Virginia Madsen Biography, Age, Husband,Son, films

Virginia Madsen Biography

Virginia Madsen (Virginia G. Madsen) is an American actress and producer. In Class (1983), Madsen made her film debut which was filmed in her native Chicago. In 1984 She moved to Los Angeles. she was casted by David Lynch in the science fiction film Dune (1984) as Princess Irulan. Madsen was cast in a series of successful teen movies including Modern Girls (1986), Electric Dreams (1984) and Fire with Fire (1986).

She is most known for her role in the horror film Candyman (1992) as Helen Lyle and for her performance as Maya in Alexander Payne’s film Sideways (2004), Madsen received numerous awards and nominations, including nominations for the Golden Globe and the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. Madson’s other film appearances include Long Gone (1987), Gotham (1988), The Hot Spot (1990), Ghosts of Mississippi (1996), The Rainmaker (1997), A Prairie Home Companion (2006), The Astronaut Farmer (2007), The Haunting in Connecticut (2009), Red Riding Hood (2011) and All the Wilderness (2014).

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Maiden has a son called Jack Sabato, whom she had with her long term relationship partner Antonio Sabàto Jr.

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Virginia Madsen Career

Movies

At the age of 22 Madsen made her film debut, acting in a bit part she landed as Lisa in the teen sex comedy Class. She next appeared in Kenny Loggins’ music video for “I’m Free (Heaven Helps the Man)” from the Footloose soundtrack.

She portrayed a cellist named Madeline in Electric Dreams (1984), the first film released by Virgin Films Production Company.[citation needed] In David Lynch’s science fiction epic Dune (1984) she was cast as Princess Irulan In 1986, she starred as Boris’ (Vincent Spano) romantic interest Barbara in Creator, which also starred Peter O’Toole

Madsen first gained his popularity in 1986 with her portrayal of a Catholic schoolgirl who fell in love with a boy from a prison camp in Duncan Gibbons’ Fire with Fire. In the HBO television film Long Gone (1987), as beauty queen Dixie Lee Boxx, she was the sexy love interest of minor league baseball manager Cecil “Stud” Cantrell (William Petersen). She appeared in the music video for “I Found Someone”, by Cher in 1987. She played a secretary in the 1988 comedy film Hot to Trot. She also starred in the 1992 horror movie Candyman.

In the Francis Ford Coppola drama The Rainmaker (1997) Madsen appeared in a small role starring Matt Damon. Film critic Roger Ebert said that Madsen had a “strong scene”, while reviewer James Berardinelli noted that “the supporting cast is solid, with turns from… Virginia Madsen as a witness for the plaintiff”. She had a critically acclaimed performance as a supporting actress in Sideways (2004), directed by Alexander Payne. The role catapulted her onto the Hollywood A-list.

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

TV Shows

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

In 2010, she landed the starring role of Cheryl West in the ABC drama series Scoundrels. In December 2010, it was announced that Madsen would be joining the cast in the NBC science fiction/action series The Event. 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”. Madsen began appearing on Lifetime’s Witches of East End as Penelope Gardiner in 2013, the main villainess of the first season.

Producer

Madsen was formerly married to actor and director Danny Huston after meeting on the set of Mr. North. They were married in 1989 and divorced in 1992. Madsen was formerly in a long term relationship with Antonio Sabàto Jr., with whom she had one son, Jack Antonio (born 1994).

Madsen formed her own film production company called Title IX Productions in 2008. Her first project was a film titled I Know a Woman Like That, she made with her mother . The film is a documentary about the lives of older women. On the creation of the film, Madsen 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.

Her second project is about the inability of female ski jumpers to obtain recognition in Olympic competition which is titled Fighting Gravity.

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