Virginia Madsen

Virginia Madsen

1961-09-11 Chicago, Illinois, USA 104 Credits

Biography

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 Hele...

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Sheepdog

Sheepdog

2024

as Dr. Elecia Knox

7.0
Acting

A decorated combat Veteran is court ordered into treatment when an ex-convict shows up on his doorstep and reveals that he must put himself back toget...

Lola

Lola

2024

as Mona

4.9
Acting

19-year-old Lola James is trying to work to save enough money to get her beloved little brother, Arlo, out of their toxic home. Until one tragic night...

The Portrait

The Portrait

2023

as Mags

4.4
Acting

After her husband is devastated by a tragic accident, a devoted wife obsesses over a mysterious portrait that resembles him as he was; but when it sta...

Give Me An A

Give Me An A

2023

as Coach Judy

6.0
Acting

Created by an all female filmmaking team, this 17-segment series focuses on the visceral gut reactions of each filmmaker to expand conversations about...

One Day as a Lion

One Day as a Lion

2023

as Valerie Brisky

5.7
Acting

Jackie Powers will stop at nothing to prevent his son from following him into a life of crime. With his mob employer in pursuit, a chance encounter at...

Prey for the Devil

Prey for the Devil

2022

as Dr. Peters

6.9
Acting

In response to a global rise in demonic possessions, the Catholic Church reopens exorcism schools to train priests in the Rite of Exorcism. On this sp...

American Badass: A Michael Madsen Retrospective

American Badass: A Michael Madsen Retrospective

2022

as Self

4.7
Acting

An intimate, soul-baring new documentary covering the life and 40+ year career of actor and poet Michael Madsen, from troubled youth to film star, tol...

Candyman

Candyman

2021

as Helen Lyle (voice)

6.0
Acting

A Chicago artist's sanity starts to unravel, unleashing a terrifying wave of violence when he begins to explore the macabre history of the Candyman.

Operation Christmas Drop

Operation Christmas Drop

2020

as Congresswoman Angie Bradford

6.4
Acting

While gathering evidence to support closing a tropical U.S. Air Force base, a congressional aide warms to its generous captain.

That Click

That Click

2019

as Self

9.0
Acting

A man at the cutting edge of fashion, photojournalism and portraiture, photographer to the stars Douglas Kirkland has portrayed over sixty years of po...

Her Smell

Her Smell

2019

as Ania Adamcyzk

5.8
Acting

A self-destructive punk rocker struggles with sobriety while trying to recapture the creative inspiration that led her band to success.

Spare Room

Spare Room

2018

as Nat

5.5
Acting

A broken, guilt-ridden young vet attempts to make amends while renting a room from his fallen brother's widow.

It Was Always You, Helen

It Was Always You, Helen

2018

as Herself

Acting

An interview with actor Virginia Madsen about her work in Candyman (1992).

1985

1985

2018

as Eileen

6.2
Acting

Having been gone for three years, closeted advertising executive Adrian returns to his Texas hometown and struggles to reveal his dire circumstances t...

Red Christmas: Making 'Better Watch Out'

2017

as Self

Acting

Documentary about the film "Better Watch Out"

Better Watch Out

Better Watch Out

2017

as Deandra Lerner

6.7
Acting

On a quiet suburban street tucked within a 'safe neighborhood', a babysitter must defend a twelve-year-old boy from strangers breaking into the house,...

A Change of Heart

A Change of Heart

2017

as Deena

1.5
Acting

Discouraged with cards that life has felt him, Hank is a man whose circumstances have steered him to fear change, but his town is adhering less to tra...

Burn Your Maps

Burn Your Maps

2016

as Victoria

7.1
Acting

A family in emotional turmoil is taken by surprise in this quirky adventure where an eccentric 8-year-old American boy, Wes, has an existential epipha...

Burning Bodhi

Burning Bodhi

2016

as Naomi

4.1
Acting

Lifelong friends stumble back home after high school when word goes out on Facebook that the most popular among them has died. Old girlfriends, boyfri...

Joy

Joy

2015

as Terry

6.5
Acting

A story based on the life of a struggling Long Island single mom who became one of the country's most successful entrepreneurs.

Lost Boy

Lost Boy

2015

as Laura Harris

4.9
Acting

When Laura Harris's kidnapped son returns after eleven devastating years, what she thinks will be a dream come true turns out to be a family nightmare...

