Andie MacDowell (born April 21, 1958) is an American actress and former model. She was born Rosalie Anderson MacDowell in Gaffney, South Carolina, one of four daughters in a reportedly unhappy home.

MacDowell dropped out of Winthrop College as a sophomore in 1978, and signed with the Elite Model agency. She appeared in print and televion Censored pages for the cosmetic and haircare company L'Oreal, a job she continued even after she got her first job as an actress. A series of television commercials for Calvin Klein drew attention to her and led in 1984 to her film debut in Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes, a role in which her lines were rerecorded by Glenn Close. In 1985, she had a small part in St. Elmo's Fire, but her film career seemed to have stalled.

Four years later, in 1989, she hit her professional stride. Director Steven Soderbergh cast her in the independent film Sex, Lies, and Videotape; her performance earned her several award nominations and led to a series of starring roles in films such as Green Card, The Object of Beauty, and Short Cuts. As of 2004, her biggest successes were in the box office hits Groundhog Day and Four Weddings and a Funeral.

MacDowell was married between 1986 and 1999 to former model and rancher Paul Qualley; the couple have a son and two daughters. In 2001, she married Atlanta, Georgia businessman Rhett Hartzog.

Filmography

• Tara Road (2005) (filming)
• Beauty Shop (2005) (filming)
• Riding the Bus with My Sister (2005)

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• The Last Sign (2004)
• Ginostra (2002)
• Crush (2001)
• Town & Country (2001)
• Harrison's Flowers (2000)
• Reaching Normal (1999)
• The Muse (1999)
• Muppets From Space (1999)
• Just the Ticket (aka Gary & Linda) (1999)
• Shadrach (1998)
• The End of Violence (1997)
• Michael (1996)
• Multiplicity (1996)
• Unstrung Heroes (1995)
• Bad Girls (1994)
• Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994)
• Short Cuts (1993)
• Ruby Cairo (1993)
• Groundhog Day (1993)
• The Player (1992)
• Hudson Hawk (1991)
• The Object of Beauty (1991)
• Green Card (1990)
• Censored page (1989)
• St. Elmo's Fire (1985)
• (1984)

External links

• The Internet Movie Database: Andie MacDowell http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0000510/
• E!Online 1999 article and interview http://www.eonline.com/Celebs/Qa/Macdowell/