5' 5" (1.65 m)
Virginia Madsen was once engaged to actor Billy Campbell. They went to Hollywood together to pursue acting careers and lived in Pacific Palisades. Graduated from New Trier High School in Winnetka, Illinois, with her best friend, actress Rusty Schwimmer. Other New Trier graduates include Ralph Bellamy, Charlton Heston, Rock Hudson, Hugh O'Brien, Ann-Margret, Bruce Dern, Penelope Milford, Liz Phair. Attended the Ted Liss Acting Studio in Chicago and Harand Camp Adult Theater Seminar in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin.
Sister-in-law of DeAnna Madsen
Is allergic to bee stings.
Studied at Ted Liss Acting Studio in Chicago and at Harand Camp Adult Theater Seminar in Wisconsin.
She was a member of the US Dramatic Jury at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival.
She appeared with Kenny Loggins in the music video "I'm Free", from the Footloose soundtrack (1984).
Madsen appeared in a small but key role in the Francis Ford Coppola drama The Rainmaker (1997) starring Matt Damon.
She was cast as Princess Irulan in David Lynch's science fiction epic Dune (1984)
Madsen's mother left a career in corporate business to pursue a writing career.