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Rosalie Anderson MacDowell is an American actress and fashion model. 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), for which she won Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead and was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama. She also received Golden Globe Award nominations for her performances in Green Card (1990) and Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994).
Birth Name
Rosalie Anderson MacDowell
Born
Monday, 21 April 1958
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Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Red Right Hand | Big Cat | 2024 |
| Albert Brooks: Defending My Life | Self | 2023 |
| The Other Zoey | Connie MacLaren | 2023 |
| Rewind the '90s | Self | 2023 |
| The Way Home | Del Landry | 2023 |
| The Jennifer Hudson Show | Self | 2022 |
| My Happy Ending | Julia | 2022 |
| Good Girl Jane | Ruth Rosen | 2022 |
| Along for the Ride | Victoria / Dr. Victoria West | 2022 |
| Maid | Paula Langley / Paula | 2021 |
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Red Right Hand | Big Cat | 2024 |
| Albert Brooks: Defending My Life | Self | 2023 |
| The Other Zoey | Connie MacLaren | 2023 |
| Rewind the '90s | Self | 2023 |
| The Way Home | Del Landry | 2023 |
| The Jennifer Hudson Show | Self | 2022 |
| My Happy Ending | Julia | 2022 |
| Good Girl Jane | Ruth Rosen | 2022 |
| Along for the Ride | Victoria / Dr. Victoria West | 2022 |
| Maid | Paula Langley / Paula | 2021 |
| Attack of the Hollywood Cliches! | Self - Actress / Self - Actor, Four Weddings and a Funeral | 2021 |
| Mr. Mayor | Andie MacDowell | 2021 |
| Dashing in December | Deb Burwall | 2020 |
| Women of Worth | Self | 2020 |
| No Man's Land | Monica Greer / Monica | 2020 |
| The Drew Barrymore Show | Self - Guest | 2020 |
| Wireless | Elaine Braddock | 2020 |
| Wim Wenders: Desperado | Self | 2020 |
| The Kelly Clarkson Show | Self | 2019 |
| Four Weddings and a Funeral | Mrs. Howard | 2019 |
| The Movies | Ann | 2019 |
| Ready or Not | Becky / Becky Le Domas | 2019 |
| The Dress Up Gang | Andie | 2019 |
| The Last Laugh | Doris Lovejoy | 2019 |
| Lovestruck | Lily | 2019 |
| Paper Year | Joanne Winters | 2018 |
| The Bill Murray Stories: Life Lessons Learned from a Mythical Man | Self | 2018 |
| The Beach House | Lovie Rudland | 2018 |
| Love After Love | Suzanne | 2018 |
| Kevyn Aucoin: Beauty & the Beast in Me | Self | 2018 |
| Christmas Inheritance | Debbie / Debbie Collins | 2017 |
| Only the Brave | Marvel Steinbrink | 2017 |
| At Home in Mitford | Cynthia Coppersmith / Cynthia | 2017 |
| Trial & Error | Margaret Henderson | 2017 |
| The Late Show with Stephen Colbert | Self - Guest | 2015 |
| Magic Mike XXL | Nancy Davidson | 2015 |
| The Late Late Show with James Corden | Self - Guest / Self | 2015 |
| HuffPost Live Conversations | Self | 2014 |
| Off Camera with Sam Jones | Self | 2014 |
| The Queen Latifah Show | Self - Guest | 2013 |
| Cedar Cove | Olivia Lockhart | 2013 |
| Hollywood Health Report | Self - Guest | 2013 |
| Breaking at the Edge | Dr. Ghozland / Dr. Gohzland | 2013 |
| Home & Family | Self | 2012 |
| Cuckoo | Ivy Mittelfart | 2012 |
| Larry King Now | Self - Guest | 2012 |
| Mighty Fine | Stella Fine | 2012 |
| Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen | (archive footage) | 2012 |
| Jane by Design | Gray Chandler Murray | 2012 |
| Footloose | Vi Moore | 2011 |
| Close Up | Herself - Interviewee / Self - Interviewee | 2011 |
| Monte Carlo | Pam | 2011 |
| Daydream Nation | Enid Goldberg | 2010 |
| The Talk | Self - Guest | 2010 |
| Lone Star | Alex | 2010 |
| Happiness Runs | Victor's Mother | 2010 |
| The Front | Monique Lamont | 2010 |
| At Risk | Monique Lamont | 2010 |
| The 5th Quarter | Maryanne Abbate | 2010 |
| As Good as Dead | Helen Kalahan / Helen | 2010 |
