Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthdate
1961-09-11 (Age: 65)
Place of Birth
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Virginia Madsen
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.
Filmography (102)
Sheepdog
2026
Lola
2024
The Portrait
2023
Give Me an A
2023
One Day as a Lion
2023
Prey for the Devil
2022
American Badass: A Michael Madsen Retrospective
2022
Candyman
2021
Operation Christmas Drop
2020
That Click
2019
Her Smell
2019
Spare Room
2018
It Was Always You, Helen
2018
