Virginia Madsen

Acting

September 11, 1961 (64 years old)

Chicago, Illinois, USA

Female

106 Movies

40 TV Shows

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.

Candyman

1992 6.7

as Helen Lyle

Age 31 (now 64)

The Number 23

2007 6.4

as Agatha Sparrow / Fabrizia

Age 45 (now 64)

The Haunting in Connecticut

2009 6.2

as Sara Campbell

Age 47 (now 64)

Sideways

2004 7.1

as Maya

Age 43 (now 64)

The Magic of Belle Isle

2012 7.0

as Charlotte O'Neil

Age 50 (now 64)

Joy

2015 6.6

as Terry

Age 54 (now 64)

Firewall

2006 5.8

as Beth Stanfield

Age 44 (now 64)

The Astronaut Farmer

2007 6.3

as Mrs. Farmer

Age 45 (now 64)

The Prophecy

1995 6.5

as Katherine Henley

Age 33 (now 64)

Operation Christmas Drop

2020 6.4

as Congresswoman Angie Bradford

Age 59 (now 64)

The Hot Spot

1990 6.3

as Dolly Harshaw

Age 29 (now 64)

Highlander II: The Quickening

1991 4.7

as Louise Marcus

Age 29 (now 64)

Designated Survivor

2016 7.2

as Kimble Hookstraten

Age 55 (now 64) 15 eps

15 eps

Electric Dreams

1984 6.3

as Madeline Robistat

Age 22 (now 64)

Better Watch Out

2017 6.7

as Deandra Lerner

Age 56 (now 64)

Red Riding Hood

2011 6.0

as Suzette

Age 49 (now 64)

Sheepdog

2026 6.5

as Dr. Elecia Knox

Age 64

Lola

2024 5.3

as Mona

Age 62 (now 64)

The Portrait

2023 4.7

as Mags

Age 62 (now 64)

Give Me an A

2023 6.0

as Coach Judy

Age 61 (now 64)

One Day as a Lion

2023 5.7

as Valerie Brisky

Age 61 (now 64)

Prey for the Devil

2022 6.9

as Dr. Peters

Age 61 (now 64)

American Badass: A Michael Madsen Retrospective

2022 5.5

as Self

Age 60 (now 64)

Candyman

2021 6.0

as Helen Lyle (voice)

Age 59 (now 64)

Operation Christmas Drop

2020 6.4

as Congresswoman Angie Bradford

Age 59 (now 64)

That Click

2019 8.8

as Self

Age 58 (now 64)

Her Smell

2019 5.8

as Ania Adamcyzk

Age 57 (now 64)

Spare Room

2018 5.6

as Nat

Age 57 (now 64)

It Was Always You, Helen

2018

as Herself

Age 57 (now 64)

1985

2018 6.2

as Eileen

Age 57 (now 64)

Red Christmas: Making 'Better Watch Out'

2017

as Self

Age 56 (now 64)

Better Watch Out

2017 6.7

as Deandra Lerner

Age 56 (now 64)

A Change of Heart

2017 1.5

as Deena

Age 55 (now 64)

Burn Your Maps

2016 7.1

as Victoria

Age 55 (now 64)

Burning Bodhi

2016 4.1

as Naomi

Age 54 (now 64)

Joy

2015 6.6

as Terry

Age 54 (now 64)

Lost Boy

2015 4.8

as Laura Harris

Age 53 (now 64)

An American Girl: Grace Stirs Up Success

2015 7.4

as Mrs. Thomas

Age 53 (now 64)

Dead Rising: Watchtower

2015 5.2

as Maggie

Age 53 (now 64)

Walter

2015 5.2

as Karen

Age 53 (now 64)

Road to Capri

2015

as Katherine

Age 53 (now 64)

Jake Squared

2014 3.9

as Beth

Age 52 (now 64)

All the Wilderness

2014 6.4

as Abigail Charm

Age 52 (now 64)

The Hot Flashes

2013 4.6

as Clementine Winks

Age 51 (now 64)

Anna Nicole

2013 5.2

as Virgie Arthur

Age 51 (now 64)

Crazy Kind of Love

2013 5.4

as Augusta

Age 51 (now 64)

The Last Keepers

2013 4.8

as Abigail Carver

Age 51 (now 64)

The Magic of Belle Isle

2012 7.0

as Charlotte O'Neil

Age 50 (now 64)

Hornet's Nest

2012 4.1

as Judy Hammer

Age 50 (now 64)

Red Riding Hood

2011 6.0

as Suzette

Age 49 (now 64)

Father of Invention

2010 5.4

as Lorraine

Age 48 (now 64)

Amelia

2009 5.7

as Dorothy Binney (uncredited)

Age 48 (now 64)

I Know a Woman Like That

2009 7.0

Producer

Age 48 (now 64)

I Know a Woman Like That

2009 7.0

as Self

Age 48 (now 64)

The Haunting in Connecticut

2009 6.2

as Sara Campbell

Age 47 (now 64)

Wonder Woman

2009 7.2

as Hippolyta (voice)

Age 47 (now 64)

Diminished Capacity

2008 5.6

as Charlotte

Age 46 (now 64)

Cutlass

2007 6.8

as Robin

Age 46 (now 64)

Being Michael Madsen

2007 5.8

as Self

Age 46 (now 64)

Francis Ford Coppola Directs 'John Grisham's the Rainmaker'

2007

as Self

Age 45 (now 64)

Ripple Effect

2007 5.4

Executive Producer

Age 45 (now 64)

Ripple Effect

2007 5.4

as Sherry

Age 45 (now 64)

The Number 23

2007 6.4

as Agatha Sparrow / Fabrizia

Age 45 (now 64)

The Astronaut Farmer

2007 6.3

as Mrs. Farmer

Age 45 (now 64)

A Prairie Home Companion

2006 6.3

as Dangerous Woman

Age 44 (now 64)

Firewall

2006 5.8

as Beth Stanfield

Age 44 (now 64)

Stuart Little 3: Call of the Wild

2005 5.2

as The Beast (voice)

Age 43 (now 64)

Scooby-Doo! in Where's My Mummy?

