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Virginia Madsen Profile |
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Birth Date: September 11, 1961
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Birth Place: Chicago, Illinois, USA
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Birth Name: Virginia Madsen
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Height: 5'5"
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Biography |
Virginia Madsen was born on September 11, 1961, 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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Has child with Antonio Sabato Jr. named Jack (b. 6 August
1994).
Her brother, actor Michael Madsen, refuses to see any of her
movies in which she appears naked.
Sister was an actress.
Daughter of Cal Madsen (a firefighter).
Was once engaged to actor Bill Campbell. They went to
Hollywood together to pursue acting careers and lived in
Pacific Palisades. Graduated from New Trier High School in
Winnetka, Illinois, with her best friend, actress Rusty
Schwimmer. Other New Trier graduates include Ralph Bellamy,
Charlton Heston, Rock Hudson, Hugh O'Brien, Ann-Margret,
Bruce Dern, Penelope Milford, Liz Phair. Attended the Ted
Liss Acting Studio in Chicago and Harand Camp Adult Theater
Seminar in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin.
Former daughter-in-law of John Huston and Zoe Sallis; former
sister-in-law of Tony Huston, Anjelica Huston, and Pat
Delaney (as the wife of Tony Huston); also former
sister-in-law of Georganne LaPiere, ex-wife of her brother
Michael Madsen and half-sister of Cher.
Her father's parents (Soren and Anna Marie Madsen) came to
America from Denmark in the early 1900s. Virginia Madsen is
half-Danish.
Both eyes are different. Left eye is part brown and part
green and right eye is all green.
Her father is Danish-American; her mother is Irish-American
and Aboriginal American.
Aunt of Michael Madsen's children Christian, Cody, Max,
Calvn and Hudson
Sister-in-law of De Anna Morgan
Former sister-in-law of Jeannine Bisignano
Is allergic to bees.
In an interview, she admitted that she was sobbing so hard
at the end of Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan (1982) when Spock
died, that she had to go home as soon as the movie was over.
Claims that she was hypnotized for some of the scenes in
Candyman (1992). |
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