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  • Madsen dating young actor - 15 September 2011
    -Actress Virginia Madsen has found love with an actor 20 years her junior.-The Sideways star, who celebrated her 50th birthday on Sunday (11Sep11), has been dating Nick Holmes "for a while", but she insists she is taking the romance in her stride.- She tells People.com,


  • Madsen scared producer out of haunted hotel - 28 March 2009
    -Sideways star Virginia Madsen fears she's responsible for scaring a producer out of a luxury hotel room - after imploring the spirits haunting her suite to leave her alone and bug her neighbour instead.- -Madsen and the cast and crew of The Haunting In Connecticut staye

Virginia Madsen - what members say


  • Candyman
  • Candyman review by Cato from
    Rated - 3.0 stars Beware the Hook! 7 July 2011
    ...ound at times) seems to be perpetrated on the poor women in the film, including Virginia Madsen, whom I thought was very good in the lead role. Warning though, it's not for th...   Read customer review
  • The Hot Spot
  • The Hot Spot review by A customer from South Coast
    Rated - 4.0 stars Very Hot! 3 August 2005
    ...ll here. He was believable as the drifter and I think he handled the part well. Virginia Madsen was excellent as the bored wife and Jennifer Connelly was brilliant as the shy ...   Read customer review
  • Sideways
  • Sideways review by from London
    Rated - 5.0 stars A real treat 29 January 2005
    ...nce. But Miles finds it harder to open up and reveal his true feelings for Maya(Virginia Madsen) a divorced waitress who he has admired from a distance for years. 'Sideways...   Read customer review

