Rosalie Anderson MacDowell (born April 21, 1958) is an American actress and former fashion model. MacDowell's known for her starring film roles in romantic comedies and dramas. MacDowell has modeled for Calvin Klein and has been a spokeswoman for L'Oréal since 1986.
Her early films include Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes (1984) and the Brat Pack vehicle film St. Elmo's Fire (1985). Her breakout role was in Sex, Lies, and Videotape (1989) which earned her the Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead and a nomination for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama. She then starred in a series of films including Green Card (1990), Groundhog Day (1993), Short Cuts (1993), Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994), Michael (1996), Multiplicity (1996), and The Muse (1999).
She's also known for her supporting film roles in Beauty Shop (2005), Footloose (2011), Magic Mike XXL (2015), Love After Love (2017), and Ready or Not (2019). She co-starred and opposite her daughter Margaret Qualley in the Netflix miniseries Maid (2021) for which she was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film.
Gender
Female
Birthday
1958-04-21
Place of birth
Gaffney, South Carolina, USA
Groundhog Day
1993
7.60
sex, lies, and videotape
1989
7.00
Short Cuts
1993
7.20
Four Weddings and a Funeral
1994
6.77
Attack of the Hollywood Clichés!
2021
5.94
Tara Road
2005
5.38
The Player
1992
7.21
Michael
1996
5.69
St. Elmo's Fire
1985
6.15
Town & Country
2001
4.44
Dinner with Friends
2001
5.58
Bad Girls
1994
5.43
Harrison's Flowers
2000
6.50
Green Card
1990
6.13
Just the Ticket
1998
5.50
Hudson Hawk
1991
5.69
Multiplicity
1996
5.79
Barnyard
2006
5.90
As Good As Dead
2010
5.00
Beauty Shop
2005
6.31
Ginostra
2003
4.05
The Six Wives of Henry Lefay
2009
5.24
Happiness Runs
2010
4.00
The Muse
1999
5.20
Riding the Bus with My Sister
2005
3.40
Goodrich
2024
6.00
Inconceivable
2008
5.79
The Other Zoey
2023
7.04
The End of Violence
1997
5.30
Crush
2002
5.70
The Front
2010
5.60
At Risk
2010
4.50
L'Oreal Paris Women of Worth
2021
0.00
Footloose
2011
6.60
Ruby Cairo
1992
4.85
The Last Sign
2005
3.40
Unstrung Heroes
1995
5.90
Shadrach
1998
5.72
Daydream Nation
2011
5.75
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
2012
7.54
The 5th Quarter
2010
5.60
Monte Carlo
2011
6.63
Mighty Fine
2012
4.12
The Object of Beauty
1991
5.21
My Happy Ending
2023
6.60
Good Girl Jane
2024
6.50
On the Edge
2001
5.56
Debbie Macomber's Cedar Cove
2013
6.00
Muppets from Space
1999
6.10
A Sudden Case of Christmas
2024
6.00
The Prince of Motor City
2008
0.00
Breaking at the Edge
2013
4.80
Red Right Hand
2024
6.68
Magic Mike XXL
2015
6.16
Wildfire
0.00
Made in the USA
1993
2.00
Only the Brave
2017
7.43
Love After Love
2018
5.67
Intervention
2007
1.00
Christmas Inheritance
2017
6.27
At Home in Mitford
2017
6.20
Paper Year
2018
5.79
The Beach House
2018
6.40
One Red Nose Day and a Wedding
2019
7.20
The Last Laugh
2019
5.40
Ready or Not
2019
7.03
Wim Wenders, Desperado
2020
7.70
No Man's Land
2021
6.30
Dashing in December
2020
6.60
The World of James Bond
1995
6.00
Along for the Ride
2022
6.69