Virginia Madsen

Virginia Madsen

Known for
Acting
Born
September 11, 1961 (age 65)
Birthplace
Chicago, Illinois, USA

Biography

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

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The Ice at the Bottom of the World

The Ice at the Bottom of the World

Movie

2026
Sheepdog poster

Sheepdog

Movie · as Dr. Elecia Knox

2026
Street Smart poster

Street Smart

Movie · as Beth

2024
Lola poster

Lola

Movie · as Mona

2024
Holidazed poster

Holidazed

TV · as Connie Manetti-Hanahan · 8 eps

2023
The Portrait poster

The Portrait

Movie · as Mags

2023
One Day as a Lion poster

One Day as a Lion

Movie · as Valerie Brisky

2023
Give Me an A poster

Give Me an A

Movie · as Coach Judy

2023
Obliterated poster

Obliterated

TV · as Marge McKnight · 1 ep

2022
American Badass: A Michael Madsen Retrospective poster

American Badass: A Michael Madsen Retrospective

Movie · as Self

2022
Prey for the Devil poster

Prey for the Devil

Movie · as Dr. Peters

2021
Candyman poster

Candyman

Movie · as Helen Lyle (voice)

2021
Behind the Monsters poster

Behind the Monsters

TV · as Self · 6 eps

2020
Operation Christmas Drop poster

Operation Christmas Drop

Movie · as Congresswoman Angie Bradford

2019
Her Smell poster

Her Smell

Movie · as Ania Adamcyzk

2019
That Click poster

That Click

Movie · as Self

2019
Swamp Thing poster

Swamp Thing

TV · as Maria Sunderland · 10 eps

2018
Spare Room poster

Spare Room

Movie · as Nat

2018
1985 poster

1985

Movie · as Eileen

2018
It Was Always You, Helen poster

It Was Always You, Helen

Movie · as Herself

2017
Red Christmas: Making 'Better Watch Out'

Red Christmas: Making 'Better Watch Out'

Movie · as Self

2017
Better Watch Out poster

Better Watch Out

Movie · as Deandra Lerner

2017
A Change of Heart poster

A Change of Heart

Movie · as Deena

2016
Burn Your Maps poster

Burn Your Maps

Movie · as Victoria

2016
Burning Bodhi poster

Burning Bodhi

Movie · as Naomi

2016
American Gothic poster

American Gothic

TV · as Madeline Hawthorne · 13 eps

2016
Designated Survivor poster

Designated Survivor

TV · as Kimble Hookstraten · 15 eps

2015
All the Wilderness poster

All the Wilderness

Movie · as Abigail Charm

2015
Walter poster

Walter

Movie · as Karen

2015
Dead Rising: Watchtower poster

Dead Rising: Watchtower

Movie · as Maggie

2015
Joy poster

Joy

Movie · as Terry

2015
An American Girl: Grace Stirs Up Success poster

An American Girl: Grace Stirs Up Success

Movie · as Mrs. Thomas

2015
Lost Boy poster

Lost Boy

Movie · as Laura Harris

2015
Road to Capri poster

Road to Capri

Movie · as Katherine

2015
Metropolis poster

Metropolis

TV · 3 eps

2014
Jake Squared poster

Jake Squared

Movie · as Beth

2013
The Last Keepers poster

The Last Keepers

Movie · as Abigail Carver

2013
Crazy Kind of Love poster

Crazy Kind of Love

Movie · as Augusta

2013
Anna Nicole poster

Anna Nicole

Movie · as Virgie Arthur

2013
The Hot Flashes poster

The Hot Flashes

Movie · as Clementine Winks

2013
Witches of East End poster

Witches of East End

TV · as Penelope Gardiner · 8 eps

2012
The Magic of Belle Isle poster

The Magic of Belle Isle

Movie · as Charlotte O'Neil

2012
Hornet's Nest poster

Hornet's Nest

Movie · as Chief Judy Hammer

2012
Elementary poster

Elementary

TV · as Paige · 3 eps

2012
Ruth & Erica poster

Ruth & Erica

TV · as Mel · 1 ep

2011
Red Riding Hood poster

Red Riding Hood

Movie · as Suzette

2011
Hell on Wheels poster

Hell on Wheels

TV · as Hannah Durant · 3 eps

2010
Father of Invention poster

Father of Invention

Movie · as Lorraine

2010
Scoundrels poster

Scoundrels

TV · as Cheryl West · 8 eps

2010
The Talk poster

The Talk

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2009
Wonder Woman poster

Wonder Woman

Movie · as Hippolyta (voice)

