Andie MacDowell

Andie MacDowell
MacDowell in 2003
Born	Rosalie Anderson MacDowell (1958-04-21) April 21, 1958 Gaffney, South Carolina, U.S.
Occupation	Actress, model
Years active	1977–present
Spouse(s)	Paul Qualley (m. 1986–99) Rhett Hartzog (m. 2001–04)
Children	3

Rosalie Anderson "Andie" MacDowell (born April 21, 1958) is an American model and actress. She made her film debut in 1984's Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes, before receiving critical acclaim for her role in Sex, Lies, and Videotape (1989). She achieved box office success for her roles in several films throughout the 1990s, such as Groundhog Day (1993) and Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994). She has also starred in Green Card (1990), Short Cuts (1993), Michael (1996) and Multiplicity (1996).

Early life

Andie MacDowell was born in Gaffney, South Carolina, the daughter of Pauline "Paula" Johnston (née Oswald), a music teacher, and Marion St. Pierre MacDowell, a lumber executive.^[1] Her ancestry includes English, French, as well as some Scottish, Irish, and Welsh.^[2][3] Her family owned an Antebellum period summer house in Arden, North Carolina, which has since been made into a bed-and-breakfast named the Blake House Inn. Graffiti from her childhood visits are preserved in an upstairs bedroom closet. She attended Winthrop University for two years before moving briefly to Columbia, South Carolina. She was initially spotted by a rep from Wilhelmina Models while on a trip to Los Angeles before she would later sign with Elite Model Management in New York City in 1978.^[4]

Career

With Gong Li in 1998

In the early 1980s, MacDowell modelled for Vogue magazine and appeared in ad campaigns for Yves Saint Laurent, Vassarette, Armani perfume, Sabeth-Row, Mink International, Anne Klein and Bill Blass. A series of billboards in Times Square and national television commercials for Calvin Klein drew attention to her and led to her 1984 film debut in Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes, a role in which her lines were dubbed by Glenn Close because her Southern accent was too pronounced for her to play the role of an Englishwoman.^[5] In 1985, she had a small part in St. Elmo's Fire.

MacDowell studied method acting with teachers from the Actors Studio, in addition to working privately with the renowned coach Harold Guskin.^[4] Four years later, director Steven Soderbergh cast her in the independent film Sex, Lies, and Videotape (1989). Her performance earned her an Independent Spirit Award, a Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress, several other award nominations and led to a series of starring roles in films such as Green Card, The Object of Beauty, and Short Cuts. In the 1990s, MacDowell achieved stardom due to the box office success of director Harold Ramis's 1993 comedy, Groundhog Day, and Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994), opposite Hugh Grant.

Since 1986, MacDowell has appeared in print and television advertisements for the cosmetic and haircare company L'Oréal. In later years she has acted primarily on television and in independent films.^[4] In 2012 she co-starred in the short-lived ABC Family series Jane by Design.^[6] Since 2013, she has starred in the Hallmark Channel family series Cedar Cove.

Personal life

MacDowell married fellow former model and rancher Paul Qualley in 1986. The two met while both were posing for Gap ads. The couple has a son, Justin (born 1986), and two daughters, Rainey (born 1990, Miss Golden Globe 2012)^[7] and Sarah Margaret Qualley (born 1994), an actress. They divorced in 1999.^[8] She was married to businessman Rhett Hartzog from November 10, 2001, until their divorce in October 2004.^[8]

Filmography

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