An American Girl: Grace Stirs Up Success

An American Girl: Grace Stirs Up Success

2015

as Mrs. Thomas

7.5
Acting

Grace is excited for the summer so she can start a business with her friends, but things take an unexpected turn when her mom announces a trip to Pari...

Dead Rising: Watchtower

Dead Rising: Watchtower

2015

as Maggie

5.1
Acting

A group of people fight to survive in a zombie infested town.

Walter

Walter

2015

as Karen

5.3
Acting

A ticket-taker at the local cinema believes he is the son of God. He has agreed to decide the eternal fate of everyone he comes in to contact with.

Road to Capri

Road to Capri

2015

as Katherine

Acting

One dead father. Two mothers. Two brothers who didn't know they were brothers. One inheritance.

Jake Squared

Jake Squared

2014

as Beth

4.1
Acting

A filmmaker sets out to make a new project in order to figure out how he's screwed up every relationship he's ever had.

All the Wilderness

All the Wilderness

2014

as Abigail Charm

6.4
Acting

Keeping to himself in the wake his father's death, James Charm finds refuge in solitary walks and creating morbid sketches — until a charismatic new f...

The Hot Flashes

The Hot Flashes

2013

as Clementine Winks

4.7
Acting

An unlikely basketball team of unappreciated middle-aged Texas women, all former high school champs, challenge the current high school girls’ state ch...

Anna Nicole

Anna Nicole

2013

as Virgie Arthur

5.0
Acting

Voluptuous beauty Anna Nicole Smith marries an elderly millionaire and poses for Playboy, but after her husband's death, her excessive drinking, pill-...

Crazy Kind of Love

Crazy Kind of Love

2013

as Augusta

5.5
Acting

While re-evaluating her life, a mother relies on her stoner son and his awkward brother to keep life interesting. When an unlikely romance blossoms be...

The Last Keepers

The Last Keepers

2013

as Abigail Carver

4.9
Acting

This romantic fantasy movie is about two people who are the last survivors of an ancient line of goddess worshipers, who sell art at a shop. When thei...

The Magic of Belle Isle

The Magic of Belle Isle

2012

as Mrs. O'Neil

7.0
Acting

In an effort to tap into his original talent, a wheelchair-bound author moves to a rural town, where he befriends a single mother and her three kids, ...

Hornet's Nest

Hornet's Nest

2012

as Judy Hammer

4.5
Acting

Set in Charlotte, N.C., the story opens with everyone desperate to solve the latest crisis: a serial killer is specializing in out-of-town businessmen...

Red Riding Hood

Red Riding Hood

2011

as Suzette

6.0
Acting

Valerie is in love with a brooding outsider, Peter, but her parents have arranged for her to marry another man. Unwilling to lose each other, Valerie ...

Father of Invention

Father of Invention

2010

as Lorraine

5.3
Acting

Nearly a decade after a faulty product landed him in prison, an arrogant inventor is determined to restore his reputation and rebuild his fortune. But...

Amelia

Amelia

2009

as Dorothy Binney (uncredited)

5.7
Acting

A look at the life of legendary American pilot Amelia Earhart, who disappeared while flying over the Pacific Ocean in 1937 in an attempt to make a fli...

I Know a Woman Like That

I Know a Woman Like That

2009

as Self

7.0
Acting

Actress Virginia Madsen collaborates with her mother Elaine Madsen to produce this documentary, which profiles a collection of fascinating woman betw...

I Know a Woman Like That

I Know a Woman Like That

2009

Producer

7.0
Producing

Actress Virginia Madsen collaborates with her mother Elaine Madsen to produce this documentary, which profiles a collection of fascinating woman betw...

The Haunting in Connecticut

The Haunting in Connecticut

2009

as Sara Campbell

6.2
Acting

When the Campbell family moves to upstate Connecticut, they soon learn that their charming Victorian home has a disturbing history: not only was the h...

Wonder Woman

Wonder Woman

2009

as Hippolyta (voice)

7.2
Acting

On the mystical island of Themyscira, a proud and fierce warrior race of Amazons have raised a daughter of untold beauty, grace and strength: Princess...

Diminished Capacity

Diminished Capacity

2008

as Charlotte

5.4
Acting

A Chicago journalist suffering from memory loss takes leaves from his job and returns to his rural hometown, where he bonds with his Alzheimer's impai...

Cutlass

Cutlass

2007

as Robin

6.9
Acting

When Robin's daughter Lacy wants to buy an expensive guitar, Robin reminisces about the days when she was a teenager, asking her dad for her first car...

