Virginia Madsen

ActorProducer Sep 11 (age 64) Chicago, Illinois, USA 1983–2026 (43 year career)

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Biography

Virginia Gayle Madsen (born September 11, 1961) is an American actress and film producer. She made her film debut in Class (1983), which was filmed in her native Chicago. After she moved to Los Angeles, director David Lynch cast her as Princess Irulan in the science fiction film Dune (1984). Madsen then starred in a series of successful teen movies, including Electric Dreams (1984), Modern Girls (1986), and Fire with Fire (1986). Madsen received further recognition for her starring role as Hele…

Known For

Film

Joy

Terry

Film

Sideways

Maya

Film

The Number 23

Agatha Sparrow / Fabrizia

Film

Swamp Thing

Maria Sunderland

Film

The Rainmaker

Jackie Lemancyzk

Film

Dune

Princess Irulan

Film

Candyman

Helen Lyle

Film

Better Watch Out

Deandra Lerner

Filmography

Acting (142)

Movies (105)

Sheepdog

2026

as Dr. Elecia Knox

7.0

Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies

2025

as Self - (archive footage)

Lola

as Mona

One Day as a Lion

as Valerie Brisky

The Portrait

as Mags

Give Me an A

as Coach Judy

Prey for the Devil

as Dr. Peters

American Badass: A Michael Madsen Retrospective

2022

as Self

5.5

Candyman

2021

as Helen Lyle (voice)

6.0

Operation Christmas Drop

2020

as Congresswoman Angie Bradford

Her Smell

as Ania Adamcyzk

That Click

as Self

Spare Room

as Nat

It Was Always You, Helen

2018

as Herself

1985

as Eileen

A Change of Heart

as Deena

Better Watch Out

as Deandra Lerner

Red Christmas: Making 'Better Watch Out'

2017

as Self

Burn Your Maps

as Victoria

Burning Bodhi

as Naomi

Joy

as Terry

Walter

as Karen

Dead Rising: Watchtower

2015

as Maggie

5.2

Road to Capri

2015

as Katherine

An American Girl: Grace Stirs Up Success

as Mrs. Thomas

Lost Boy

as Laura Harris

Jake Squared

as Beth

All the Wilderness

as Abigail Charm

Crazy Kind of Love

as Augusta

The Hot Flashes

as Clementine Winks

The Last Keepers

as Abigail Carver

Anna Nicole

as Virgie Arthur

The Magic of Belle Isle

as Charlotte O'Neil

Hornet's Nest

as Judy Hammer

Red Riding Hood

as Suzette

Father of Invention

as Lorraine

Wonder Woman

as Hippolyta (voice)

The Haunting in Connecticut

2009

as Sara Campbell

6.2

Amelia

2009

as Dorothy Binney (uncredited)

5.7

I Know a Woman Like That

as Self

Diminished Capacity

as Charlotte

Cutlass

as Robin

The Number 23

as Agatha Sparrow / Fabrizia

The Astronaut Farmer

as Mrs. Farmer

Ripple Effect

as Sherry

Being Michael Madsen

as Self

Francis Ford Coppola Directs 'John Grisham's the Rainmaker'

2007

as Self

A Prairie Home Companion

as Dangerous Woman

Firewall

as Beth Stanfield

Scooby-Doo! in Where's My Mummy?

2005

as Cleopatra (voice)

7.4

Stuart Little 3: Call of the Wild

as The Beast (voice)

Sideways

as Maya

Brave New Girl

as Wanda Lovell

Nobody Knows Anything!

2004

as Prison Lawyer

3.3

Sweets to the Sweet: The 'Candyman' Mythos

as Self

Artworks

as Emma Becker

Tempted

as Emma Burke

American Gun

as Penny Tillman

Crossfire Trail

as Anne Rodney

Just Ask My Children

as Brenda Kniffen

Full Disclosure

as Brenda Hopkins

Lying in Wait

as Vera Miller

Almost Salinas

as Clare

Captured on Film: The True Story of Marion Davies

as Self

After Sex

as Traci

Children of Fortune

as Ingrid Bast

The Haunting

as Jane

The Florentine

as Molly

Ballad of the Nightingale

as Mo Lewis

Ambushed

as Lucy Monroe

The Rainmaker

as Jackie Lemancyzk

The Apocalypse Watch

as Karin De Vries

Ghosts of Mississippi

as Dixie DeLaughter

Just Your Luck

as Kim

The Prophecy

as Katherine Henley

Caroline at Midnight

as Susan Prince

Blue Tiger

as Gina Hayes

Bitter Vengeance

as Annie Westford

Linda

as Linda Cowley

Candyman

as Helen Lyle

A Murderous Affair: The Carolyn Warmus Story

1992

as Carolyn Warmus

3.8

Highlander II: The Quickening

as Louise Marcus

Becoming Colette

as Polaire

Victim of Love

as Carla Simmons

Ironclads

as Betty Stuart

Love Kills

as Rebecca Bishop

The Hot Spot

as Dolly Harshaw

Heart of Dixie

as Delia June Curry

Third Degree Burn

as Anne Scholes

Mr. North

as Sally Boffin

Gotham

as Rachel Carlyle

Hot to Trot

as Allison Rowe

Long Gone

as Dixie Lee Boxx

Slam Dance

as Yolanda Caldwell

Zombie High

as Andrea

Modern Girls

as Kelly

Fire with Fire

as Lisa Taylor

Creator

as Barbara Spencer

The Hearst and Davies Affair

as Marion Davies

Dune

as Princess Irulan

A Matter of Principle

1984

as Lou Ellen Purdy

Electric Dreams

as Madeline Robistat

Class

as Lisa

The Ice at the Bottom of the World

Street Smart

as Beth

Television (37)

Holidazed

2024

as Connie Manetti-Hanahan

Obliterated

as Marge McKnight

Behind the Monsters

as Self

Swamp Thing

as Maria Sunderland

Designated Survivor

as Kimble Hookstraten

7.1

American Gothic

2016

as Madeline Hawthorne

Metropolis

Witches of East End

as Penelope Gardiner

Elementary

as Paige

Ruth & Erica

as Mel

Hell on Wheels

as Hannah Durant

Scoundrels

as Cheryl West

The Megan Mullally Show

as Self - Guest

Smith

as Hope Stevens

I Love the '90s: Part Deux

2005

Justice League Unlimited

2004

as Roulette (voice)

8.3

Dog Whisperer

2004

as Self - Owner of Spike

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

as Self - Guest

Teen Titans

as Arella (voice)

Spider-Man: The New Animated Series

2003

as Silver Sable (voice)

Monk

as T.K. Jensen

CSI: Miami

as Krista Walker

American Dreams

as Rebecca Sandstrom

Boomtown

as Erika Ashland

Justice League

as Dr. Sarah Corwin / Black-Haired Girl (voice)

8.2

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

1999

as Beth Anne Rollins

7.9

The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn

as Self - Guest

Dawson's Creek

The View

as Self

The Practice

as Marsha Ellison

Star Trek: Voyager

as Kellin

Earth 2

as Alonzo Solace's Dance Partner

Frasier

as Cassandra Stone

Moonlighting

as Lorraine Anne Charnock

7.5

Mussolini: The Untold Story

as Clara Petacci

The Hitchhiker

as Christina

The Oscars

as Self

Crew (2)

Movies (2)

I Know a Woman Like That

Producer

Ripple Effect

Executive Producer