| Madeleine Stowe | |
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Madeleine Stowe in 2002 |
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| Born | Madeline M. Stowe August 18, 1958 Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1978–present |
| Spouse | Brian Benben (1982–present) |
| Children | 2 |
Madeleine Stowe (born Madeline M. Stowe;[1] August 18, 1958) is an American actress. She rose to prominence appearing in films such as Stakeout, Revenge, Unlawful Entry, The Last of the Mohicans, Blink, China Moon, 12 Monkeys, The General's Daughter and We Were Soldiers. She stars as Victoria Grayson in the ABC drama series Revenge, for which she is nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama in 2011.[2]
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Stowe, the first of three children, was born in Los Angeles, California[1][3] and raised in Eagle Rock, a suburb of Los Angeles. Her mother, Mireya (née Mora), had come from a prominent family in Costa Rica, and her father, Robert Stowe, was a civil engineer who was a native of Oregon.[3][4][5] Stowe's father suffered from multiple sclerosis.[6]
Between the ages of 10 and 18, Stowe took piano lessons. She originally aspired to become a concert pianist. Stowe would later explain that piano was an escape of not having to socialize with other children her age. She also accompanied her father on medical treatments. Her Russian-born music teacher Sergei Tarnowsky had faith in Stowe, even teaching her from his deathbed. Following his death at the age of 96, she quit. She later commented: "I just felt it was time to not be by myself anymore." Subsequently, Stowe went on her first date at the age of 18.[7] She then studied cinema and journalism at the University of Southern California. Not overly interested in her classes, Stowe volunteered to do performances at the Solaris, a Beverly Hills theater, where a movie agent saw her in a play and got her several offers of appearances in TV and films.
For nearly fifteen years, Stowe appeared mostly in minor or supporting roles in movies and on TV. A few of her performances from this period are Stakeout, where she played with Richard Dreyfuss, and Revenge, which co-starred Kevin Costner. In 1992, she appeared in a supporting role as the wife of Kurt Russell in the gritty crime drama Unlawful Entry. Also that year, Stowe played Cora Munro in The Last of the Mohicans, which also starred Daniel Day-Lewis.
The next year, director Robert Altman cast Stowe in Short Cuts, in which she gave one of her most acclaimed screen performances as the wife of a compulsively lying and adulterous police officer played by Tim Robbins. The following year, Madeleine played a blind musician in the thriller Blink, co-starring Aidan Quinn. The year after that, she was a sympathetic psychiatrist in the science-fiction movie Twelve Monkeys.
In 1995, Stowe was chosen by Empire as one of the "100 Sexiest Stars in film history".[8] Stowe postponed her acting career in 1996 to concentrate on motherhood. In 1998, she came back with The Proposition, then The General's Daughter in 1999.
In 2001, she starred in the science-fiction box office bomb Impostor. [9] In 2002 she starred in the movies We Were Soldiers with Mel Gibson and Avenging Angelo with Sylvester Stallone. In 2003, she starred in the thriller Octane.
In 2007 she appeared in the Jeff Goldblum detective drama Raines on NBC, a 2007 mid-season replacement. The series was canceled after two months. In 2009 she starred in the Lifetime movie The Christmas Hope. As of 2011, she stars as Victoria Grayson on ABC's television drama series Revenge.[10][11]
In 1982, Stowe married Brian Benben, whom she met on the set of a television movie the previous year. They live west of Austin near Johnson City, Texas and have a son and daughter.[12]
In 2008, Stowe travelled to Haiti and helped found Artists For Peace And Justice. She is on the advisory board of this foundation.[13]
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| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
| 1982 | Gangster Wars | Ruth Lasker | ||
| 1987 | Stakeout | Maria McGuire | ||
| 1988 | Tropical Snow | Marina | ||
| 1989 | Worth Winning | Veronica Briskow | ||
| 1990 | Revenge | Miryea | ||
| 1990 | The Two Jakes | Lillian Bodine | ||
| 1991 | Closet Land | Victim | ||
| 1992 | Unlawful Entry | Karen Carr | ||
| 1992 | The Last of the Mohicans | Cora Munro | ||
| 1993 | Another Stakeout | Maria McGuire | uncredited | |
| 1993 | Short Cuts | Sherri Shepard | ||
| 1994 | China Moon | Rachel Munro | ||
| 1994 | Blink | Emma Brody | ||
| 1994 | Bad Girls | Cody Zamora | ||
| 1995 | 12 Monkeys | Kathryn Railly | ||
| 1998 | The Proposition | Eleanor Barret | ||
| 1998 | Playing by Heart | Gracie | ||
| 1999 | The General's Daughter | Warr. Off. Sara Sunhill | ||
| 2001 | Impostor | Maya Olham | ||
| 2002 | We Were Soldiers | Julie Moore | ||
| 2002 | Avenging Angelo | Jennifer Barrett Allieghieri | ||
| 2003 | Octane | Senga Wilson | ||
| Television | ||||
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
| 1978 | Baretta | Anna | Episode: "The Marker" | |
| 1978 | The Amazing Spider-Man | Maria Calderon | Episode: "Escort to Danger" | |
| 1978 | The Nativity | Mary | TV movie | |
| 1978 | The Deerslayer | Hetty Hutter | TV movie | |
| 1979 | Barnaby Jones | Diane | Episode: "School of Terror" | |
| 1980 | Beulah Land | Selma Kendrick Davis | TV miniseries | |
| 1980 | Little House on the Prairie | Annie Crane | Episode: "Portrait of Love" | |
| 1981 | Trapper John, M.D. | Cassie | Episode: "Creepy Time Gal" | |
| 1981 | The Gangster Chronicles | Ruth Lasker | TV series | |
| 1984 | Amazons | Dr. Sharon Fields | TV movie | |
| 1986 | Blood & Orchids | Hester Ashley Murdoch | TV movie | |
| 2002 | The Magnificent Ambersons | Isabel Amberson Minafer | TV movie | |
| 2005 | Saving Milly | Milly | TV movie | |
| 2006 | Southern Comfort | Charlotte | TV pilot | |
| 2007 | Raines | Dr. Samantha Kohl | TV series; 6 episodes | |
| 2009 | The Christmas Hope | Patricia Addison | TV movie | |
| 2011–present | Revenge | Victoria Grayson | TV series; Series Regular | |
| List of awards and nominations | ||||
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| Year | Award | Category | Film | Result |
| 1993 | Venice Film Festival | Volpi Cup for Best Ensemble Cast | Short Cuts | Won |
| 1994 | National Society of Film Critics Awards | Best Supporting Actress | Short Cuts | Won |
| 1994 | Golden Globe Award | Golden Globe Award for Best Ensemble Cast | Short Cuts | Won |
| 1996 | Science fiction magazine | Best Actress in a Genre Motion Picture | Twelve Monkeys | Won |
| 1996 | Saturn Awards | Best Actress | Twelve Monkeys | Nominated |
| 2000 | Blockbuster Entertainment Awards | Favorite Supporting Actress - Suspense | The General's Daughter | Nominated |
| 2000 | ALMA Awards | Outstanding Actress in a Feature Film | The General's Daughter | Nominated |
| 2003 | American Veterans Award | Best Actress | We Were Soldiers | Won |
| 2005 | Imagen Foundation Awards | Best Actress | Saving Milly | Won |
| 2012 | Golden Globe Award | Best Actress – Television Series Drama | Revenge | Pending |