Being Michael Madsen

Being Michael Madsen

2007

as Self

5.8
Acting

Actor Michael Madsen turns the tables on notorious paparazzo, Billy Dant, by hiring a trio of documentary filmmakers to chronicle Dant's life, loves, ...

Ripple Effect

Ripple Effect

2007

as Sherry

5.0
Acting

Believing that bad karma is keeping him from realizing his dream, hip clothing designer Amer Atrash (Philippe Caland) attempts to orchestrate salvatio...

Ripple Effect

Ripple Effect

2007

Executive Producer

5.0
Producing

Believing that bad karma is keeping him from realizing his dream, hip clothing designer Amer Atrash (Philippe Caland) attempts to orchestrate salvatio...

The Number 23

The Number 23

2007

as Agatha Sparrow / Fabrizia

6.4
Acting

Animal control officer Walter Sparrow becomes obsessed with a novel that he believes was written about him, as more and more similarities between hims...

The Astronaut Farmer

The Astronaut Farmer

2007

as Mrs. Farmer

6.2
Acting

Texan Charles Farmer left the Air Force as a young man to save the family ranch when his dad died. Like most American ranchers, he owes his bank. Unli...

A Prairie Home Companion

A Prairie Home Companion

2006

as Dangerous Woman

6.3
Acting

A look at what goes on backstage during the last broadcast of America's most celebrated radio show, where singing cowboys Dusty and Lefty, a country m...

Firewall

Firewall

2006

as Beth Stanfield

5.8
Acting

State-of-the-art security system creator Jack Stanfield has cemented his reputation as a man who's thought of everything. But when a criminal finds a ...

Stuart Little 3: Call of the Wild

Stuart Little 3: Call of the Wild

2005

as The Beast (voice)

5.2
Acting

With school out for the summer, The Littles are vacationing in a cabin by the lake, and Stuart is so excited he could burst! But when Snowbell the ca...

Scooby-Doo! in Where's My Mummy?

Scooby-Doo! in Where's My Mummy?

2005

as Cleopatra (voice)

7.4
Acting

Scooby-Doo and the Mystery Inc. gang become involved in a supernatural mystery in Egypt.

Sideways

Sideways

2004

as Maya

7.1
Acting

Two middle-aged men embark on a spiritual journey through Californian wine country. One is an unpublished novelist suffering from depression, and the ...

Nobody Knows Anything!

Nobody Knows Anything!

2004

as Prison Lawyer

3.0
Acting

Sarah thinks making a movie is easy. With the guidance of her screenwriter uncle, she goes on a wild journey into the world of Hollywood where she mee...

Sweets to the Sweet: The 'Candyman' Mythos

Sweets to the Sweet: The 'Candyman' Mythos

2004

as Self

8.0
Acting

Retrospective documentary featuring director Bernard Rose, writer Clive Barker, producer Alan Poul and stars Tony Todd, Virginia Madsen and Kasi Lemmo...

Brave New Girl

Brave New Girl

2004

as Wanda Lovell

7.2
Acting

Holly has everything it takes to be a star; the voice, the dream and the dedication, but she lacks the means to break away from her humble Texas upbri...

Artworks

Artworks

2003

as Emma Becker

4.6
Acting

A police chief's daughter, a sales agent for a home-security firm, meets an art gallery owner. Love and envy lead them to hatch a plot to steal overlo...

Tempted

Tempted

2003

as Emma Burke

6.1
Acting

The strain of juggling her responsibilities as wife, mother, and successful paralegal have worn Emma Burke out. Thus it is that Emma welcomes the oppo...

American Gun

American Gun

2002

as Penny Tillman

5.2
Acting

A father uses the serial number on a hand gun in an attempt to track down his daughter's killer. The truth he uncovers is an unsettling reminder of th...

Just Ask My Children

Just Ask My Children

2001

as Brenda Kniffen

6.5
Acting

Based on the true story of a modern-day witch hunt, in which a couple is falsely accused and imprisoned for molesting their own children.

Full Disclosure

Full Disclosure

2001

as Brenda Hopkins

3.4
Acting

A reporter discovers a woman who is a suspected terrorist.

Almost Salinas

Almost Salinas

2001

as Clare

8.0
Acting

Life takes a strange turn when a group of outsiders come to the small town of Cholame, the famed site of James Dean's fatal car crash. Cholame's only ...

Lying in Wait

Lying in Wait

2001

as Vera Miller

4.3
Acting

Young bachelor Babee is looking after his dead mother's estate when married couple Keith and Vera move in. Babee becomes attracted to them by the beau...

