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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 Prophecy
  • The Prophecy review by ZenZii from
    Rated - 5.0 stars The Prophecy: WATCH IT NOW IT'S FABULOUS!!! 10 July 2012
    ...The young girl was lovely in this movie she played the part well, and of course Virginia Madsen was her usual brilliant self. This film should be watched as it would be a sham...   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


  • The Magic of Belle Isle (2012)
    Starring: Morgan Freeman,  Kenan Thompson,  Virginia Madsen
    Director: Rob Reiner
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Monte Wildhorn, a famous Western novelist whose struggle with alcoholism has sapped his passion for writing. He takes a lakeside cabin for the summer in picturesque Belle Isle, and befriends the family next door-an attractive single mom and her young daughters-who help him find inspiration again.
    3.5 stars out of 5 72% from 20 members
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  • Father of Invention on DVD (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 stars out of 5 58% from 566 members
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  • Wonder Woman on DVD (2009)
    Starring: Marg Helgenberger,  Rosario Dawson,  Virginia Madsen
    Director: Lauren Montgomery
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
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    Feature-length animated adventure for the ultimate female warrior. 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 Diana (voiced by Keri Russell). When Army fighter pilot Steve Trevor (Nathan ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 1,075 member
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  • The Haunting in Connecticut on DVD (2009)
    Starring: Kyle Gallner,  John B. Lowe,  Elias Koteas
    Director: Peter Cornwell
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Based on a chilling true story, Lionsgate's "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: ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 61% from 17,181 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 4,377 members
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  • The Number 23 - Blu-ray (2007)
    Starring: Jim Carrey,  Danny Huston,  Virginia Madsen
    Director: Joel Schumacher
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Thriller starring Jim Carrey. Walter Sparrow (Carrey) is a middle-aged dogcatcher whose wife Agatha (Madsen) has bestowed him with an obscure mystery novel detailing the investigation launched by a tough-talking gumshoe named Fingerling (also Carrey) whose every move seems to be overshadowed by the ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 62% from 1,039 member
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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 42% from 174 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
    Thriller starring Harrison Ford as Jack Stanfield, 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 his wife (Virginia Madsen) and two children are kidnapped. ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 62% from 3,151 members
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  • Firewall on DVD (2006)
    Starring: Harrison Ford,  Paul Bettany,  Virginia Madsen
    Director: Richard Loncraine
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
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    Thriller starring Harrison Ford as Jack Stanfield, 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 his wife (Virginia Madsen) and two children are kidnapped. ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 61% from 44,004 members
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  • The Astronaut Farmer (2006)
    Starring: Billy Bob Thornton,  Virginia Madsen,  Max Thieriot
    Director: Michael Polish
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
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    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 740 members
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  • Stuart Little 3 on DVD (2005)
    Starring: Hugh Laurie,  Wayne Brady,  Peter MacNicol
    Director: Audu Paden
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    Second sequel to the popular 2000 movie starring Michael J. Fox as loveable rodent, Stuart Little. School's out for the summer and the Littles are spending their vacation at a beautiful lakeside cabin. Leading the way is Stuart, who can't wait to become a Scout and spend his entire vacation ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 51% from 6,654 members
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  • Sideways (2005)
    Starring: Paul Giamatti,  Thomas Haden Church,  Virginia Madsen
    Director: Alexander Payne
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Comedy drama which follows Miles (Paul Giamatti), an unsuccessful novelist, and Jack (Thomas Haden Church), an equally unsuccessful actor who is about to get married. They decide to take a trip to California in an attempt to sow their wild oats. There they explore the nature of their failures and ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 63% from 69,274 members
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  • Mussolini - The Untold Story (2 discs) on DVD (2005)
    Starring: Lee Grant,  David Suchet,  Raul Julia
    Director: William A. Graham
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
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    Made-for-television miniseries about the life of the Italian Fascist dictator, played by George C. Scott, and based on the memoirs of Mussolini's son. Opening in 1922, Mussolini marches on Rome at the head of his Blackshirt militia, seizes power and begins colonial expansion in Africa. Over the ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 53% from 159 members
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  • American Gun (2002)
    Starring: Barbara Bain,  James Coburn,  Alexandra Holden
    Director: Alan Jacobs
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    When his daughter's (Virginia Madsen) life is cut brutally short by a stray bullet from a Magnum .357, Martin Tillman (James Coburn, who died before the film was released) struggles to make sense of the tragedy. He needs answers and is convinced they're hidden somewhere in the weapon's past. Using ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 51% from 343 members
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  • Just Ask My Children on DVD (2001)
    Starring: Jeffrey Nordling,  Graham Beckel,  Virginia Madsen
    Director: Arvin Brown
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Virginia Madsen, Jeffrey Nordling, Graham Beckel, Robert Joy star in this based true movie directed by Arvin Brown. Parents, Brenda and Scott Kniffen are wrongly accused of abuse and child molestation, as time go by without any incriminating evidence, the children are taken into protective custody...read more »
    3 stars out of 5 61% from 227 members
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  • The Prophecy on DVD (1995)
