Andie MacDowell

Infobox actor


birthname = Rosalie Anderson MacDowell
birthdate = birth date and age|1958|4|21
birthplace = Gaffney, South Carolina
yearsactive = 1984 - present
spouse = Paul Qualley (1986-1999)
Rhett Hartzog (2001-2004)
cesarawards = Honorary César
1997 Lifetime Achievement
goldenglobeawards = Best Ensemble Cast
1994 "Short Cuts"
awards = Saturn Award for Best Actress (film)
1993 "Groundhog Day"

Rosalie Anderson "Andie" MacDowell (born April 21, 1958) is an American model and actress. She is the winner of two Golden Globe Awards.

Early life

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. [ [http://www.filmreference.com/film/55/Andie-Macdowell.html Andie Macdowell Biography (1958-) ] ] [ [http://www.thetracyfamilyhistory.net/Chapter_%2076%20%20Beauties.htm New Page 2 ] ] Her family owned an "ante-bellum" summer house in Arden, North Carolina. It has since been made into a bed-and-breakfast named the Blake House Inn. Graffiti from her childhood visits is preserved in an upstairs bedroom closet. She dropped out of Winthrop College as a sophomore in 1978, and moved to Columbia, South Carolina, where she spent several years with her sister Beverly (Babs), working as a waitress in one of the first "Disco" nightclubs emerging from the 70s Carolina Beach Clubs. Rose and her live-in boyfriend, Chuck Neal, the nightclub DJ, organized a fashion show at the club in Columbia, "Stage Door", that attracted among others, photographers affiliated with New York modeling agencies. MacDowell was discovered there almost overnight and signed with Elite Model Management.

Career

In the early 1980s she modeled for "Vogue" magazine and appeared in ad campaigns for Yves Saint Laurent, Vassarette, Armani perfume, Sabeth-Row, Mink International, Anne Klein and Bill Blass. In the May 1982 issue of "GQ" she appeared in a Bruce Weber layout with cover model Jeff Aquilon. A series of television commercials for Calvin Klein drew attention to her and led to her 1984 film debut in "", a role in which her lines were rerecorded by Glenn Close because her southern accent was too pronounced. In 1985, she had a small part in "St. Elmo's Fire", but her film career seemed to have stalled. Four years later, MacDowell hit her professional stride. Director Steven Soderbergh cast her in the 1989 independent film "sex, lies, and videotape". 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, she achieved stardom due to the box office success of the 1993 comedy by Harold Ramis, "Groundhog Day", and the 1994 global blockbuster, "Four Weddings and a Funeral" (FWAAF), opposite Hugh Grant. "Groundhog Day" and "FWAAF" remain MacDowell's biggest box office hits to date.

MacDowell currently appears in print and television advertisements for the cosmetic and haircare company L'Oréal.

Personal life

MacDowell was married from 1986 to 1999 to fellow former model and rancher Paul Qualley, whom she met while both were posing for Gap ads. The couple have a son, Justin and two daughters, Rainey and Sarah Margaret. She was married to Atlanta, Georgia businessman Rhett Hartzog from 2001 to 2004.

MacDowell currently resides in the town of Biltmore Forest, North Carolina near the city of Asheville. She is an avid hiker and general outdoors-woman.

Filmography

References

External links

*imdb name|id=0000510|name=Andie MacDowell
* [http://www.eonline.com/Celebs/Qa/Macdowell/ E!Online 1999 article and interview]
*tvtome person|id=92396|name=Andie MacDowell
* [http://www.blakehouse.com Blake House Inn, Arden]