Captured on Film: The True Story of Marion Davies

Captured on Film: The True Story of Marion Davies

2001

as Self

5.5
Acting

Blonde, beautiful and talented, Marion Davies was the first and funniest screwball comedienne. As star of two of the best comedies ever made, Show Peo...

Crossfire Trail

Crossfire Trail

2001

as Anne Rodney

6.3
Acting

Rafe Covington is as good as his word, and he's determined to keep his promise to a dying man that he'll look after the man's widow and Wyoming ranch....

Children of Fortune

Children of Fortune

2000

as Ingrid Bast

3.0
Acting

Navy detective Dave Passenger is assigned to investigate the murder of a sailor's girlfriend. Dave follows the trail of evidence to a small Arizona co...

After Sex

After Sex

2000

as Traci

5.0
Acting

A group of attractive women get together for a weekend of bonding, hoping to relax and getaway from the anxiety of their boyfriends. The women travel ...

The Haunting

The Haunting

1999

as Jane

5.5
Acting

Dr. David Marrow invites three distinct individuals to the eerie and isolated Hill House to be subjects for a sleep disorder study. The unfortunate gu...

Ballad of the Nightingale

Ballad of the Nightingale

1999

as Mo Lewis

4.0
Acting

A down-on-her luck prostitute embarks on a wild adventure that puts her in contact with the Mafia.

The Florentine

The Florentine

1999

as Molly

5.5
Acting

A slice-of-life story unfolds inside The Florentine, a bar in a Pennsylvania steel town whose brightest days are behind it, leaving behind many of lif...

Ambushed

Ambushed

1998

as Lucy Monroe

4.9
Acting

Jim Natter, the leader of a violent Kuk Klux Klan lodge, is shot dead. His teenage son Eric Natter is found nearby, and taken into police custody for ...

The Rainmaker

The Rainmaker

1997

as Jackie Lemancyzk

7.0
Acting

When Rudy Baylor, a young attorney with no clients, goes to work for a seedy ambulance chaser, he wants to help the parents of a terminally ill boy in...

The Apocalypse Watch

The Apocalypse Watch

1997

as Karin De Vries

3.9
Acting

A CIA analyst takes over a case from his brother, a field agent who was killed in the line of duty, in this thriller based on a Robert Ludlum novel.

Ghosts of Mississippi

Ghosts of Mississippi

1996

as Dixie DeLaughter

6.6
Acting

A Mississippi district attorney and the widow of Medgar Evers struggle to bring a white supremacist to justice for the 1963 murder of the civil rights...

Just Your Luck

Just Your Luck

1996

as Kim

3.5
Acting

Six million dollars suddenly goes up for grabs when an aged diner's heart fails after he discovers that he has won the lottery. Which of the remaining...

The Prophecy

The Prophecy

1995

as Katherine Henley

6.5
Acting

The angel Gabriel comes to Earth to collect a soul which will end the stalemated war in Heaven, and only a former priest and a little girl can stop hi...

Bitter Vengeance

Bitter Vengeance

1994

as Annie Westford

4.3
Acting

Annie marries Jack Westford, a cop when they met. Six years later, Jack is now working as a security guard in a bank and feels that he was unfairly fi...

Blue Tiger

Blue Tiger

1994

as Gina Hayes

5.2
Acting

Gena is a sweet and dedicated mother to her little son. One day, whilst shopping with him for a halloween mask, her son is accidently shot through the...

Caroline at Midnight

Caroline at Midnight

1994

as Susan Prince

3.9
Acting

A policeman's wife falls for a reporter who suspects her husband of corruption and murder.

Linda

Linda

1993

as Linda Cowley

4.2
Acting

Two couples, friends for a long time, decide to go away together. Things soon take a turn for the worse when Linda and Jeff spend far too much time to...

Candyman

Candyman

1992

as Helen Lyle

6.6
Acting

The Candyman, a murderous soul with a hook for a hand, is accidentally summoned to reality by a skeptic grad student researching the monster's myth.

A Murderous Affair: The Carolyn Warmus Story

A Murderous Affair: The Carolyn Warmus Story

1992

as Carolyn Warmus

4.2
Acting

A married man meets a beautiful woman and they begin an affair.

Love Kills

Love Kills

1991

as Rebecca Bishop

2.8
Acting

Glamorous fashion photographer Rebecca is getting even. Angered by her husband's infidelity, she takes a lover - a mysterious hunk she fist met during...