| Talk Stoop | Self - Guest | 2009 |
| The Six Wives of Henry Lefay | Kate | 2009 |
| RuPaul's Drag Race | Self - Guest Judge | 2009 |
| Inconceivable | Charlotte 'Lottie' Louise Du Bose | 2008 |
| The Graham Norton Show | Self - Guest | 2007 |
| Intervention | Kelly | 2007 |
| CMT Giants | Self | 2006 |
| 30 Rock | Claire Williams | 2006 |
| Barnyard | Etta the Hen (voice) / Etta the Hen | 2006 |
| Made in Hollywood | Self | 2005 |
| Tara Road | Marilyn / Marilyn Vine | 2005 |
| Riding the Bus with My Sister | Rachel Simon | 2005 |
| Beauty Shop | Terri | 2005 |
| The Last Sign | Kathy Macfarlane | 2005 |
| Tsunami Aid: A Concert of Hope | Self | 2005 |
| The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson | Self - Guest | 2005 |
| Inside Edition | Self | 2003 |
| Ginostra | Jessie | 2003 |
| Gylne tider | Self | 2002 |
| V Graham Norton | Self - Guest | 2002 |
| Crush | Kate / Kate Scales | 2002 |
| Last Call with Carson Daly | Herself | 2002 |
| Dinner with Friends | Karen | 2001 |
| Reaching Normal | Lisa | 2001 |
| On the Edge | Lisa (segment "Reaching Normal") | 2001 |
| Town & Country | Eugenie / Eugenie Clayborne | 2001 |
| Harrison's Flowers | Sarah Lloyd | 2001 |
| The Muse | Laura Phillips | 1999 |
| Muppets from Space | Shelley Snipes | 1999 |
| The 71st Annual Academy Awards | Self - Presenter | 1999 |
| Just the Ticket | Linda Palinski | 1999 |
| Comedy Lab | Self | 1998 |
| Shadrach | Trixie | 1998 |
| The End of Violence | Paige Stockard / Paige | 1997 |
| The View | Herself | 1997 |
| The Practice | Grace Chapman | 1997 |
| Michael | Dorothy Winters | 1996 |
| Access Hollywood | Self | 1996 |
| The Daily Show | Self - Guest | 1996 |
| Multiplicity | Laura Kinney | 1996 |
| The Rosie O'Donnell Show | Self - Guest | 1996 |
| Muppets Tonight | Self | 1996 |
| Die Harald Schmidt Show | Herself - Guest | 1995 |
| Unstrung Heroes | Selma Lidz | 1995 |
| The 67th Annual Academy Awards | Self - Presenter | 1995 |
| Extra | Self | 1994 |
| Bad Girls | Eileen Spenser | 1994 |
| Four Weddings and a Funeral | Carrie - Wedding One / Carrie | 1994 |
| Short Cuts | Ann Finnigan | 1993 |
| Late Night with Conan O'Brien | Herself - Guest | 1993 |
| The 65th Annual Academy Awards | Self - Presenter | 1993 |
| Luck, Trust & Ketchup: Robert Altman in Carver Country | Herself / Self | 1993 |
| Groundhog Day | Rita / Rita Hanson | 1993 |
| Deception | Bessie Faro | 1992 |
| Sex, Lies and Holes in the Skies | Self - Host | 1992 |
| The Player | Andie MacDowell | 1992 |
| Women & Men 2: In Love There Are No Rules | Emily / Emily (segment "A Domestic Dilemma") | 1991 |
| Hudson Hawk | Anna Baragli | 1991 |
| The Object of Beauty | Tina / Tina Leslie Oates | 1991 |
| Green Card | Brontë / Brontë Mitchell Faure | 1991 |
| Sex, Lies, and Videotape | Ann Bishop Mullany / Ann | 1989 |
| Troldspejlet | Self - Actress | 1989 |
| Secret of the Sahara | Anthea | 1988 |
| Siskel & Ebert | Self | 1986 |
| Spenser: For Hire | Maggie | 1985 |
| St. Elmo's Fire | Dale Biberman | 1985 |
| Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes | Miss Jane Porter | 1984 |
| Wetten, dass..? | Self | 1981 |
| Saturday Night Live | Various / Self - Host | 1975 |
| The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Herself - Guest | 1962 |
Producer Filmography
| Title | Year |
|---|
| The Way Home | 2023 |
| My Happy Ending | 2022 |
| Dashing in December | 2020 |
| The Beach House | 2018 |
| At Home in Mitford | 2017 |
| Cedar Cove | 2013 |
| Mighty Fine | 2012 |
| Just the Ticket | 1999 |
| Year | Type | Category | Won |
|---|
| 1995 | Golden Globe | Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical | Nominated |
| 1994 | Golden Globe | Won | |
| 1991 | Golden Globe | Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical | Nominated |
| 1990 | Golden Globe | Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama | Nominated |