Virginia Madsen - filmography


  • Father of Invention (2010)
    Starring: Heather Graham,  Kevin Spacey,  Camilla Belle
    Director: Trent Cooper
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Millionaire infomercial guru, Robert Axle loses everything when one of his inventions has a design flaw that accidentally chops off the fingers of thousands of customers. After serving eight years in prison, a disgraced Axle is released, and ready to redeem his name and rebuild his empire with a ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 9 members
    Due for release on 11th June 2012
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  • Diminished Capacity on DVD (2009)
    Starring: Matthew Broderick,  Alan Alda,  Virginia Madsen
    Director: Terry Kinney
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    How much is a good memory worth? That's the question that faces newspaper editor Cooper after a debilitating concussion takes him from the political pages to comic strip detail. Looking for answers, he travels home to Missouri where his now senile Uncle Rollie is on the verge of losing his home. ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 47% from 491 members
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  • Wonder Woman on DVD (2009)
    Starring: Rosario Dawson,  Virginia Madsen,  Marg Helgenberger
    Director: Lauren Montgomery
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Watch now: Unavailable
    On the mystical island of Themyscira, a proud warrior race of Amazons thrives, shielded from the corrupt world of men. But a betrayal leads to an escape of Ares, the God of War, and Amazon Princess Diana must capture him before he unleashes global chaos and destruction. With the aid of cocky ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 963 members
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  • Amelia on DVD (2009)
    Starring: Ewan McGregor,  Hilary Swank,  Richard Gere
    Director: Mira Nair
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    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 flight around the world.
    3 stars out of 5 59% from 4,076 members
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  • The Haunting in Connecticut on DVD (2009)
    Starring: Virginia Madsen,  Elias Koteas,  Amanda Crew
    Director: Peter Cornwell
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Based on a chilling true story, "The Haunting in Connecticut" charts one family's terrifying, real-life encounter with the dark forces of the supernatural. When the Campbell family moves to upstate Connecticut, they soon learn that their charming Victorian home has a disturbing history: not only ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 61% from 16,469 members
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  • Ripple Effect on DVD (2007)
    Starring: Forest Whitaker,  Virginia Madsen,  Minnie Driver
    Director: Philippe Caland
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    Hip clothing designer Amer Atrash is perpetually on the brink of success. Now, with time running out, he is undergoing a crisis in his business and in his marriage. Soul searching, he attributes his misfortune to bad karma from a wrongdoing committed 15 years ago and sets out to right this wrong, ..read more »
    2 stars out of 5 41% from 147 members
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  • The Number 23 - Blu-ray (2007)
    Starring: Virginia Madsen,  Danny Huston,  Jim Carrey
    Director: Joel Schumacher
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    In Joel Schumacher's psychological thriller THE NUMBER 23, Jim Carrey takes on another dramatic role. Carrey's character is similar to his roles in THE TRUMAN SHOW and ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND: he portrays an average man thrust into quite extraordinary situations after a series of ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 62% from 862 members
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  • Firewall on DVD (2006)
    Starring: Harrison Ford,  Paul Bettany,  Virginia Madsen
    Director: Richard Loncraine
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Watch now: Unavailable
    Jack Stanfield (Harrison Ford) is an average family man in Seattle who heads up the hi-tech security team at his local bank. But following a seemingly trivial case of identity theft, Jack's life is turned upside-down when he discovers that his wife (Virginia Madsen) and two kids have been kidnapped...read more »
    3 stars out of 5 61% from 43,298 members
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  • The Astronaut Farmer (2006)
    Starring: Billy Bob Thornton,  Virginia Madsen,  Max Thieriot
    Director: Michael Polish
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Watch now: Unavailable
    A NASA astronaut (Thornton), forced to retire years earlier so he could save his family farm, has never give up his dream of space travel and looks to build his own rocket, despite the government's threats to stop him.
    3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 696 members
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  • Firewall - Blu-ray (2006)
    Starring: Harrison Ford,  Paul Bettany,  Virginia Madsen
    Director: Richard Loncraine
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Watch now: Unavailable
    Jack Stanfield (Harrison Ford) is an average family man in Seattle who heads up the hi-tech security team at his local bank. But following a seemingly trivial case of identity theft, Jack's life is turned upside-down when he discovers that his wife (Virginia Madsen) and two kids have been kidnapped...read more »
    3 stars out of 5 62% from 2,986 members
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  • Stuart Little 3 on DVD (2005)
    Starring: Wayne Brady,  Geena Davis,  Michael J. Fox
    Director: Audu Paden
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    The CGI animated sequel to the hit film franchise. ItÂ’s Stuart to the rescue in this all-new, fun-filled family adventure. When the Littles decide to spend their summer vacation in the Great Outdoors, they have no idea that the Beast -- a mountain lion who rules the wild with an iron paw -- is ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 51% from 6,620 members
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  • American Gun on DVD (2002)
    Starring: James Coburn,  Virginia Madsen,  Alexandra Holden
    Director: Alan Jacobs
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    James Coburn stars as Martin Tillman, a man whose daughter is shot dead by a stray bullet from a Magnum .357 and who endeavours to find the answers to the mysteries surrounding her killing by means of discovering about the weapon's past. Its serial number leads Tillman to Las Vegas and, eventually, ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 51% from 334 members
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  • The Prophecy on DVD (1995)
    Starring: Christopher Walken,  Elias Koteas,  Virginia Madsen
    Director: Gregory Widen
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Watch now: Unavailable
    Christopher Walken leads an extraordinary cast including Eric Stoltz, Virginia Madsen, Elias Koteas, Amanda Plummer and Viggo Mortensen in a terrifying, supernatural thriller of heavenly war waged on Earth by renegade angels. When Thomas Daggett (Elias Koteas) falls victim to confusing and horrific ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 60% from 3,997 members
