Model and film actress, one of the most brilliant stars in Hollywood, she was twice included in the list of "50 most beautiful people in the world." Andie MacDowell was born in a remote provincial town, she had a difficult childhood and an even more difficult youth, but the faster was her rise to the heights of fame.
Childhood and youth
Andie MacDowell (full name - Rosalie Anderson McDowell) was born on April 21, 1958 in the town of Gaffney, South Carolina. The blood of Scots, Irish and French flows in her veins. Andy's father worked as an engineer, his mother gave music lessons. The girl had an older sister, Beverly, and a younger brother, Willard. Parents divorced when Andy was only six. In adolescence, the girl had to not only study, but also work. After high school Andy went to college, but soon she had to leave school due to lack of money in the family. At first she worked as a waitress in a restaurant, and then as a saleswoman in a fashion boutique.
In 1978, the girl left to conquer New York, where she managed to sign a contract with the famous modeling agency Elite Model Management. Since the early 80s, Andy has already performed on the Parisian catwalks and worked for brands such as Yves Saint Laurent, Vassarette, Armani perfume, Sabeth-Row, Mink International, Anne Klein, Bill Blass. Her photo again and again appeared on the covers of the most popular glossy magazines Vogue and Glamor.
Film career
Andie MacDowell made her film debut in 1984, when she starred in The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes. The picture was a success, and inspired by Andy, she began to seriously study acting according to the Stanislavsky method. She began acting more and more, until finally the young and unknown at that time director Steven Soderbergh invited her to the lead role in his debut film "Sex, Lies and Videos" (1989). The film received the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival, Andy herself also received several awards, and her acting career confidently went uphill.
In 1990, Andy starred in the melodrama "Residence Permit", where her partner was Gerard Depardieu, and a year later in the movie "The Hudson Hawk" with Bruce Willis and in "The Object of Beauty" with John Malkovich. But truly world fame, which has not faded to this day, came to Andie MacDowell when she starred in Harold Ramis's comedy Groundhog Day (1993). At first, critics reacted coolly to the film, calling it "very cute, but nothing more", and only in 2006, when the cult status of the film was no longer in doubt, "Groundhog Day" was recognized by the Library of Congress as a cinematic treasure.
Subsequently, Andie MacDowell played many roles in films, many of them were very successful and brought the actress a whole bunch of awards, including the Volpi Cup of the Venice Film Festival, Golden Globe, Saturn and Cesar awards.
Personal life
Andie MacDowell has been married twice. In 1986, she married Paul Qually, whom she met by chance during one of the advertising campaigns. Andy and Paul had three children: a son, Justin, and two daughters, Rainey and Margaret. In 1999, the marriage broke up. According to journalists, the breakup was due to Andy's long-standing fleeting romance with Bruce Willis. The details of this connection, which arose during the joint work on the Hudson Hawk, were suddenly revealed only 10 years later.
The second husband of the actress was her school friend, businessman Rhett Hartzog, but the marriage lasted only three years. Since then, the actress no longer wants to go down the aisle with anyone, having completely surrendered to her hobbies - yoga, sports tourism and mountaineering (the actress has already conquered 20 mountain peaks).
