career out of acting." [8]

Career

Film

Madsen made her acting debut at age 22, in a bit part where she landed her role as Lisa in the romantic comedy film Class (1983), co-starring Jacqueline Bisset and Rob Lowe. She next appeared in Kenny Loggins' music video for "I'm Free (Heaven Helps the Man)" from the Footloose (1984) soundtrack.

She portrayed a cellist named Madeline in the science fiction comedy Electric Dreams with Lenny Von Dohlen (1984). She was cast as Princess Irulan in David Lynch's science fiction epic Dune (1984). [9] In 1985, she starred as Boris (Vincent Spano)'s romantic interest Barbara in the film Creator , which also starred Peter O'Toole.

Madsen at the 2006 San Francisco International Film Festival VirginiaMadsenSFIFF06 adj.jpg
Madsen at the 2006 San Francisco International Film Festival

Madsen first became known to audiences in 1986 with her portrayal of a Catholic school girl who fell in love with a boy from a prison camp in Duncan Gibbons' Fire with Fire , though the film drew scathing reviews. As beauty queen Dixie Lee Boxx, she was the love interest of minor league baseball manager Cecil "Stud" Cantrell (William Petersen) in the HBO original film Long Gone (1987). That same year she also appeared in the music video for "I Found Someone" by Cher. She played a secretary named Allison Rowe in the comedy film Hot to Trot (1988).

Madsen also played femme fatales in films such as Slam Dance (1987), Gotham (1988), The Hot Spot (1990), which co-starred Don Johnson and Jennifer Connelly, and Linda (1993).

She also starred as Helen Lyle, an anthropology student, in the horror film Candyman (1992), which drew good reviews and was a box office success.

She appeared in a small role in the Francis Ford Coppola drama The Rainmaker (1997) alongside Matt Damon and Claire Danes. Film critic Roger Ebert said that Madsen had a "strong scene", [10] while reviewer James Berardinelli noted that "the supporting cast is solid, with turns from . . . Virginia Madsen as a witness for the plaintiff". [11]

Madsen delivered a critically acclaimed performance in Sideways (2004), directed by Alexander Payne. Her role catapulted her onto the Hollywood A-list. [12]

Her first major role after Sideways was opposite Harrison Ford and Paul Bettany in Firewall (2006). She later appeared in Robert Altman's A Prairie Home Companion , in a key role as the angel. She co-starred alongside Jim Carrey in The Number 23 and Billy Bob Thornton in The Astronaut Farmer ; both films were released in North America on February 23, 2007. She voiced Queen Hippolyta, mother of Wonder Woman, in the animated film Wonder Woman (2009).

Television

In 1988, Madsen appeared as Maddie Hayes' cousin in the fifth and final season of the ABC drama series Moonlighting . She has since made various television appearances, including Star Trek: Voyager , CSI: Miami , Dawson's Creek , The Practice , Frasier , and other television series. She was also co-host of the long-running television series Unsolved Mysteries in 1999, during the show's eleventh season (which was also the second and final season on CBS). She starred alongside Ray Liotta in the short-lived CBS crime drama series Smith . She also had a recurring role in the eighth and final season in the USA Network comedy-drama series Monk .

In 2010, she landed the starring role of Cheryl West in the ABC comedy-drama series Scoundrels . In December 2010, it was announced that she would be joining the cast of the NBC science fiction series The Event . [13] In 2012, she joined the cast of the AMC western drama series Hell on Wheels as Mrs. Hannah Durant, first appearing in episode eight of season 2, "The Lord's Day". In 2013, Madsen began appearing on Lifetime's Witches of East End as Penelope Gardiner, the main villainess of the first season.

She starred as Speaker Kimble Hookstraten in the first season of the ABC political drama series Designated Survivor . [14]

Producer

In 2008, she formed her own film production company called Title IX Productions. [15] Her first project was a film made with her mother titled I Know a Woman Like That. The film is a documentary about the lives of older women. On the creation of the film, she said her mother's active lifestyle was an inspiration to start filming.

