Virginia Madsen

Virginia Madsen is the - and -nominated actress who played in the fourth season episode .
She was born in Chicago, Illinois, and graduated from New Trier High School in Winnetka, Illinois. She is the sister of veteran actor . She was married to actor/director Danny Huston from 1989-1992, and was engaged to actor .
== Films ==
Madsen made her film debut in (1983, co-starring Alan Ruck). The following year, she played Princess Irulan in (co-starring Patrick Stewart, Brad Dourif, and Dean Stockwell. Her next film was (1985, co-starring Jeff Corey, Michael McGrady, David Ogden Stiers, Kenneth Tigar, Ian Wolfe, and Ellen Geer). Madsen then starred in (1986, featuring her Voyager co-star Tim Russ). The following year, she worked with another Voyager regular, Robert Beltran, in (co-starring Rosalind Chao, Herta Ware, and John Fleck). She has also appeared in (1986, co-starring guest actor Clayton Rohner, with Cameron Thor, Stuart Charno, and Mark Holton) and (1993, with Clayton Rohner, Zach Galligan, Jay Baker, Doug Wert, and Kirk Baily), and (1987, with Richard Cox and Kay E. Kuter).
Madsen is well-known for her starring role in (1992, co-starring fellow Star Trek alumni Tony Todd and Tom Towles) for which she won a Saturn Award from the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films. Some of her other genre films include (1991) and The Prophecy (1995). Her other films during the late 1980s and early 1990s include (1988, with David Warner) and (1988, with Jim Metzler, Donald Hotton, Robert Towers, George D. Wallace, and Vyto Ruginis), (1989, with Kurtwood Smith and Barbara Babcock), and (1990, with William Sadler and Leon Rippy).
In 1996, she co-starred with Whoopi Goldberg, Susanna Thompson, Bill Smitrovich, Terry O'Quinn, Richard Riehle, Bill Cobbs, Thomas Kopache, and Brock Peters in . Also in 1996, Madsen had an uncredited role in Tales from the Crypt: Bordello of Blood, starring William Sadler and Chris Sarandon and featuring a cameo by Whoopi Goldberg. The following year, Madsen and her Dune co-star and fellow Trek guest actor Dean Stockwell had roles in .
Madsen also appeared in (1998, co-starring William Sadler) and had a supporting role in (1999, with Michael Cavanaugh) and starred with noted actor in his final film, . In 2003, she appeared in the comedy film Nobody Knows Anything!, as did Paul Dooley and Ed Lauter.
Madsen is currently best known for her Academy Award- and Golden Globe-nominated performance as Maya in (2004). Following her success in this film, she starred in and , both released in 2006. In 2007, she worked with John Billingsley and Denise Crosby in , which Madsen executive produced. That same year, she starred in The Astronaut Farmer with and in with and Next Generation guest actor Ed Lauter.
More recently, Madsen starred in and played the title character's mother in (2011). In (2009, based on DC Comics characters), Madsen was the voice of Hippolyta, the mother of Wonder Woman (voiced by Keri Russell).
== Television ==
She debuted on television in American Playhouse, but Madsen's first major TV role was in in 1985. She played Claretta Petacci, the mistress and obsessive lover of Mussolini, who eventually gets lynched with him. The Series was Nominated for two Primetime Emmy Awards.
Besides her appearance on Voyager, Madsen has made guest appearances on several other television shows. In 1989, she had a recurring role as Maddie Hayes' sister, Annie Charnock, on . That same year, Madsen appeared in the music video for 's song "Liberian Girl", along with Whoopi Goldberg.
Ten years later, Madsen recurred as Cassandra Stone on , which starred Kelsey Grammer. Her last appearance on the show, in the two-parter "Shoutout in Seattle", also featured Dan Butler, Patrick Kerr, and Saul Rubinek. In 2001 Madsen appeared in two episodes of The Practice, along with Bill Smitrovich.
Madsen made an uncredited appearance on , starring Clancy Brown and Terry O'Quinn. She has also guest-starred on , , and Neal McDonough's (with Vanessa Williams). In addition, Madsen has starred in numerous made-for-TV movies, notably The Hearts and Davies Affair in 1985 (co-starring Fritz Weaver), (1986, with Henry Gibson), (1991, with Fritz Weaver), A Murderous Affair: The Carolyn Warmus Story in 1992 (with Robert Picardo and Chris Sarandon), Bitter Vengeance in 1994 (with Tim Russ and Bruce Greenwood), and Just Ask My Children in 2001 (with Casey Biggs, John Billingsley, and Armin Shimerman).
During the 2006-2007 season, Madsen was a regular on CBS' . In 2009, she appeared as journalist T.K. Jensen in three episodes of , the first of which also guest-starred John Carroll Lynch. In 2010, Madsen starred in the ABC series Scoundrels, on which Jessica Collins and Dina Meyer have had recurring roles.
In 2016-2017, she had a recurring role on ABC's Designated Survivor, followed by a recurring role in (2018), and (2019).
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