American actress Virginia Madsen is the younger sister of actor Michael Madsen. They almost simultaneously began acting in films, and both achieved significant success in this field. Now Virginia's portfolio includes more than 120 works in films of various genres and several awards from prestigious film festivals.
Biography
Virginia Madsen was born in Chicago in 1961. Her mother was a stage director, poet, playwright, TV presenter, and then finally switched to writing. The Madsen family came to America from Denmark, there are also Irish and Indians in their family - apparently connected with this is their extraordinary charisma.
From childhood, Virginia knew that she would become an actress, and when she watched films, she pretended to be her favorite heroines. She was not embarrassed by the fact that her eyes are of different colors due to a disease called heterochromia. Already at the age of 18, she played a role in the teenage comedy "Class" (1983), and the next year she got a role in "Electric Dreams", playing a cellist.
Film career
Madsen's first serious work was her role in the action movie Dune, where she was on the same stage with Kyle McLachlan, Yurgan Prokhnov, Francesca Annis. It was a wonderful acting experience. The next tape - the melodrama "Wedge by Wedge" added fame to the future actress and helped to advance her career. After that, famous directors began to invite her to their projects, and the films “The Long Way”, “The Creator”, “Dance of Death”, as well as the famous detective story “Moonlight” appeared in her portfolio.
In her filmography, the actress herself highlights the horror film Candyman (1992). She admitted that during the filming they used hypnosis, so she simply does not remember many moments. But the audience highly appreciated her performance, as did the experts: for her role in this film, Virginia received the Saturn Award in the Best Actress nomination.
The following roles were exactly the opposite: Madsen played the femme fatale in the films "Burn of the Third Degree" and "Playing with Fire."
The next decade was not very successful for Virginia - she received invitations only to TV shows, but did not refuse roles. Her best serials are considered the projects "Thieves of Extra Class", "Witches of the East End", "Star Trek: Voyager" and "Hell on Wheels".
In 1999, Virginia was finally able to work on the same set with her brother - they starred in the films "Trill of the Nightingale", where she played the main role and "Florentin" about a small town forgotten by God and people. Both films were warmly received by audiences.
Since 2004, Madsen has become a real Hollywood star. This happened after she played in the comedy melodrama "Sideways" and was nominated for an Oscar and Golden Globe. Now she herself chooses the roles that she wants to play, and refuses the passed ones.
Her best films are "The Third Act", "The Benefactor" and "The Fatal Number 23".
Since Madsen earned a high prestige, everything in her life has changed: she was a member of the jury at the Sundance Festival, created her own production company and took up directing.
Personal life
The charismatic actress was popular with men. Virginia's first choice was Billy Campbell, they were engaged, but their relationship went wrong.
The first official marriage with actor Danny Houston also broke up.
After that, Madsen had a romantic relationship with Antonio Sabato Jr., now they have a son, Jack Antonio.