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  • Candyman - Blu-ray (1992)
    Starring: Virginia Madsen,  Tony Todd,  Donna D'Errico
    Director: Turi Meyer
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    The thesis research of folklore graduate student Helen Lyle (Virginia Madsen) leads her into the urban underworld of Chicago's Cabrini Green housing projects. There the residents are genuinely terrified of Candyman (Tony Todd), a legendary figure with a hook for a hand. Skeptical, she summons him ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 47 members
    Not available for rental
  • Candyman on DVD (1992)
    Starring: Virginia Madsen,  Tony Todd,  Donna D'Errico
    Director: Turi Meyer
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Bernard Rose followed his moody fantasy-thriller Paperhouse (1988) with this modern horror tale, based on Clive Barker's short story The Forbidden. Compiling a thesis on urban legends, University of Illinois in Chicago graduate student Helen Lyle (Virginia Madsen) becomes aware of the prevalent ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 63% from 10,642 members
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  • Highlander 2 on DVD (1991)
    Starring: Sean Connery,  Christopher Lambert,  Virginia Madsen
    Director: Russell Mulcahy
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    In this labyrinthine sequel, the Immortal MacLeod saves the people of Earth from immanent ozone layer-related destruction by building a shield that deflects sunlight. But the people of Earth aren't especially grateful, as the constant state of night has made them cranky and prone to criminal sprees...read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 51% from 8,789 members
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  • The Hot Spot on DVD (1990)
    Starring: Don Johnson,  Virginia Madsen,  Jennifer Connelly
    Director: Dennis Hopper
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    A saturnine vision of the universe and an interest in the female form bordering on adoration have been two constants of Dennis Hopper's directorial work. Both are on display in this neo-noir, starring Don Johnson as cagey drifter Harry Madox, who picks up a job from used car lot owner George ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 54% from 1,176 member
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  • Victim Of Love on DVD (1990)
    Starring: Pierce Brosnan,  JoBeth Williams,  Virginia Madsen
    Director: Jerry London
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    A psychologist becomes involved with an English professor who has only recently lost his wife, but her instincts tell her that there is more to him than meets the eye. Her fears are realised when one of her patients claims to have been driven to the brink of suicide by him.....
    2.5 stars out of 5 48% from 131 members
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  • Slam Dance on DVD (1987)
    Starring: Harry Dean Stanton,  Virginia Madsen,  Tom Hulce
    Director: Wayne Wang
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Cartoonist C.C. Drood finds himself being framed for five murders. On becoming an amateur detective he enters a maze in which no-one is quite what they seem, not his land-lady, not his friends, not even the police. Fast-paced action thriller.
    2 stars out of 5 38% from 50 members
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  • Creator on DVD (1985)
    Starring: Peter O'Toole,  Vincent Spano,  Mariel Hemingway
    Director: Ivan Passer
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    An eccentric, brilliant scientist sets out to "recreate" his pet wife who died 25-years before. To complicate matters, just when he's about to succeed he falls head-over- heels for a beautiful coed. Based on the novel by Jeremy Leven.
    2.5 stars out of 5 47% from 139 members
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  • Creator on DVD (1985)
    Starring: Peter O'Toole,  Mariel Hemingway,  Vincent Spano
    Director: Ivan Passer
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    An eccentric, brilliant scientist sets out to 'recreate' his wife who died 25-years before. To complicate matters, just when he's about to succeed he falls head-over- heels for a beautiful coed. Based on the novel by Jeremy Leven.
    2 stars out of 5 40% from 12 members
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  • Electric Dreams on DVD (1984)
    Starring: Virginia Madsen,  Lenny von Dohlen,  Maxwell Caulfield
    Director: Steve Barron
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    The story of a young man who falls in love with his beautiful upstairs neighbour. The only problem is that his computer shares his taste in women, and will do anything to have her to 'himself'. Features original songs performed by Giorgio Moroder, Jeff Lynne, Phil Oakey, Heaven 17, and Boy George ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 63% from 1,515 member
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  • Class on DVD (1983)
    Starring: Rob Lowe,  Jacqueline Bisset,  Andrew McCarthy
    Director: Lewis John Carlino
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    A delightful comedy about the outrageous sexual exploits of two young prep school students (Lowe and McCarthy) who's friendship is painfully tested when one of them has an affair with the other's seductive mother (Bisset.)
    3 stars out of 5 63% from 1,306 member
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  • Firewall - HD
    Starring: Harrison Ford,  Paul Bettany,  Virginia Madsen
    Director: Richard Loncraine
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Watch now: Unavailable
    Jack Stanfield (Harrison Ford) is an average family man in Seattle who heads up the hi-tech security team at his local bank. But following a seemingly trivial case of identity theft, Jack's life is turned upside-down when he discovers that his wife (Virginia Madsen) and two kids have been kidnapped...read more »
    3 stars out of 5 59% from 668 members
    Not currently released
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Virginia Madsen facts

5 most recent films

Father of Invention - 3.5 stars
Diminished Capacity - 2.5 stars
Wonder Woman - 3.5 stars
Amelia - 3.0 stars
The Haunting in Connecticut - Blu-ray - 3.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

Frasier - Complete Season 6 - 4.5 stars
John Grisham's The Rainmaker - 3.5 stars
Wonder Woman - 3.5 stars
The Astronaut Farmer - 3.5 stars
Ghosts of Mississippi - 3.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Creator - 2.0 stars
Candyman - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars
Father of Invention - 3.5 stars
A Murderous Affair - 2.0 stars
Slam Dance - 2.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Kelsey Grammer - 5 times - show films
John Mahoney - 5 times - show films
Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio - 5 times - show films
Amy Brenneman - 5 times - show films
Peri Gilpin - 5 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Lauren Montgomery - 7 times - show films
Ken Lamkin - 5 times - show films
David Lee - 5 times - show films
Pamela Fryman - 5 times - show films
Sheldon E - 5 times - show films