Virginia Madsen
Known for: Acting
Born: September 11, 1961
Place of birth: Chicago, Illinois, USA
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.
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Filmography
104 movies · 40 TV shows, newest first
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Street Smart
2026
6.9
Sheepdog
2026
7.4
Holidazed
2024
5.2
Lola
2024
7.0
Obliterated
2023
4.5
The Portrait
2023
6.0
Give Me an A
2023
5.8
One Day as a Lion
2023
6.8
Prey for the Devil
2022
4.8
American Badass: A Michael Madsen Retrospective
2022
5.7
Behind the Monsters
2021
6.0
Candyman
2021
6.4
Operation Christmas Drop
2020
8.8
That Click
2019
7.4
Swamp Thing
2019
5.7
Her Smell
2019
5.8
Spare Room
2018
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It Was Always You, Helen
2018
6.2
1985
2018NR
Red Christmas: Making 'Better Watch Out'
2017
6.6
Better Watch Out
2017
1.7
A Change of Heart
2017
7.1
Burn Your Maps
2016
7.2
Designated Survivor
2016
4.1
Burning Bodhi
2016
5.5
American Gothic
2016
6.6
Joy
2015
4.8
Lost Boy
2015
7.4
An American Girl: Grace Stirs Up Success
2015
5.2
Dead Rising: Watchtower
2015
5.2
Walter
2015
2.0
Metropolis
2015
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Road to Capri
2015
3.9
Jake Squared
2014
6.4
All the Wilderness
2014
7.3
Witches of East End
2013
4.6
The Hot Flashes
2013
5.2
Anna Nicole
2013
5.4
Crazy Kind of Love
2013
4.8
The Last Keepers
2013
7.6
Elementary
2012
8.0
Ruth & Erica
2012
7.0
The Magic of Belle Isle
2012
4.3
Hornet's Nest
2012
7.6
Hell on Wheels
2011
6.0
Red Riding Hood
2011
3.0
The Talk
2010
5.3
Scoundrels
2010
5.4
Father of Invention
2010
5.7
Amelia
2009
7.0
I Know a Woman Like That
2009
6.2
The Haunting in Connecticut
2009
7.2
Wonder Woman
2009
5.3
Diminished Capacity
2008
6.7
Cutlass
2007
5.8
Being Michael Madsen
2007
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Francis Ford Coppola Directs 'John Grisham's the Rainmaker'
2007
5.4
Ripple Effect
2007
6.4
The Number 23
2007
6.3
The Astronaut Farmer
2007
7.1
Smith
2006
4.7
The Megan Mullally Show
2006
6.3
A Prairie Home Companion
2006
5.8
Firewall
2006
5.2
Stuart Little 3: Call of the Wild
2005
7.4
Scooby-Doo! in Where's My Mummy?
2005
9.0
I Love the '90s: Part Deux
2005
7.1
Sideways
2004
6.8
Dog Whisperer
2004
3.6
Nobody Knows Anything!
2004
7.3
Sweets to the Sweet: The 'Candyman' Mythos
2004
8.3
Justice League Unlimited
2004
7.3
Brave New Girl
2004
8.3
Teen Titans
2003
7.2
Spider-Man: The New Animated Series
2003
4.2
Artworks
2003
6.0
Tempted
2003
5.3
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
6.4
Boomtown
2002
5.2
American Dreams
2002
7.7
CSI: Miami
2002
7.9
Monk
2002
5.4
American Gun
2002
8.2
Justice League
2001
6.8
Just Ask My Children
2001
4.5
Full Disclosure
2001
8.0
Almost Salinas
2001
4.5
Lying in Wait
2001
5.0
Captured on Film: The True Story of Marion Davies
2001
6.4
Crossfire Trail
2001
5.0
Children of Fortune
2000
4.9
After Sex
2000
8.0
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
5.5
The Haunting
1999
4.2
Ballad of the Nightingale
1999
5.7
The Florentine
1999
5.3
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
1999
5.1
Ambushed
1998
7.3
Dawson's Creek
1998
7.0
The Rainmaker
1997
4.3
The View
1997
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The Apocalypse Watch
1997
7.6
The Practice
1997
3.9
The Apocalypse Watch
1997
6.6
Ghosts of Mississippi
1996
4.8
Just Your Luck
1996
6.5
The Prophecy
1995
7.8
Star Trek: Voyager
1995
6.8
Earth 2
1994
4.6
Bitter Vengeance
1994
5.1
Blue Tiger
1994
3.9
Caroline at Midnight
1994
4.8
Linda
1993
7.7
Frasier
1993
6.7
Candyman
1992
4.4
A Murderous Affair: The Carolyn Warmus Story
1992
3.4
Love Kills
1991
4.3
Becoming Colette
1991
4.3
Victim of Love
1991
7.4
Ironclads
1991
4.7
Highlander II: The Quickening
1991
6.3
The Hot Spot
1990
5.8
Heart of Dixie
1989
4.6
Third Degree Burn
1989
5.2
Hot to Trot
1988
5.6
Gotham
1988
5.3
Mr. North
1988
4.1
Zombie High
1987
4.9
Slam Dance
1987
6.1
Long Gone
1987
5.5
Modern Girls
1986
6.2
Fire with Fire
1986
5.3
Mussolini: The Untold Story
1985
6.1
Creator
1985
7.5
Moonlighting
1985
4.2
The Hearst and Davies Affair
1985
6.2
Dune
1984
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A Matter of Principle
1984
6.4
Electric Dreams
1984
6.3
The Hitchhiker
1983
6.0
Class
1983
6.6
American Playhouse
1982
7.0
The Oscars
1953NR
The Ice at the Bottom of the World
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