Virginia Madsen

Actress

Female

Born Sep 11, 1961

Age 51

Hometown Chicago

Other Names Virginia G. Madsen

Virginia G. Madsen is an American actress and documentary film producer. She came to fame during the 1980s, having appeared in several films aimed at a teenage audience. Two decades later, she had an Academy Award and Golden Globe-nominated role in the 2004 film Sideways.… Read More

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Nick (Nicholas) Holmes
Dating 2011 - Present
Antonio Sabàto, Jr.
Dated 1993 - 1998
Danny Huston
Married 1989 - 1992
Billy Campbell
Dated 1981 - 1988
Billy Campbell

Dated 1981 - 1988

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Virginia Madsen

Age 51

parents

Calvin Madsen

Father
Elaine Madsen

Mother

siblings

Michael Madsen
Brother, Age 55
Cheryl Madsen

Sister

children

Jack Antonio

Son, Age 18

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Charlotte Robinson: Listen: Director Susan Seidelman On Musical Chairs, Her Glaad Award Nomination And More
Huffington Post - Feb 27, 2013

This week I talked with director Susan Seidelman (Desperately Seeking Susan), whose new film, Musical Chairs, is nominated for a GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Film (Limited Release). The film, whose love story is set against the backdrop of a wheelchair ballroom dance competition in New York City, features the fabulous transgender actress Laverne Cox, who plays a transgender character. A fierce straight ally, Susan talked with me about the film's nomination and her commitment t...
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Alicia Silverstone Cast In Lifetime's 'Hr' Pilot
Huffington Post - Feb 26, 2013

Alicia Silverstone will be returning to TV as the lead in Lifetime's "HR," Deadline reports. The actress, who most recently visited her "Clueless" co-star Jeremy Sisto for a stint on "Suburgatory," will play "the uptight Director of Human Resources for a global company who, after a head injury alters her outlook on life, throws standard corporate practices out the window and inspires the business to strive for new ambitions and profits." Deadline reports that although the p...
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'Friends' Creator Finds Wigs Channel A Good Fit
San Francisco Chronicle - Sep 28, 2012

'Friends' creator finds WIGS channel a good fit Associated Press Copyright 2012 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Updated 7:25 a.m., Friday, September 28, 2012 Georgia, with Mary Elizabeth Ellis (It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia) as the title character and Harold Perrineau (Lost, ''Sons of Anarchy) as her fiance, is on the WIGS YouTube channel. All feature...
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Cars Travel Food: New (Old) Road Trip Music
Huffington Post - Jul 10, 2012

More Americans go on road trips in the summer than any other time of year and part of the fun is -- what songs do we want to hear on the playlist? Sometimes it's good ol' reliable James Taylor (can never go wrong with his melodic, upbeat tunes) or perhaps the catchy summer hit that's spawned a gazillion YouTube covers "Call Me Maybe" by Canadian Idol contestant Carly Rae Jepsen who told Nightline that she thought of her song as a modern day "Walking On Broken Glass" from Eurythmi...
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CHILDHOOD

1961 Birth Born on September 11, 1961.

TWENTIES

1986 24 Years Old Madsen first became popular with audiences in 1986 with her portrayal of a Catholic schoolgirl who fell in love with a boy from a prison camp in Duncan Gibbons's Fire with Fire. … Read More

1988 26 Years Old She played a secretary in the 1988 comedy Hot to Trot and appeared as Maddie Hayes' cousin in the final season of Moonlighting.

1989 27 Years Old When Madsen arrived in Hollywood, she was engaged to actor Billy Campbell. She married actor Danny Huston in 1989 and they divorced in 1992. … Read More

THIRTIES

1992 30 Years Old She also starred in the 1992 horror film Candyman. … Read More

1999 37 Years Old She was also co-host of the TV series Unsolved Mysteries in 1999, during the show's second (and final) season on CBS. … Read More

FORTIES

2007 45 Years Old She co-starred with Jim Carrey in The Number 23 and Billy Bob Thornton in The Astronaut Farmer; both films opened in North America on February 23, 2007.

2009 47 Years Old She voiced Queen Hippolyte, mother of Wonder Woman, in the 2009 animated Wonder Woman film. … Read More

2010 48 Years Old 1 More Event

In 2010, she landed the starring role of Cheryl West in the ABC crime series Scoundrels.

FIFTIES

2012 50 Years Old In 2012, she joined the cast of the AMC television show Hell on Wheels as Mrs. Durant, first appearing in episode eight of season 2, "The Lord's Day." … Read More

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