2005 7.4

as Cleopatra (voice)

Age 43 (now 64)

Sideways

2004 7.1

as Maya

Age 43 (now 64)

Nobody Knows Anything!

2004 3.7

as Prison Lawyer

Age 42 (now 64)

Sweets to the Sweet: The 'Candyman' Mythos

2004 7.3

as Self

Age 42 (now 64)

Brave New Girl

2004 7.3

as Wanda Lovell

Age 42 (now 64)

Artworks

2003 4.2

as Emma Becker

Age 41 (now 64)

Tempted

2003 6.0

as Emma Burke

Age 41 (now 64)

American Gun

2002 5.4

as Penny Tillman

Age 40 (now 64)

Just Ask My Children

2001 6.8

as Brenda Kniffen

Age 39 (now 64)

Full Disclosure

2001 4.5

as Brenda Hopkins

Age 39 (now 64)

Almost Salinas

2001 8.0

as Clare

Age 39 (now 64)

Lying in Wait

2001 4.5

as Vera Miller

Age 39 (now 64)

Captured on Film: The True Story of Marion Davies

2001 5.0

as Self

Age 39 (now 64)

Crossfire Trail

2001 6.3

as Anne Rodney

Age 39 (now 64)

Children of Fortune

2000 5.0

as Ingrid Bast

Age 39 (now 64)

After Sex

2000 5.0

as Traci

Age 38 (now 64)

The Haunting

1999 5.5

as Jane

Age 37 (now 64)

Ballad of the Nightingale

1999 4.2

as Mo Lewis

Age 37 (now 64)

The Florentine

1999 5.7

as Molly

Age 37 (now 64)

Ambushed

1998 5.1

as Lucy Monroe

Age 36 (now 64)

The Rainmaker

1997 7.0

as Jackie Lemancyzk

Age 36 (now 64)

The Apocalypse Watch

1997 3.9

as Karin De Vries

Age 35 (now 64)

Ghosts of Mississippi

1996 6.6

as Dixie DeLaughter

Age 35 (now 64)

Just Your Luck

1996 4.8

as Kim

Age 35 (now 64)

The Prophecy

1995 6.5

as Katherine Henley

Age 33 (now 64)

Bitter Vengeance

1994 4.6

as Annie Westford

Age 32 (now 64)

Blue Tiger

1994 5.3

as Gina Hayes

Age 32 (now 64)

Caroline at Midnight

1994 3.9

as Susan Prince

Age 32 (now 64)

Linda

1993 4.8

as Linda Cowley

Age 32 (now 64)

Candyman

1992 6.7

as Helen Lyle

Age 31 (now 64)

A Murderous Affair: The Carolyn Warmus Story

1992 4.4

as Carolyn Warmus

Age 31 (now 64)

Love Kills

1991 3.4

as Rebecca Bishop

Age 30 (now 64)

Becoming Colette

1991 4.3

as Polaire

Age 30 (now 64)

Victim of Love

1991 4.3

as Carla Simmons

Age 29 (now 64)

Ironclads

1991 7.4

as Betty Stuart

Age 29 (now 64)

Highlander II: The Quickening

1991 4.7

as Louise Marcus

Age 29 (now 64)

The Hot Spot

1990 6.3

as Dolly Harshaw

Age 29 (now 64)

Heart of Dixie

1989 5.8

as Delia June Curry

Age 27 (now 64)

Third Degree Burn

1989 4.6

as Anne Scholes

Age 27 (now 64)

Hot to Trot

1988 5.2

as Allison Rowe

Age 26 (now 64)

Gotham

1988 5.5

as Rachel Carlyle

Age 26 (now 64)

Mr. North

1988 5.4

as Sally Boffin

Age 26 (now 64)

Slam Dance

1987 4.9

as Yolanda Caldwell

Age 26 (now 64)

Zombie High

1987 4.1

as Andrea

Age 26 (now 64)

Long Gone

1987 6.1

as Dixie Lee Boxx

Age 25 (now 64)

Modern Girls

1986 5.5

as Kelly

Age 25 (now 64)

Fire with Fire

1986 6.2

as Lisa Taylor

Age 24 (now 64)

Creator

1985 6.1

as Barbara Spencer

Age 24 (now 64)

The Hearst and Davies Affair

1985 4.2

as Marion Davies

Age 23 (now 64)

Dune

1984 6.2

as Princess Irulan

Age 23 (now 64)

A Matter of Principle

1984

as Lou Ellen Purdy

Age 23 (now 64)

Electric Dreams

1984 6.3

as Madeline Robistat

Age 22 (now 64)

Class

1983 5.9

as Lisa

Age 21 (now 64)

Street Smart

as Beth