Virginia Madsen
Acting
1961-09-11 · 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.
Filmography
Street Smart
2026 · Movie
Sheepdog
2026 · Movie
Holidazed
2024 · Series
Lola
2024 · Movie
Obliterated
2023 · Series
The Portrait
2023 · Movie
Give Me an A
2023 · Movie
One Day as a Lion
2023 · Movie
Prey for the Devil
2022 · Movie
American Badass: A Michael Madsen Retrospective
2022 · Movie
Behind the Monsters
2021 · Series
Candyman
2021 · Movie
Operation Christmas Drop
2020 · Movie
That Click
2019 · Movie
Swamp Thing
2019 · Series
Her Smell
2019 · Movie
Spare Room
2018 · Movie
It Was Always You, Helen
2018 · Movie
1985
2018 · Movie
Red Christmas: Making 'Better Watch Out'
2017 · Movie
Better Watch Out
2017 · Movie
A Change of Heart
2017 · Movie
Burn Your Maps
2016 · Movie
Designated Survivor
2016 · Series
Burning Bodhi
2016 · Movie
American Gothic
2016 · Series
Joy
2015 · Movie
Lost Boy
2015 · Movie
An American Girl: Grace Stirs Up Success
2015 · Movie
Dead Rising: Watchtower
2015 · Movie
Walter
2015 · Movie
Metropolis
2015 · Series
Road to Capri
2015 · Movie
Jake Squared
2014 · Movie
All the Wilderness
2014 · Movie
Witches of East End
2013 · Series
The Hot Flashes
2013 · Movie
Anna Nicole
2013 · Movie
Crazy Kind of Love
2013 · Movie
The Last Keepers
2013 · Movie
Elementary
2012 · Series
Ruth & Erica
2012 · Series
The Magic of Belle Isle
2012 · Movie
Hornet's Nest
2012 · Movie
Hell on Wheels
2011 · Series
Red Riding Hood
2011 · Movie
The Talk
2010 · Series
Scoundrels
2010 · Series
Father of Invention
2010 · Movie
Amelia
2009 · Movie
I Know a Woman Like That
2009 · Movie
The Haunting in Connecticut
2009 · Movie
Wonder Woman
2009 · Movie
Diminished Capacity
2008 · Movie
Cutlass
2007 · Movie
Being Michael Madsen
2007 · Movie
Francis Ford Coppola Directs 'John Grisham's the Rainmaker'
2007 · Movie
Ripple Effect
2007 · Movie
The Number 23
2007 · Movie
The Astronaut Farmer
2007 · Movie
Smith
2006 · Series
The Megan Mullally Show
2006 · Series
A Prairie Home Companion
2006 · Movie
Firewall
2006 · Movie
Stuart Little 3: Call of the Wild
2005 · Movie
Scooby-Doo! in Where's My Mummy?
2005 · Movie
I Love the '90s: Part Deux
2005 · Series
Sideways
2004 · Movie
Dog Whisperer
2004 · Series
Nobody Knows Anything!
2004 · Movie
Sweets to the Sweet: The 'Candyman' Mythos
2004 · Movie
Justice League Unlimited
2004 · Series
Brave New Girl
2004 · Movie
Teen Titans
2003 · Series
Spider-Man: The New Animated Series
2003 · Series
Artworks
2003 · Movie
Tempted
2003 · Movie
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003 · Series
American Dreams
2002 · Series
Boomtown
2002 · Series
CSI: Miami
2002 · Series
Monk
2002 · Series
American Gun
2002 · Movie
Justice League
2001 · Series
Just Ask My Children
2001 · Movie
Full Disclosure
2001 · Movie
Almost Salinas
2001 · Movie
Lying in Wait
2001 · Movie
Captured on Film: The True Story of Marion Davies
2001 · Movie
Crossfire Trail
2001 · Movie
Children of Fortune
2000 · Movie
After Sex
2000 · Movie
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999 · Series
The Haunting
1999 · Movie
Ballad of the Nightingale
1999 · Movie
The Florentine
1999 · Movie
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
1999 · Series
Ambushed
1998 · Movie
Dawson's Creek
1998 · Series
The Rainmaker
1997 · Movie
The View
1997 · Series
The Apocalypse Watch
1997 · Series
The Practice
1997 · Series
The Apocalypse Watch
1997 · Movie
Ghosts of Mississippi
1996 · Movie
Just Your Luck
1996 · Movie
The Prophecy
1995 · Movie
Star Trek: Voyager
1995 · Series
Earth 2
1994 · Series
Bitter Vengeance
1994 · Movie
Blue Tiger
1994 · Movie
Caroline at Midnight
1994 · Movie
Linda
1993 · Movie
Frasier
1993 · Series
Candyman
1992 · Movie
A Murderous Affair: The Carolyn Warmus Story
1992 · Movie
Love Kills
1991 · Movie
Becoming Colette
1991 · Movie
Victim of Love
1991 · Movie
Ironclads
1991 · Movie
Highlander II: The Quickening
1991 · Movie
The Hot Spot
1990 · Movie
Heart of Dixie
1989 · Movie
Third Degree Burn
1989 · Movie
Hot to Trot
1988 · Movie
Gotham
1988 · Movie
Mr. North
1988 · Movie
Slam Dance
1987 · Movie
Zombie High
1987 · Movie
Long Gone
1987 · Movie
Modern Girls
1986 · Movie
Fire with Fire
1986 · Movie
Mussolini: The Untold Story
1985 · Series
Creator
1985 · Movie
Moonlighting
1985 · Series
The Hearst and Davies Affair
1985 · Movie
Dune
1984 · Movie
A Matter of Principle
1984 · Movie
Electric Dreams
1984 · Movie
The Hitchhiker
1983 · Series
Class
1983 · Movie
American Playhouse
1982 · Series
The Oscars
1953 · Series
The Ice at the Bottom of the World
Movie