Virginia Madsen
Acting
Born September 11, 1961 · 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.
Films (103)
Sheepdog
2026
Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies
2025
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
1985
2018
Red Christmas: Making 'Better Watch Out'
2017
Better Watch Out
2017
A Change of Heart
2017
Burn Your Maps
2016
Burning Bodhi
2016
Joy
2015
Lost Boy
2015
An American Girl: Grace Stirs Up Success
2015
Dead Rising: Watchtower
2015
Walter
2015
Road to Capri
2015
Jake Squared
2014
All the Wilderness
2014
The Hot Flashes
2013
Anna Nicole
2013
Crazy Kind of Love
2013
The Last Keepers
2013
The Magic of Belle Isle
2012
Hornet's Nest
2012
Red Riding Hood
2011
Father of Invention
2010
Amelia
2009
I Know a Woman Like That
2009
The Haunting in Connecticut
2009
Wonder Woman
2009
Diminished Capacity
2008
Cutlass
2007
Being Michael Madsen
2007
Francis Ford Coppola Directs 'John Grisham's the Rainmaker'
2007
Ripple Effect
2007
The Number 23
2007
The Astronaut Farmer
2007
A Prairie Home Companion
2006
Firewall
2006
Stuart Little 3: Call of the Wild
2005
Scooby-Doo! in Where's My Mummy?
2005
Sideways
2004
Nobody Knows Anything!
2004
Sweets to the Sweet: The 'Candyman' Mythos
2004
Brave New Girl
2004
Artworks
2003
Tempted
2003
American Gun
2002
Just Ask My Children
2001
Full Disclosure
2001
Almost Salinas
2001
Lying in Wait
2001
Captured on Film: The True Story of Marion Davies
2001
Crossfire Trail
2001
Children of Fortune
2000
After Sex
2000
The Haunting
1999
Ballad of the Nightingale
1999
The Florentine
1999
Ambushed
1998
The Rainmaker
1997
The Apocalypse Watch
1997
Ghosts of Mississippi
1996
Just Your Luck
1996
The Prophecy
1995
Bitter Vengeance
1994
Blue Tiger
1994
Caroline at Midnight
1994
Linda
1993
Candyman
1992
A Murderous Affair: The Carolyn Warmus Story
1992
Love Kills
1991
Becoming Colette
1991
Victim of Love
1991
Ironclads
1991
Highlander II: The Quickening
1991
The Hot Spot
1990
Heart of Dixie
1989
Third Degree Burn
1989
Hot to Trot
1988
Gotham
1988
Mr. North
1988
Zombie High
1987
Slam Dance
1987
Long Gone
1987
Modern Girls
1986
Fire with Fire
1986
Creator
1985
The Hearst and Davies Affair
1985
Dune
1984
A Matter of Principle
1984
Electric Dreams
1984
Class
1983