Virginia Madsen

What I admire most about Virginia Madsen is her refusal to be defined by any single era. She broke out as Princess Irulan in Dune, became a cult horror icon with a Saturn Award, and then, at the age when Hollywood usually discards actresses, delivered an awards-sweeping mid-career renaissance crowned by an Oscar nomination. That arc takes more than talent; it takes stubbornness and craft. Her voice work and producing reveal a restless intelligence that keeps expanding. To me she is proof that longevity in acting is its own art form, and I find her later choices more interesting than most stars' peaks.

Name (English)

Virginia Madsen

Name (Japanese)

ヴァージニア・マドセン

Reading

ゔぁーじにあ・まどせん

Born

September 11, 1961 (age 64)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Virgo / Ox

Origin

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Height

165 cm

Occupation

actor / television actor / film actor / manufacturer / voice actor

High school

New Trier High School

Awards & achievements

• 1993 Saturn Award for Best Actress
• 2005 Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Female
• 2005 Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture

Motto

Private

• Official sitehttp://virginia-madsen.org
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/virginiamadsen/
• Xhttps://x.com/madlyv
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A1%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B8%E3%83%8B%E3%82%A2%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9E%E3%83%89%E3%82%BB%E3%83%B3

Tags

• Illinois
• actor
• television actor
• film actor

Last updated

2026-06-11

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.