2009
The Haunting in Connecticut poster

The Haunting in Connecticut

Movie · as Sara Campbell

2009
I Know a Woman Like That poster

I Know a Woman Like That

Movie · as Self

2009
Amelia poster

Amelia

Movie · as Dorothy Binney (uncredited)

2008
Diminished Capacity poster

Diminished Capacity

Movie · as Charlotte

2007
The Number 23 poster

The Number 23

Movie · as Agatha Sparrow / Fabrizia

2007
Cutlass poster

Cutlass

Movie · as Robin

2007
The Astronaut Farmer poster

The Astronaut Farmer

Movie · as Mrs. Farmer

2007
Being Michael Madsen poster

Being Michael Madsen

Movie · as Self

2007
Ripple Effect poster

Ripple Effect

Movie · as Sherry

2007
Francis Ford Coppola Directs 'John Grisham's the Rainmaker' poster

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

Movie · as Self

2006
A Prairie Home Companion poster

A Prairie Home Companion

Movie · as Dangerous Woman

2006
Firewall poster

Firewall

Movie · as Beth Stanfield

2006
Smith poster

Smith

TV · as Hope Stevens · 7 eps

2006
The Megan Mullally Show poster

The Megan Mullally Show

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2005
Stuart Little 3: Call of the Wild poster

Stuart Little 3: Call of the Wild

Movie · as The Beast (voice)

2005
Scooby-Doo! in Where's My Mummy? poster

Scooby-Doo! in Where's My Mummy?

Movie · as Cleopatra (voice)

2005
I Love the '90s: Part Deux poster

I Love the '90s: Part Deux

TV · 10 eps

2004
Brave New Girl poster

Brave New Girl

Movie · as Wanda Lovell

2004
Sideways poster

Sideways

Movie · as Maya

2004
Nobody Knows Anything! poster

Nobody Knows Anything!

Movie · as Prison Lawyer

2004
Sweets to the Sweet: The 'Candyman' Mythos poster

Sweets to the Sweet: The 'Candyman' Mythos

Movie · as Self

2004
Justice League Unlimited poster

Justice League Unlimited

TV · as Roulette (voice) · 2 eps

2004
Dog Whisperer poster

Dog Whisperer

TV · as Self - Owner of Spike · 1 ep

2003
Artworks poster

Artworks

Movie · as Emma Becker

2003
Tempted poster

Tempted

Movie · as Emma Burke

2003
Teen Titans poster

Teen Titans

TV · as Arella (voice) · 1 ep

2003
Spider-Man: The New Animated Series poster

Spider-Man: The New Animated Series

TV · as Silver Sable (voice) · 2 eps

2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live! poster

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2002
American Gun poster

American Gun

Movie · as Penny Tillman

2002
Boomtown poster

Boomtown

TV · as Erika Ashland · 1 ep

2002
CSI: Miami poster

CSI: Miami

TV · as Krista Walker · 1 ep

2002
Monk poster

Monk

TV · as T.K. Jensen · 3 eps

2002
American Dreams poster

American Dreams

TV · as Rebecca Sandstrom · 7 eps

2001
Crossfire Trail poster

Crossfire Trail

Movie · as Anne Rodney

2001
Lying in Wait poster

Lying in Wait

Movie · as Vera Miller

2001
Just Ask My Children poster

Just Ask My Children

Movie · as Brenda Kniffen

2001
Almost Salinas poster

Almost Salinas

Movie · as Clare

2001
Full Disclosure poster

Full Disclosure

Movie · as Brenda Hopkins

2001
Captured on Film: The True Story of Marion Davies poster

Captured on Film: The True Story of Marion Davies

Movie · as Self

2001
Justice League poster

Justice League

TV · as Dr. Sarah Corwin (voice), Dr. Sarah Corwin / Black-Haired Girl (voice) · 1 ep

