Biography of Virginia Madsen -

Virginia Madsen (born September 11, 1963 in
Chicago, Illinois) is an Academy Award nominated
actor|actress and an alumna of New Trier High
School.

Audiences first caught a glimpse of Madsen as
Princess Irulan in the science fiction epic Dune
(1984). She followed that up with Electric Dreams
(1984), however, it was in 1986 that Madsen
captured the hearts of the audience with an
intense portrayal of a Catholic school girl who
fell in love with a boy from a prison camp in
Duncan Gibbons' Fire with Fire. Madsen's other
noted film appearances include 1990's The Hot Spot
with Don Johnson, and the steamy Third Degree Burn
with Treat Williams. In 2004 she had a comeback of
sorts with Sideways, which garnered her rave
reviews and Academy Award and Golden Globe
nominations.

Madsen's older brother Michael Madsen is also an
actor (he refuses to see any films in which she
has a nude scene), and her mother Elaine Madsen,
an Emmy-winning writer and producer. When Madsen
arrived in Hollywood she was engaged to actor
Billy Campbell. She was married to Danny Huston
from 1989 to 1992. She later had a relationship
with actor Antonio Sabato Jr., which in 1994
produced a son, Zack.

==Filmography==
* (2004) Sideways
* (2003) Nobody Knows Anything!
* (2003) Artworks
* (2002) American Gun
* (2001) Almost Salinas
* (2000) After Sex
* (2000) Lying In Wait
* (1999) The Haunting
* (1999) The Florentine
* (1998) Ambushed
* (1998) Ballad of the Nightingale
* (1997) The Rainmaker
* (1996) Ghosts of Mississippi
* (1995) The Prophecy
* (1994) Blue Tiger
* (1994) Caroline at Midnight
* (1992) Candyman
* (1991) Becoming Colette
* (1991) Highlander II: The Quickening
* (1990) The Hot Spot
* (1989) Heart of Dixie
* (1988) Hot to Trot
* (1988) Mr. North
* (1987) Zombie High (1987 film)|Zombie High
* (1987) Slam Dance
* (1986) Modern Girls
* (1986) Fire with Fire
* (1985) Creator
* (1984) Dune
* (1984) Electric Dreams
* (1983) Class (movie)|Class

==External links==
* imdb name | id=0000515 | name=Virginia Madsen

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