
Virginia Madsen
3 FOLLOWERS • 56 CREDITS • SEP 11, 1961 • 63
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).
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Known For

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Elementary

CSI: Miami

The Practice

Monk

Justice League Unlimited

Frasier

The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn

Star Trek: Voyager

Obliterated

Justice League

The Hitchhiker

Dawson's Creek

Earth 2

Hell on Wheels

Boomtown

Teen Titans

Candyman

Scooby-Doo! in Where's My Mummy?

Designated Survivor

American Dreams

Spider-Man: The New Animated Series

The Haunting

Dune

The Oscars

The Rainmaker

Red Riding Hood

Stuart Little 3: Call of the Wild

Her Smell

Wonder Woman

A Prairie Home Companion

One Day as a Lion

Prey for the Devil

Joy

The Portrait

Hot to Trot

Highlander II: The Quickening

Operation Christmas Drop

Dead Rising: Watchtower

Mussolini: The Untold Story

Firewall

American Gothic

Sideways

Gotham

An American Girl: Grace Stirs Up Success

Ambushed

1985

The Number 23

Fire with Fire

Electric Dreams

Smith

Lola

Love Kills

Tempted

Candyman

Unsolved Mysteries
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