My mother's level of activity, of productivity, was exactly why I thought a project like this would work. Originally, when we put the idea together, she had said, "I'm far too busy. I'm going to Holland, and then I'm going here and there and I'm writing my book." But that's really what it's about. [16]

Personal life

Madsen was married to actor and director Danny Huston after meeting on the set of Mr. North (1988). They married in 1989 and divorced in 1992. [17] Madsen was in a long-term relationship with Antonio Sabàto Jr., with whom she has one son, from 1993 to 1998. [18] Madsen has been married to Gilmore Girls actor Nick Holmes since 2020.[ citation needed ]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1983 Class Lisa
1984 Electric Dreams Madeline Robistat
Dune Princess Irulan
1985The Hearst and Davies AffairMarion DaviesTV movie
Creator Barbara Spencer
1986 Fire with Fire Lisa Taylor
Modern Girls Kelly
1987 Long Gone Dixie Lee BoxxTV movie
Slam Dance Yolanda Caldwell
Zombie High Andrea Miller
1988 Mr. North Sally Boffin
Gotham Rachel CarlyleTV movie
Hot to Trot Allison Rowe
1989 Third Degree Burn Anne ScholesTV movie
Heart of Dixie Delia June Curry
1990 The Hot Spot Dolly Harshaw
1991 Highlander II: The Quickening Louise Marcus
Ironclads Betty StuartTV movie
Victim of Love Carla SimonsTV movie
Becoming Colette Polaire Sorel
Love KillsRebecca BishopTV movie
1992 Candyman Helen Lyle
A Murderous Affair: The Carolyn Warmus Story Carolyn Warmus TV movie
1993 Linda Linda CowleyTV movie
1994 Caroline at Midnight Susan Prince
Blue Tiger Gina Hayes
Bitter VengeanceAnnie WestfordTV movie
1995 The Prophecy Katherine
1996Just Your LuckKimVideo
Ghosts of Mississippi Dixie DeLaughter
1997 The Apocalypse Watch Karin De VriesTV movie
The Rainmaker Jackie Lemanczyk
1998 Ambushed Lucy Monroe
1999 The Florentine Molly
Ballad of the NightingaleMo Lewis
The Haunting Jane Vance
2000 After Sex Traci
Children of FortuneIngrid BastTV movie
2001 Crossfire Trail Anne RodneyTV movie
Lying in Wait Vera Miller
Almost Salinas Clare
Full Disclosure Brenda HopkinsVideo
Just Ask My Children Brenda KniffenTV movie
2002 American Gun Penny Tillman
2003TemptedEmma BurkeTV movie
Artworks Emma Becker
Nobody Knows Anything!Prison Lawyer
2004 Brave New Girl Wanda LovellTV movie
Sideways Maya Randall
2005 Scooby-Doo! in Where's My Mummy? Cleopatra (voice)Video
Stuart Little 3: Call of the Wild The Beast (voice)Video
2006 Firewall Beth Stanfield
A Prairie Home Companion Dangerous Woman
The Astronaut Farmer Audrey "Audie" Farmer
2007 The Number 23 Agatha Sparrow/Fabrizia
Ripple Effect Sherry Atrash
Cutlass RobinShort
Being Michael Madsen Herself
2008 Diminished Capacity Charlotte
2009 Wonder Woman Hippolyta (voice)Video
The Haunting in Connecticut Sara Campbell
2010 Father of Invention Lorraine King
2011 Red Riding Hood Suzette
Marriage DramaLindaShort
2012 Hornet's Nest Judy HammerTV movie
The Magic of Belle Isle Charlotte O'Neil
2013 The Last Keepers Abigail Carver
The Hot Flashes Clementine Winks
Crazy Kind of Love Augusta Iris
The Anna Nicole Story Virgie Arthur TV movie
Jake Squared Beth
2014 All the Wilderness Abigail Charm
2015 Walter Karen Benjamin
Dead Rising: Watchtower Maggie
An American Girl: Grace Stirs Up Success Karen Thomas
Burning Bodhi Naomi
Joy Terry Mangano
2016 Burn Your Maps Victoria
Better Watch Out Deandra Lerner
2017 A Change of Heart Deena
2018 1985 Eileen Lester
Her Smell Ania Adamcyzk
Spare RoomNat
2020 Operation Christmas Drop Congresswoman Angie Bradford
2021 Candyman Helen Lyle (voice)
2022 Give Me An A Coach Judy
Prey for the Devil Dr. Peters
2023 One Day as a Lion Valerie Brisky
The Portrait Mags
2024 Lola James Mona

