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Virginia Madsen
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September 11, 1963 in Winnetka, IL
Biography:Although she garnered some attention at the outset of her Hollywood career, Virginia Madsen found her star eclipsed in the 1990s by her older brother Michael's jolting, thuggish performances for director Quentin Tarantino. After landing a plum role in the acclaimed 2004 indie Sideways, however, Madsen was showered with the kind of praise she'd been denied for nearly two decades in the business.

A native of the Chicago suburbs and the daughter of a PBS documentarian, Madsen learned her trade in city theater productions and summer performance camps. She made her way to Hollywood in the early '80s with her then-fiancé/fellow performer Billy Campbell. Making an inauspicious debut at the age of 19 as Andrew McCarthy's would-be first-time conquest in the teen sex comedy Class, she would go on to more noteworthy roles in director David Lynch's sci-fi epic Dune and the slick but heartfelt romantic comedy... Full Biography

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"Smith" stars Virginia Madsen and Ray Liotta attend the CBS Upfront Presentation at Tavern on the...
"Smith" stars Ray Liotta and Virginia Madsen present an award at the 68th Annual Primetime Emmy...
Virginia Madsen, Sandra Oh, Thomas Hayden Church and Paul Giamatti promote "Sideways" at the Toronto...
Billy Bob Thornton as Charles Farmer and Virginia Madsen as Audie Farmer in "The Astronaut Farmer"...
Virginia Madsen as Audie Farmer in "The Astronaut Farmer" (Warner Bros. Pictures)
From left to right: Virginia Madsen as Audie Farmer, Logan Polish as Sunshine Farmer and Jasper...
Bruce Dern, left, as Hal and Virginia Madsen as Audie Farmer in "The Astronaut Farmer" (Warner Bros....
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