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 Helen Lyle in the horror film Candyman 1992 For her performance in Alexander Paynes comedydrama Sideways 2004 Madsen was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress On television Madsen has appeared in the comedydrama series Moonlighting 1989 the comedy series Frasier 1998 the period drama series American Dreams 20022003 the murder mystery series Monk 20022009 the science fiction series The Event 2011 the supernatural drama series Witches of East End 20132014 the political thriller series Designated Survivor 20162017 and the DC Universe superhero horror series Swamp Thing 2019 Description above from the Wikipedia article Virginia Madsen licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia
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