About
Virginia Madsen
Overview
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).
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Known for
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| 2024 | Sheepdog | Actor | Dr. Elecia Knox | 58 Average |
| 2024 | Lola | Actor | Mona | 58 Average |
| 2023 | The Portrait | Actor | Mags | 58 Average |
| 2023 | Give Me An A | Actor | Coach Judy | N/A N/A |
| 2023 | One Day as a Lion | Actor | Valerie Brisky | 58 Average |
| 2022 | Prey for the Devil | Actor | Dr. Peters | 65 Fair |
| 2022 | American Badass: A Michael Madsen Retrospective | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 2021 | Behind the Monsters | Actor | Self | 68 Fair |
| 2021 | Candyman | Actor | Helen Lyle (voice) | 59 Average |
| 2020 | Operation Christmas Drop | Actor | Congresswoman Angie Bradford | 61 Fair |
| 2020 | That Click | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 2019 | Swamp Thing | Actor | Maria Sunderland | 73 Good |
| 2019 | Her Smell | Actor | Ania Adamcyzk | 58 Average |
| 2018 | Spare Room | Actor | Nat | 59 Average |
| 2018 | It Was Always You, Helen | Actor | Herself | N/A N/A |
| 2018 | 1985 | Actor | Eileen | 59 Average |
| 2017 | Red Christmas: Making 'Better Watch Out' | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
| 2017 | Better Watch Out | Actor | Deandra Lerner | 64 Fair |
| 2017 | A Change of Heart | Actor | Deena | 58 Average |
| 2016 | Burn Your Maps | Actor | Victoria | 59 Average |
| 2016 | Burning Bodhi | Actor | Naomi | 58 Average |
| 2016 | American Gothic | Actor | Madeline Hawthorne | 62 Fair |
| 2015 | Joy | Actor | Terry | 64 Fair |
| 2015 | Lost Boy | Actor | Laura Harris | 58 Average |
| 2015 | An American Girl: Grace Stirs Up Success | Actor | Mrs. Thomas | 59 Average |
| 2015 | Dead Rising: Watchtower | Actor | Maggie | 55 Average |
| 2015 | Walter | Actor | Karen | 58 Average |
| 2015 | Road to Capri | Actor | Katherine | N/A N/A |
| 2014 | Jake Squared | Actor | Beth | 58 Average |
| 2014 | All the Wilderness | Actor | Abigail Charm | 59 Average |
| 2013 | The Hot Flashes | Actor | Clementine Winks | 58 Average |
| 2013 | Anna Nicole | Actor | Virgie Arthur | 58 Average |
| 2013 | Crazy Kind of Love | Actor | Augusta | 58 Average |
| 2013 | The Last Keepers | Actor | Abigail Carver | 58 Average |
| 2012 | The Magic of Belle Isle | Actor | Mrs. O'Neil | 63 Fair |
| 2012 | Hornet's Nest | Actor | Judy Hammer | 58 Average |
| 2011 | Red Riding Hood | Actor | Suzette | 59 Average |
| 2010 | Scoundrels | Actor | Cheryl West | 67 Fair |
| 2010 | Father of Invention | Actor | Lorraine | 57 Average |
| 2009 | I Know a Woman Like That | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 2009 | The Haunting in Connecticut | Actor | Sara Campbell | 61 Fair |
| 2009 | Wonder Woman | Actor | Hippolyta (voice) | 65 Fair |
| 2008 | Diminished Capacity | Actor | Charlotte | 58 Average |
| 2007 | Cutlass | Actor | Robin | 59 Average |
| 2007 | Being Michael Madsen | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 2007 | Ripple Effect | Actor | Sherry | 59 Average |
| 2007 | The Number 23 | Actor | Agatha Sparrow / Fabrizia | 63 Fair |
| 2007 | The Astronaut Farmer | Actor | Mrs. Farmer | 60 Fair |
| 2006 | Smith | Actor | Hope Stevens | 70 Good |
| 2006 | A Prairie Home Companion | Actor | Dangerous Woman | 60 Fair |
| 2006 | Firewall | Actor | Beth Stanfield | 58 Average |
| 2005 | Stuart Little 3: Call of the Wild | Actor | The Beast (voice) | 55 Average |
| 2005 | Scooby-Doo! in Where's My Mummy? | Actor | Cleopatra (voice) | 65 Fair |
| 2005 | I Love the '90s: Part Deux | Actor | N/A N/A |