2000
After Sex poster

After Sex

Movie · as Traci

2000
Children of Fortune poster

Children of Fortune

Movie · as Ingrid Bast

1999
The Haunting poster

The Haunting

Movie · as Jane

1999
The Florentine poster

The Florentine

Movie · as Molly

1999
Ballad of the Nightingale poster

Ballad of the Nightingale

Movie · as Mo Lewis

1999
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn poster

The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit poster

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

TV · as Beth Anne Rollins · 1 ep

1998
Ambushed poster

Ambushed

Movie · as Lucy Monroe

1998
Dawson's Creek poster

Dawson's Creek

TV · as Maddy · 2 eps

1997
The Apocalypse Watch poster

The Apocalypse Watch

Movie · as Karin De Vries

1997
The Rainmaker poster

The Rainmaker

Movie · as Jackie Lemancyzk

1997
The View poster

The View

TV · as Self · 2 eps

1997
The Practice poster

The Practice

TV · as Marsha Ellison · 3 eps

1997
The Apocalypse Watch poster

The Apocalypse Watch

TV · as Karin De Vries · 3 eps

1996
Ghosts of Mississippi poster

Ghosts of Mississippi

Movie · as Dixie DeLaughter

1996
Just Your Luck poster

Just Your Luck

Movie · as Kim

1995
The Prophecy poster

The Prophecy

Movie · as Katherine Henley

1995
Star Trek: Voyager poster

Star Trek: Voyager

TV · as Kellin · 1 ep

1994
Blue Tiger poster

Blue Tiger

Movie · as Gina Hayes

1994
Caroline at Midnight poster

Caroline at Midnight

Movie · as Susan Prince

1994
Bitter Vengeance poster

Bitter Vengeance

Movie · as Annie Westford

1994
Earth 2 poster

Earth 2

TV · as Alonzo Solace's Dance Partner · 1 ep

1993
Linda poster

Linda

Movie · as Linda Cowley

1993
Frasier poster

Frasier

TV · as Cassandra Stone · 4 eps

1992
Candyman poster

Candyman

Movie · as Helen Lyle

1992
A Murderous Affair: The Carolyn Warmus Story poster

A Murderous Affair: The Carolyn Warmus Story

Movie · as Carolyn Warmus

1991
Highlander II: The Quickening poster

Highlander II: The Quickening

Movie · as Louise Marcus

1991
Ironclads poster

Ironclads

Movie · as Betty Stuart

1991
Becoming Colette poster

Becoming Colette

Movie · as Polaire

1991
Love Kills poster

Love Kills

Movie · as Rebecca Bishop

1991
Victim of Love poster

Victim of Love

Movie · as Carla Simmons

1990
The Hot Spot poster

The Hot Spot

Movie · as Dolly Harshaw

1989
Heart of Dixie poster

Heart of Dixie

Movie · as Delia June Curry

1989
Third Degree Burn poster

Third Degree Burn

Movie · as Anne Scholes

1988
Hot to Trot poster

Hot to Trot

Movie · as Allison Rowe

1988
Gotham poster

Gotham

Movie · as Rachel Carlyle

1988
Mr. North poster

Mr. North

Movie · as Sally Boffin

1987
Zombie High poster

Zombie High

Movie · as Andrea

1987
Slam Dance poster

Slam Dance

Movie · as Yolanda Caldwell

1987
Long Gone poster

Long Gone

Movie · as Dixie Lee Boxx

1986
Modern Girls poster

Modern Girls

Movie · as Kelly

1986
Fire with Fire poster

Fire with Fire

Movie · as Lisa Taylor

1985
Creator poster

Creator

Movie · as Barbara Spencer

1985
The Hearst and Davies Affair poster

The Hearst and Davies Affair

Movie · as Marion Davies

1985
Moonlighting poster

Moonlighting

TV · as Lorraine Anne Charnock · 3 eps

1985
Mussolini: The Untold Story poster

Mussolini: The Untold Story

TV · as Clara Petacci · 4 eps

1984
Dune poster

Dune

Movie · as Princess Irulan

1984
Electric Dreams poster

Electric Dreams

Movie · as Madeline Robistat

1984
A Matter of Principle poster

A Matter of Principle

Movie · as Lou Ellen Purdy

1983
Class poster

Class

Movie · as Lisa

1983
The Hitchhiker poster

The Hitchhiker

TV · as Christina · 1 ep

1982
American Playhouse poster

American Playhouse

TV · as Lou Ellen Purdy · 1 ep

1953
The Oscars poster

The Oscars

TV · as Self · 1 ep