Becoming Colette

Becoming Colette

1991

as Polaire

3.7
Acting

French writer recalls her start as the country wife of a Paris publisher who called her erotic work his own.

Victim of Love

Victim of Love

1991

as Carla Simmons

4.0
Acting

Therapist Tess falls for widowed professor Paul, who's having an affair with Carla, one of her patients. Tess turns a dangerous page when she uncovers...

Ironclads

Ironclads

1991

as Betty Stuart

7.0
Acting

Ironclads is a 1991 made-for-television movie produced by Ted Turner's TNT company about the events behind the creation of the CSS Virginia from the r...

Highlander II: The Quickening

Highlander II: The Quickening

1991

as Louise Marcus

4.7
Acting

In the year 2024, the ozone layer is believed to have been destroyed, and it's up to MacLeod and Ramirez to set things right. Opposition comes from bo...

The Hot Spot

The Hot Spot

1990

as Dolly Harshaw

6.3
Acting

Upon arriving to a small town, a drifter quickly gets into trouble with the local authorities — and the local women — after he robs a bank.

Heart of Dixie

Heart of Dixie

1989

as Delia June Curry

5.5
Acting

In the 1950s, three young sorority women re-assess their values in light of the burgeoning civil rights movement.

Third Degree Burn

Third Degree Burn

1989

as Anne Scholes

4.6
Acting

A down-and-out private eye (Treat Williams) gets too close to the wife (Virginia Madsen) of a rich man (Richard Masur) soon found dead.

Hot to Trot

Hot to Trot

1988

as Allison Rowe

5.2
Acting

Fred P. Chaney receives as inheritance after the death of his mother a speaking horse that also has good knowledge about the stock-market. With the he...

Gotham

Gotham

1988

as Rachel Carlyle

5.7
Acting

A New York private eye searches for a socialite who supposedly drowned 10 years before.

Mr. North

Mr. North

1988

as Sally Boffin

5.2
Acting

Mr. North, a stranger to a small, but wealthy, Rhode Island town, quickly has rumors started about him that he has the power to heal people's ailments...

Zombie High

Zombie High

1987

as Andrea

4.1
Acting

A freshman begins to notice that students at her new school are losing their individuality. She discovers that the faculty are operating on the studen...

Slam Dance

Slam Dance

1987

as Yolanda Caldwell

4.8
Acting

When framed for the murder of a sultry blonde, an underground cartoonist is drawn into a web of corruption, blackmail and deceit.

Long Gone

Long Gone

1987

as Dixie Lee Boxx

6.2
Acting

Story of the Tampico Stogies, a low minor-league baseball team, and its star player and manager, Stud' Cantrell, as they battle for the league champio...

Modern Girls

Modern Girls

1986

as Kelly

5.5
Acting

Margo, Kelly, and CeCe have three things in common: they're roommates, they're gorgeous, and they're hooked on the glamour and excitement of L.A.'s ro...

Fire with Fire

Fire with Fire

1986

as Lisa Taylor

6.2
Acting

A young woman from a Catholic school and a young man from a nearby prison camp fall in love and run away together to escape the law, the church and th...

Creator

Creator

1985

as Barbara Spencer

6.2
Acting

With the help of student assistant Boris and stolen university equipment, Dr. Harry Wolper plans to clone his dead wife. But then he meets Meli, an eg...

The Hearst and Davies Affair

The Hearst and Davies Affair

1985

as Marion Davies

3.8
Acting

Dramatization of the scandalous, long-time love affair between the powerful but married publisher and the chorus girl he helped turn into a Ziegfeld s...

Dune

Dune

1984

as Princess Irulan

6.2
Acting

In the year 10,191, the most precious substance in the universe is the spice Melange. The spice extends life. The spice expands consciousness. The spi...

A Matter of Principle

A Matter of Principle

1984

as Lou Ellen Purdy

Acting

A miserable man who doesn't believe in the holidays must contend with his 11 children and wife celebrating the most wonderful time of the year.

Electric Dreams

Electric Dreams

1984

as Madeline Robistat

6.3
Acting

Miles buys himself a state-of-the-art computer that starts expressing thoughts and emotions after having champagne spilled on it. Things start getting...

Class

Class

1983

as Lisa

6.0
Acting

Naive Midwestern prep student Jonathan bonds with his more worldly roommate, Skip, who takes the small-town boy under his wing. At Skip's urging, the ...

Street Smart

N/A

as Beth

Acting

A look into the lives of a lively group of unhoused young adults in the iconic beach town, who come together with humor and a bit of Robin Hood-style ...