Actor

Andie MacDowell

Acting

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Acting credits

120

Prolific

Very extensive acting filmography.

TMDB popularity

3.0

Moderate attention

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Movies: 81Series: 39Crew credits: 8

TMDB ID: 1533

IMDb ID: nm0000510

Known for: Acting

Born: April 21, 1958

Age: 68

Place of birth: Gaffney, South Carolina, USA

Gender: Female

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1951 - 2027

Years active: 77

Average TMDB rating: 6.21

Wikidata: Q208558

Also known as

Rosalie Anderson MacDowell • Розали Андерсон Макдауэлл

Other jobs

Executive Producer (6)Co-Producer (1)Producer (1)

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Biography

Rosalie Anderson MacDowell (born April 21, 1958) is an American actress and former fashion model. MacDowell is known for her starring film roles in romantic comedies and dramas. She has modelled for Calvin Klein and has been a spokeswoman for L'Oréal since 1986. 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 Golden Globe nomination 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), Unstrung Heroes (1995), Michael (1996), Multiplicity (1996), and The Muse (1999). MacDowell played supporting film roles in Beauty Shop (2005), Footloose (2011), Magic Mike XXL(2015), The Last Laugh (2019), Ready or Not (2019), The Other Zoey (2024) and Red Right Hand (2024). She starred in several independent films, most notably Love After Love (2017). She co-starred opposite her daughter, Margaret Qualley, in the Netflix miniseries Maid (2021), for which she was nominated for a Golden Globe Award. In 2023, MacDowell began starring in the Hallmark Channel fantasy drama series The Way Home.