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| 2004 | Sideways | Actor | Maya | 68 Fair |
| 2004 | Nobody Knows Anything! | Actor | Prison Lawyer | 58 Average |
| 2004 | Sweets to the Sweet: The 'Candyman' Mythos | Actor | Self | 58 Average |
| 2004 | Brave New Girl | Actor | Wanda Lovell | 59 Average |
| 2003 | Artworks | Actor | Emma Becker | 58 Average |
| 2003 | Tempted | Actor | Emma Burke | 59 Average |
| 2002 | American Gun | Actor | Penny Tillman | 59 Average |
| 2001 | Just Ask My Children | Actor | Brenda Kniffen | 59 Average |
| 2001 | Full Disclosure | Actor | Brenda Hopkins | 58 Average |
| 2001 | Almost Salinas | Actor | Clare | 59 Average |
| 2001 | Lying in Wait | Actor | Vera Miller | 58 Average |
| 2001 | Captured on Film: The True Story of Marion Davies | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 2001 | Crossfire Trail | Actor | Anne Rodney | 59 Average |
| 2000 | Children of Fortune | Actor | Ingrid Bast | 58 Average |
| 2000 | After Sex | Actor | Traci | 58 Average |
| 1999 | The Haunting | Actor | Jane | 56 Average |
| 1999 | Ballad of the Nightingale | Actor | Mo Lewis | 58 Average |
| 1999 | The Florentine | Actor | Molly | 58 Average |
| 1998 | Ambushed | Actor | Lucy Monroe | 58 Average |
| 1997 | The Rainmaker | Actor | Jackie Lemancyzk | 66 Fair |
| 1997 | The Apocalypse Watch | Actor | Karin De Vries | 58 Average |
| 1996 | Ghosts of Mississippi | Actor | Dixie DeLaughter | 60 Fair |
| 1996 | Just Your Luck | Actor | Kim | 58 Average |
| 1995 | The Prophecy | Actor | Katherine Henley | 61 Fair |
| 1994 | Bitter Vengeance | Actor | Annie Westford | 58 Average |
| 1994 | Blue Tiger | Actor | Gina Hayes | 58 Average |
| 1994 | Caroline at Midnight | Actor | Susan Prince | 58 Average |
| 1993 | Linda | Actor | Linda Cowley | 58 Average |
| 1992 | Candyman | Actor | Helen Lyle | 64 Fair |
| 1992 | A Murderous Affair: The Carolyn Warmus Story | Actor | Carolyn Warmus | 59 Average |
| 1991 | Love Kills | Actor | Rebecca Bishop | 58 Average |
| 1991 | Becoming Colette | Actor | Polaire | 58 Average |
| 1991 | Victim of Love | Actor | Carla Simmons | 58 Average |
| 1991 | Ironclads | Actor | Betty Stuart | 59 Average |
| 1991 | Highlander II: The Quickening | Actor | Louise Marcus | 51 Average |
| 1990 | The Hot Spot | Actor | Dolly Harshaw | 60 Fair |
| 1989 | Heart of Dixie | Actor | Delia June Curry | 59 Average |
| 1989 | Third Degree Burn | Actor | Anne Scholes | 58 Average |
| 1989 | Liberian Girl | Actor | N/A N/A |
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| 1988 | Hot to Trot | Actor | Allison Rowe | 58 Average |
| 1988 | Gotham | Actor | Rachel Carlyle | 58 Average |
| 1988 | Mr. North | Actor | Sally Boffin | 58 Average |
| 1987 | Zombie High | Actor | Andrea | 57 Average |
| 1987 | Slam Dance | Actor | Yolanda Caldwell | 58 Average |
| 1987 | Long Gone | Actor | Dixie Lee Boxx | 59 Average |
| 1986 | Modern Girls | Actor | Kelly | 58 Average |
| 1986 | Fire with Fire | Actor | Lisa Taylor | 59 Average |
| 1985 | Mussolini: The Untold Story | Actor | Clara Petacci | 69 Fair |
| 1985 | Creator | Actor | Barbara Spencer | 59 Average |
| 1985 | The Hearst and Davies Affair | Actor | Marion Davies | 58 Average |
| 1984 | Dune | Actor | Princess Irulan | 61 Fair |
| 1984 | A Matter of Principle | Actor | Lou Ellen Purdy | N/A N/A |
| 1984 | Electric Dreams | Actor | Madeline | 59 Average |
| 1983 | Class | Actor | Lisa | 59 Average |
Production |
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| 2009 | I Know a Woman Like That | Production | Producer | 59 Average |
| 2007 | Ripple Effect | Production | Executive Producer | 59 Average |