| Virginia Madsen  Born: 11-Sep-1961 [1]
Birthplace: Chicago, IL
Gender: Female
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Actor Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Dune to Sideways Virginia Madsen first came to widespread attention as Princess Irulan in David Lynch's Dune, and her most famous films include the schlocky but scary Candyman, the abysmal Highlander II, and The Rainmaker. More recently, she was Oscar-nominated for her performance as Paul Giamatti's long-suffering girlfriend in Sideways. Still, much of her career has been spent in forgettable made-for-cable movies. She also starred in Brave New Girl, a 2004 ABC Family movie based on a novel by Britney Spears and Spears' mother. In the late 1990s, she briefly co-hosted Unsolved Mysteries with Robert Stack. In the early 2000s, she was a regular on the first season of American Dreams.
[1] The New Trier Alumni Association lists her high school graduation date as 1979. Widely reported claims that Madsen was born in 1963 are thus unlikely to be true.
Father: Cal Madsen (firefighter)
Mother: Elaine Madsen (poet, playwright)
Brother: Michael Madsen (actor, b. 25-Sep-1958)
Boyfriend: Bill Campbell (dated 1981-89, broken engagement)
Husband: Danny Huston (actor, m. 1989, div. 1992)
Boyfriend: Antonio Sabato, Jr. (actor, ex-, one son)
Son: Jack (b. 6-Aug-1994, with Sabato)
High School: New Trier High School, Winnetka, IL (1979)
Danish Ancestry Paternal
Irish Ancestry Maternal (also American Aborigine)
Risk Factors: Smoking, Heterochromia
TELEVISION
Scoundrels Cheryl West (2010-)
American Dreams Rebecca Sandstrom (2002-03)
FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
Her Smell (9-Sep-2018)
1985 (9-Mar-2018)
Better Watch Out (22-Sep-2016)
Burn Your Maps (9-Sep-2016)
Joy (24-Dec-2015)
Jake Squared (27-Sep-2013)
The Hot Flashes (12-Jul-2013)
The Magic of Belle Isle (1-Jun-2012)
Red Riding Hood (10-Mar-2011) · Suzette
Father of Invention (15-Feb-2010) · Lorraine
The Haunting in Connecticut (27-Mar-2009) · Sara Campbell
Wonder Woman (3-Mar-2009) [VOICE]
Diminished Capacity (21-Jan-2008) · Charlotte
The Astronaut Farmer (23-Feb-2007)
The Number 23 (21-Feb-2007)
A Prairie Home Companion (12-Feb-2006)
Firewall (2-Feb-2006)
Stuart Little 3: Call of the Wild (11-Oct-2005) · The Beast [VOICE]
Sideways (13-Sep-2004) · Maya
Brave New Girl (25-Apr-2004)
Artworks (10-Apr-2003)
Tempted (10-Mar-2003)
Nobody Knows Anything! (2003) · Prison Lawyer
American Gun (13-Jun-2002) · Penny Tillman
Just Ask My Children (10-Sep-2001) · Brenda Kniffen
Almost Salinas (Apr-2001)
Crossfire Trail (21-Jan-2001)
Full Disclosure (2001)
After Sex (15-Aug-2000) · Traci
Lying in Wait (2000)
The Haunting (20-Jul-1999) · Jane
The Florentine (19-Apr-1999)
Ambushed (20-Jun-1998)
The Rainmaker (21-Nov-1997) · Jackie Lemancyzk
The Apocalypse Watch (2-Mar-1997)
Michael Jackson: HIStory on Film - Volume II (1997) · Herself
Ghosts of Mississippi (20-Dec-1996)
Just Your Luck (29-Nov-1996)
The Prophecy (1-Sep-1995)
Bitter Vengeance (28-Jul-1994)
Blue Tiger (3-Apr-1994)
Caroline at Midnight (1994)
Linda (8-Oct-1993)
Candyman (11-Sep-1992) · Helen Lyle
Becoming Colette (17-Oct-1991)
Victim of Love (5-May-1991) · Carla Simmons
Highlander II: The Quickening (31-Jan-1991)
The Hot Spot (8-Sep-1990) · Dolly Harshaw
Heart of Dixie (25-Aug-1989) · Delia
3rd Degree Burn (28-May-1989)
Hot to Trot (26-Aug-1988)
Gotham (21-Aug-1988)
Mr. North (22-Jul-1988)
Slamdance (11-Sep-1987)
Long Gone (23-May-1987)
Zombie High (1987) · Andrea
Modern Girls (7-Nov-1986) · Kelly
Fire with Fire (1986) · Lisa
Creator (20-Sep-1985) · Barbara
Dune (14-Dec-1984) · Princess Irulan
Electric Dreams (16-Nov-1984)
Class (6-Jul-1983) · Lisa
Official Website:
http://www.virginia-madsen.org/
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