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Virginia Madsen (born September 11 , 1961 ) is an Academy Award nominated Actress . Madsen was born in Chicago, Illinois , and is of Danish , Irish and Native American descent. She is also an alumna of New Trier High School . She was born in 1961, but her year of birth was erroneously disseminated in the media as 1963. Audiences first caught a glimpse of Madsen as Princess Irulan in David Lynch 's Science Fiction epic '' Dune '' (1984). Madsen first became popular with audiences in 1986 with her portrayal of a Catholic school girl who fell in love with a boy from a prison camp in Duncan Gibbons' '''Fire with Fire'''. Other noted film appearances include 1990's The Hot Spot with Don Johnson , and the steamy '''Third Degree Burn''' with Treat Williams . There appeared to be a trend (Fire, Hot, Burn) in names. In 2004 she gave a critically acclaimed performance in '' Sideways '', which garnered her Academy Award and Golden Globe nominations as well as a Broadcast Film Critics Award win for Best Supporting Actress. Madsen's older brother Michael Madsen is also an actor (he refuses to see any films in which she has a nude scene), and her mother, Elaine Madsen, is an Emmy -winning writer and producer. When Madsen arrived in Hollywood she was engaged to actor Billy Campbell . She was married to Danny Huston from 1989 to 1992. She later had a relationship with actor Antonio Sabato Jr. , which in 1994 produced a son, Zack. FILMOGRAPHY
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