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Andie MacDowell

Andie MacDowell

Acting1958Gaffney, South Carolina, USA

Biography

Rosalie Anderson MacDowell (born April 21, 1958) is an American actress and former fashion model. MacDowell's known for her starring film roles in romantic comedies and dramas.

Her early films include Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes (1984) and the Brat Pack vehicle film St. Elmo's Fire (1985). Her breakout role was in Sex, Lies, and Videotape (1989) which earned her the Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead and a nomination for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama. She then starred in a series of films including Green Card (1990), Groundhog Day (1993), Short Cuts (1993), Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994), Michael (1996), Multiplicity (1996), and The Muse (1999).

She is also known for her supporting film roles in Beauty Shop (2005), Footloose (2011), Magic Mike XXL (2015), Love After Love (2017), and Ready or Not (2019). MacDowell co-starred opposite her daughter Margaret Qualley in the Netflix miniseries Maid (2021), for which she was nominated for a Golden Globe Award. MacDowell has modeled for Calvin Klein and has been a spokeswoman for L'Oréal since 1986.

Acting History

2024
Red Right Hand
as Big Cat
Good Girl Jane
as Ruth Rosen
Goodrich
as Ann
The Kardashians
TVas Self1 eps
2023
The Other Zoey
as Connie MacLaren
The Kelly Clarkson Show
TVas Self1 eps
The Way Home
TVas Del Landry31 eps
The Jennifer Hudson Show
TVas Self1 eps
My Happy Ending
Executive Producer
The Way Home
TVExecutive Producer
2022
Along for the Ride
as Dr. Victoria West
2021
No Man's Land
as Monica Greer
Maid
TVas Paula Langley10 eps
Mr. Mayor
TVas Herself1 eps
The Graham Norton Show
TVas Self2 eps
2019
Ready or Not
as Becky Le Domas
The Last Laugh
as Doris Lovejoy
Cuckoo
TVas Ivy Mittelfart7 eps
2018
2017
Only the Brave
as Marvel Steinbrink
Christmas Inheritance
as Debbie Collins
Trial & Error
TVas Margaret Henderson1 eps
RuPaul's Drag Race
TVas Self - Guest Judge1 eps
2013
Breaking at the Edge
as Dr. Ghozland
Cedar Cove
TVas Olivia Lockhart
2012
Mighty Fine
as Stella Fine
Jane by Design
TVas Gray Chandler Murray
30 Rock
TVas Claire Williams1 eps
Mighty Fine
Co-Producer
2011
Footloose
as Vi Moore
Daydream Nation
as Enid Goldberg
Project Runway
TVas Self1 eps
2010
As Good As Dead
as Helen Kalahan
The 5th Quarter
as Maryanne Abbate
The Front
as Monique Lamont
At Risk
as Monique Lamont
Happiness Runs
as Victor's Mother
Lone Star
TVas Alex2 eps
2008
Inconceivable
as Charlotte 'Lottie' Louise Du Bose
The Prince of Motor City
as Gertrude Hamilton
2007
Intervention
as Kelly
2006
Barnyard
as Etta (voice)
2005
The Last Sign
as Kathy Macfarlane
Tara Road
as Marilyn
Beauty Shop
as Terri
2003
Ginostra
as Jessie
Wetten, dass..?
TVas Self1 eps
The Practice
TVas Grace Chapman1 eps
2002
Crush
as Kate Scales
V Graham Norton
TVas Self1 eps
2001
On the Edge
as Lisa (segment "Reaching Normal")
Town & Country
as Eugenie Clayborne
2000
Harrison's Flowers
as Sarah Lloyd
1999
The Muse
as Laura Phillips
Muppets from Space
as Shelley Snipes
Intimate Portrait
TVas Self1 eps
1998
1997
The View
TVas Self
Muppets Tonight
TVas Self2 eps
Goldene Kamera
TVas Self1 eps
1996
Multiplicity
as Laura Kinney
Michael
as Dorothy Winters
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
TVas Self - Guest
1994
Bad Girls
as Eileen Spenser
1992
The Player
as Andie MacDowell
Ruby Cairo
as Bessie Faro
1990
Green Card
as Brontë Mitchell Faure
1989
sex, lies, and videotape
as Ann Bishop Mullany
1985
St. Elmo's Fire
as Dale Biberman
1975
Saturday Night Live
TVas Self - Host
1951

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Personal Info

Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
4/21/1958(67 years old)
Place of Birth
Gaffney, South Carolina, USA
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