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| occupation = | years_active = 1983–present | website = }} Virginia G. Madsen (born September 11, 1961) is an American actress and producer. She made her film debut in ''Class'' (1983), which was filmed in her native Chicago. She soon moved to Los Angeles. In 1984, David Lynch cast her in the science fiction film ''Dune'' as Princess Irulan. Madsen was then cast in a series of successful teen movies, including ''Electric Dreams'' (1984), ''Modern Girls'' (1986), and ''Fire with Fire'' (1986). She is most known for her role as Helen Lyle in ''Candyman'' (1992); and for her performance as Maya in Alexander Payne's film ''Sideways'' (2004), for which she received numerous awards and nominations, including nominations for the Golden Globe and the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. Her other film appearances include ''Long Gone'' (1987), ''Gotham'' (1988), ''The Hot Spot'' (1990), ''Ghosts of Mississippi'' (1996), ''The Rainmaker'' (1997), ''A Prairie Home Companion'' (2006), ''The Haunting in Connecticut'' (2009), ''Red Riding Hood'' (2011), and ''All the Wilderness'' (2014). ==Early life== Madsen was born in Chicago, Illinois, the daughter of Elaine Madsen (née Elaine Loretta Melson), an Emmy Award-winning filmmaker and author, and Calvin Madsen, a fireman. Madsen's parents divorced in the late 60s, and her mother left a career in finance to pursue a career in arts, encouraged by Roger Ebert. Madsen's siblings are Cheryl Madsen, an entrepreneur, and actor Michael Madsen. Her paternal grandparents were Danish, and her mother has English, Irish, Scottish, German, and distant Native American ancestry. Madsen is a graduate of New Trier High School in Winnetka, Illinois. She later attended the Ted Liss Acting Studio in Chicago, and Harand Camp Adult Theater Seminar in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin. Of her experience with Liss, she said: "I had wanted to join his class since I was 12. It was well worth the wait because I don't think I could have got that sort of training anywhere else especially in the United States... I always wanted to make a real career out of acting." 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Virginia Madsen」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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