
Acting
Born April 21, 1958 · Gaffney, South Carolina, USA
Rosalie Anderson MacDowell (born April 21, 1958) is an American actress and former fashion model. MacDowell's known for her starring film roles in romantic comedies and dramas. Her early films include Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes (1984) and the Brat Pack vehicle film St. Elmo's Fire (1985). Her breakout role was in Sex, Lies, and Videotape (1989) which earned her the Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead and a nomination for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama. She then starred in a series of films including Green Card (1990), Groundhog Day (1993), Short Cuts (1993), Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994), Michael (1996), Multiplicity (1996), and The Muse (1999). She is also known for her supporting film roles in Beauty Shop (2005), Footloose (2011), Magic Mike XXL (2015), Love After Love (2017), and Ready or Not (2019). MacDowell co-starred opposite her daughter Margaret Qualley in the Netflix miniseries Maid (2021), for which she was nominated for a Golden Globe Award. MacDowell has modeled for Calvin Klein and has been a spokeswoman for L'Oréal since 1986.

A Sudden Case of Christmas
2024

Goodrich
2024

Good Girl Jane
2024

Red Right Hand
2024

The Other Zoey
2023

My Happy Ending
2023

Along for the Ride
2022

L'Oreal Paris Women of Worth
2021

Attack of the Hollywood Clichés!
2021

No Man's Land
2021

Dashing in December
2020

Wim Wenders, Desperado
2020

Ready or Not
2019

One Red Nose Day and a Wedding
2019

The Last Laugh
2019
Something in the Air: Making "sex, lies, and videotape"
2018

The Beach House
2018

Paper Year
2018

Love After Love
2018

Christmas Inheritance
2017

Only the Brave
2017

At Home in Mitford
2017

Kevyn Aucoin Beauty & the Beast in Me
2017

Magic Mike XXL
2015

Breaking at the Edge
2013

Mighty Fine
2012

Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
2012

Footloose
2011

Monte Carlo
2011

Daydream Nation
2011

The Front
2010

At Risk
2010

Happiness Runs
2010

The 5th Quarter
2010

As Good As Dead
2010

The Six Wives of Henry Lefay
2009
The Prince of Motor City
2008

Inconceivable
2008

Intervention
2007

Barnyard
2006

The Last Sign
2005

Tara Road
2005

Riding the Bus with My Sister
2005

Beauty Shop
2005

Ginostra
2003

Crush
2002

Groundhog Day: The Weight of Time
2002

Dinner with Friends
2001

On the Edge
2001

Town & Country
2001

Harrison's Flowers
2000

The Muse
1999

Muppets from Space
1999

Shadrach
1998

Just the Ticket
1998

Mythos Hollywood - Das Geheimnis des Erfolgs
1998

The End of Violence
1997

Michael
1996

Multiplicity
1996

The World of James Bond
1995

Unstrung Heroes
1995

Bad Girls
1994

Four Weddings and a Funeral
1994

Short Cuts
1993

Made in the USA
1993

Luck, Trust & Ketchup: Robert Altman in Carver Country
1993

Groundhog Day
1993

Ruby Cairo
1992

The Player
1992

Women & Men 2: In Love There Are No Rules
1991

Hudson Hawk
1991

The Object of Beauty
1991

Green Card
1990

sex, lies, and videotape
1989

Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous: The World's Most Exotic Vacation Resorts
1988

St. Elmo's Fire
1985

Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes
1984