    Starring: Elias Koteas,  Eric Stoltz,  Amanda Plummer
    Director: Gregory Widen
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
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    Tommy Dagget wanted to be a priest, but lost his faith and became a cop instead. He once wrote a learned treatise on angels, so when a physiologically abnormal individual is found murdered and a copy of Dagget's study discovered on the crime scene, he's assigned to investigate. What he uncovers is ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 61% from 4,410 members
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  • Blue Tiger on DVD (1994)
    Starring: Michael Madsen,  Virginia Madsen,  Toru Nakamura
    Director: Norberto Barba
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Watch now: Unavailable
    American Yakuza revenge movie set on the West Coast. A young mother sees her son blown away by a Japanese gangster involved in the takeover of a trucking firm for his drug peddling. She resolves to take revenge and sets about tracking him down using a copy of the ornate tatoo he has on his chest ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 51% from 122 members
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  • Candyman on DVD (1992)
    Starring: Alexia Robinson,  Nick Corri,  Donna D'Errico
    Director: Turi Meyer
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
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    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 64% from 11,286 members
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  • Candyman - Blu-ray (1992)
    Starring: Alexia Robinson,  Nick Corri,  Donna D'Errico
    Director: Turi Meyer
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
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    Helen (Virginia Madsen), an academic writing a book on a mythical killer known as the Candyman, decides to visit a run-down housing project where the legend is still very much part of the residents' lives. As she questions the locals about their beliefs, she hears stories of how the Candyman will ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 64% from 100 members
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  • Highlander 2 on DVD (1991)
    Starring: Sean Connery,  Michael Ironside,  John C. McGinley
    Director: Russell Mulcahy
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Sequel to 'Highlander'. The year is 2024, and the population of Earth are under the impression that the ozone layer has been totally depleted. Former Immortal Connor MacLeod (Christopher Lambert) is now an old man, reviled by the media for his part in the construction of a protective shield, which ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 51% from 9,017 members
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  • The Hot Spot on DVD (1990)
    Starring: Jerry Hardin,  William Sadler,  Charles Martin Smith
    Director: Dennis Hopper
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    A drifter turns up in a small Texas town and gets himself a job in a used car lot. He quickly finds himself entranced by his employer's seductive wife. Don Johnson and Virginia Madsen star in this film noir-inspired melodrama, directed by Dennis Hopper.
    2.5 stars out of 5 54% from 1,228 member
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  • Slam Dance on DVD (1987)
    Starring: Tom Hulce,  Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio,  Virginia Madsen
    Director: Wayne Wang
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Off-beat thriller from director Wayne Wang. Following a mail mix-up, C.C. Drood (Tom Hulce), an easy-going cartoonist, is kidnapped by thugs. Throwing himself from the car, he reports the kidnapping to the police. He meets Detective Smiley who, at the end of the interview, produces photographs of a ..read more »
    2 stars out of 5 39% from 54 members
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  • Creator on DVD (1985)
    Starring: Peter O'Toole,  David Ogden Stiers,  Vincent Spano
    Director: Ivan Passer
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Peter O'Toole is a lonely biologist who can not get over the death of his beloved wife. He plans a Frankenstein-like recreation of the deceased woman, using a few cells from her body. To complete the resurrection he needs a human egg, which he receives from his lab assistant (Mariel Hemingway). ..read more »
    2 stars out of 5 43% from 16 members
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  • Creator on DVD (1985)
    Starring: Peter O'Toole,  David Ogden Stiers,  Vincent Spano
    Director: Ivan Passer
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Dr. Harry Wolper is an eccentric scientist, hoping to clone his dead wife. As he needs an egg and a host for this to take place - he first steals Boris, a new student assistant by promising him a co-ed's phone number. Then he hijacks new high tech equipment for his own research. In his search for a ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 47% from 143 members
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  • Electric Dreams on DVD (1984)
    Starring: Bud Cort,  Alan Polonsky,  Miriam Margolyes
    Director: Steve Barron
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    1980s US comedy about the unlikely friendship between a man and his computer. When architect Miles (Lenny von Dohlen) spills wine all over his brand new state-of-the-art computer, the last thing he expects is for the computer to start expressing thoughts and feelings. But Edgar (voice of Bud Cort), ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 62% from 1,629 member
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  • Class on DVD (1983)
    Starring: Joan Cusack,  Casey Siemaszko,  Alan Ruck
    Director: Lewis John Carlino
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Fresh-faced country boy Jonathan (Andrew McCarthy) arrives by scholarship to study among the super-elite at a posh preparatory school. His roommate is the devilishly arrogant Skip (Rob Lowe) who, upon learning of Jonathan's inexperience in worldy matters, decides to make it his mission to educate ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 62% from 1,379 member
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Virginia Madsen facts

5 most recent films

The Magic of Belle Isle - 3.5 stars
Father of Invention - 3.0 stars
The Haunting in Connecticut - Blu-ray - 3.0 stars
Wonder Woman - 3.5 stars
The Haunting in Connecticut - 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
Candyman - Blu-ray - 3.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Creator - 2.0 stars
The Magic of Belle Isle - 3.5 stars
Sideways - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
A Murderous Affair - 2.0 stars
Slam Dance - 2.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Peri Gilpin - 5 times - show films
David Hyde Pierce - 5 times - show films
Jane Leeves - 5 times - show films
Kelsey Grammer - 5 times - show films
John Mahoney - 5 times - show films

Most frequent directors

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