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| Virginia Madsen |
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"Ever since I was 10 years old, I really didn't think my career would happen until I was in my 40s, because I think in my 10-year-old mind I thought actresses like Bette Davis, Katharine Hepburn and Barbara Stanwyck, to me, looked like they were in their 40s."
| Date of Birth: September 11, 1963 |
| Birthplace: Chicago |
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| At 41, she's a Hollywood veteran. Her 1984 role as Princess Irulan in John Lynch's Dune set her star on the rise. Since then, she's starred in Electric Dreams, Fire With Fire and over 35 other roles. She's also the sister of Michael Madsen, of Reservoir Dogs (Mr. Blonde) fame. Her current prominence in the media is due to the aforementioned Best Supporting Actress nomination for Sideways. Oh, and did we mention that she has no problem doing nude scenes in many of her projects? |
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| Besides being nominated for an Academy Award for her role in Sideways and proving her acting mettle, Madsen has not been averse to baring it all for the camera during her career. She has appeared nude in Class, Creator, Gotham, The Hot Spot and Candyman. This is a woman who knows she's smokin' hot and isn't afraid to flaunt it. Could we be any more impressed? Well... |
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Virginia Madsen was born on September 11, 1963, in Chicago, Illinois, to Cal and Elaine Madsen. Fittingly, she was born into a family already well acquainted with the acting world, as well as real-life drama. Her mother is an award-winning writer, poet and producer, while her father was a firefighter. An interesting note about her: Virginia was born with two different colored eyes. Her left one is brown and green, while her right one is all green.
Virginia began honing her acting skills during her teens while at New Trier High School in Winnetka, Illinois. She was bitten by the acting bug and continued perfecting her talents.
Virginia took lessons at the Ted Liss acting studio in Chicago, as well as at the Harand Camp Adult Theater Seminar in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin. In the early '80s, she decided the time was right to move to Hollywood with her then-boyfriend and fellow performer Bill Campbell.
At 19, she made her onscreen debut in the sexy teen comedy Class (her first official topless appearance). Her brother, Michael Madsen, refuses to watch any movie in which Virginia has appeared nude.
Class was an unpromising start to her career, as the film was not a huge success, but juicier roles soon began to trickle in, beginning with a part in David Lynch's Dune (1984). However, her early career remained tepid, mirroring a rocky relationship that ended in a broken engagement from Bill Campbell in 1989. She then hooked up with and married actor Danny Huston.
Between 1989 and 1992, Virginia achieved varying degrees of stardom in such movies as Heart of Dixie, The Hot Spot, Highlander II: The Quickening, Becoming Colette and Candyman.
In 1992, Virginia divorced Huston and soon took up with Antonio Sabato Jr., with whom she had a son, Jack, in 1994. But the relationship with Sabato Jr. did not last. Virginia admits to having distanced herself from acting (and men) at this point in order to concentrate on raising her son and figuring out why her acting career had never taken off like she'd hoped.
The next 10 years saw her working on minor roles in movies and low-profile TV projects such as Dune 2, The Prophecy, The Rainmaker, The Haunting, After Sex, Children of Fortune, and Tempted.
With the recent success of Sideways (2004), Virginia is now on top of her game and feels the time is right for a new guy in her life. Though she did not win for Best Supporting Actress, the nomination nod has already landed her another big-time project in the form of Harrison Ford's wife in the upcoming The Wrong Element. |
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