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1984 American Playhouse Lou Ellen PurdyEpisode: "A Matter of Principle"
1985 Mussolini: The Untold Story Claretta Petacci Main Cast
1987 The Hitchhiker ChristinaEpisode: "Perfect Order"
1989 Moonlighting Annie CharnockRecurring Cast: Season 5
1994 Earth 2 Alonzo Solace's Dance PartnerEpisode: "The Church of Morgan"
1998 Star Trek: Voyager KellinEpisode: "Unforgettable"
1999 Frasier Cassandra StoneRecurring Cast: Season 6
Unsolved Mysteries Herself/Co-HostMain Co-Host: Season 11
2001 The Practice Marsha EllisonRecurring Cast: Season 6
2002 Justice League Dr. Sarah Corwin (voice)Episode: "The Brave and the Bold: Part I & II"
2002–03 American Dreams Rebecca SandstromRecurring Cast: Season 1
2003Pet StarHerself/Celebrity Judge #2Episode: "Episode #2.1 & "#2.3"
Dawson's Creek Maddy AllenRecurring Cast: Season 6
Spider-Man: The New Animated Series Silver Sable (voice)Recurring Cast
CSI: Miami Krista WalkerEpisode: "Death Grip"
Boomtown Erika AshlandEpisode: "The Big Picture"
2005 Teen Titans Arella (voice)Episode: "The Prophecy"
2005–06 Justice League Unlimited Veronica Sinclair/Roulette (voice)Guest Cast: Season 2-3
2006 Hollywood Greats HerselfEpisode: "Harrison Ford"
TV Land's Top TenHerselfRecurring Guest
2006–07 Smith Hope StevensMain Cast
2006–08 Dog Whisperer with Cesar Millan HerselfGuest Cast: Season 3-4
2009 Orangutan Island Herself/NaratorEpisode: "Cheating Extinction"
Monk T.K. JensenRecurring Cast: Season 8
2010 Scoundrels Cheryl WestMain Cast
2011 The Event Senator Catherine LewisRecurring Cast: Season 1
2012JanMelRecurring Cast
Hell on Wheels Mrs. Hannah DurantRecurring Cast: Season 2
Ruth & EricaMelEpisode: "September"
2013 Who's Cooking with Florence Henderson HerselfEpisode: "Virginia Madsen"
SusannaMelEpisode: "Episode #1.12"
Witches of East End Penelope Gardiner Recurring Cast: Season 1
2014 A Healthy You & Carol Alt HerselfEpisode: "May 3, 2014"
Let's Go to the MoviesHerselfEpisode: "Virginia Madsen"
2015 Metropolis HerselfRecurring Guest
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Beth Anne RollinsEpisode: "Maternal Instincts"
2015–16 Celebrity Name Game Herself/Celebrity PlayerEpisode: "Ross Mathews & Virginia Madsen 1-3"
2016 Pickle and Peanut Jackson (voice)Episode: "Night Shift/Scalped"
American Gothic Madeline HawthorneMain Cast
2016–17 Designated Survivor Kimble HookstratenRecurring Cast: Season 1
2016–19 Elementary Paige CowanGuest Cast: Season 4-5 & 7
2017 Voltron: Legendary Defender Commander Heera (voice)Episode: "Hole in the Sky"
2018 The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair Tamara QuinnMain Cast
2019 Swamp Thing Maria Sunderland [19] Main Cast
2021Behind the MonstersHerselfEpisode: "Candyman"
2023 Obliterated Marge McKnightEpisode: "Walks of Shame"
2024HolidazedConnie Manetti-HanahanRecurring Cast

Music Videos

YearSongArtist
1984"I'm Free (Heaven Helps the Man)" Kenny Loggins
1986"But Not Tonight" Depeche Mode
1987"I Found Someone" Cher
1989"Liberian Girl" Michael Jackson

Documentary

YearTitle
2001Captured on Film: The True Story of Marion Davies
2003Complicated Women
2009I Know a Woman Like That
2012Made in New Mexico
2013Battling Darkness
2016Joy, Strength and Perseverance

Podcasts

YearTitle
2018–21 Imagined Life
2020–23Little Stories Everywhere
2021–23Whose Amazing Life?

Awards and nominations

YearNominated workAwardResult
1993 Candyman Avoriaz Fantastic Film Festival Award for Best ActressWon [20] [21]
Fangoria Chainsaw Award for Best Actress Won [22]
Saturn Award for Best Actress Won [23]
2004 Sideways Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Cast Won
Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress Won
Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Acting Ensemble Won
Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Supporting Actress Won
Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress Won
Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Female Won
Iowa Film Critics Award for Best Supporting ActressWon
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress Won
National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actress Won
New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actress Won
New York Film Critics Online Award for Best Supporting Actress Won
Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best CastWon
San Francisco Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actress Won
Satellite Award for Best Cast – Motion Picture Won
Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture Won
Seattle Film Critics Award for Best Supporting ActressWon
Southeastern Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting ActressWon
Toronto Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress Won
Vancouver Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actress Won
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress Nominated
Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture Nominated
Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actress Nominated
Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture Nominated
Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role Nominated
Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress Nominated
2006 A Prairie Home Companion Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Cast Nominated
Gotham Independent Film Award for Best Ensemble Cast Nominated

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