Andie MacDowell: filmography, photos, personal life

Today we offer a closer look at the popular American model and actress Andy McDowell. She is known to spectators as numerous shootings in advertising, and roles in such films as "Groundhog Day", "Four weddings and one funeral", "Short stories", and many others.

Andy McDowell: Biography

The future celebrity was born on April 21, 1958 in a small town called Gaffney, located in South Carolina, USA. At birth she was given the name of Rosalie Anderson, which she later cut to Andy. My mother worked as a teacher of music, and my father worked in logging. The McDowell family had many children (Andy has three older sisters) and lived modestly. When the future Hollywood celebrity turned six, her parents divorced. Mom Andy was very worried about this event and soon became addicted to alcohol. However, she did her best to prevent her girls from feeling lonely and constantly endowing them with small but pleasant gifts. Andy also had a hard time, because from the youngest years she had to work part-time on low-paid jobs to help her family make ends meet.

Model business

At the age of 20 Andy went to New York to try herself as a model. She was hired by the world-famous Elite agency. The modeling career has successfully gone up the hill. As a result, Andy McDowell, whose photo has not gone off the covers of fashion magazines for a long time, is now perceived by a good half of the audience as a girl from L'Oreal's advertising, rather than an actress. In addition to this brand, she also worked with brands such as Yves Saint Laurent, Kelvin Klein, Armani Perfume, and many others.

Andy McDowell: filmography, the beginning of a career in film

The debut of the girl on the big screen took place in 1984. It was a blockbuster called Greystoke. Andy got the role of Jane Porter, and her partner in the shooting was Christopher Lambert. The film told about the fate of the boy, who was brought up by monkeys, and then he was taken to his belgian researcher. Despite Andy's excellent game, this role did not bring success to her. In addition, the directors felt that her southern accent "cuts the ears". As a result, her character spoke with the voice of the famous actress Glenn Close.

In subsequent years, McDowell rarely acted in movies, and if she did, then in episodic roles. The main attention she paid to modeling work. So, in 1985 she took part in the filming of the series "Spencer", as well as in the tape "The Lights of St. Elm". In 1987, Andy sang though not a big, but very significant role for Antei in the film called "The Secret of the Sahara."

First success

Despite the fact that most film critics believed that the career of McDowell in the movie and will not end, in 1989, the actress made a real sensation, starring in the film "Sex, lies and video" Stephen Soderberga. Andy brilliantly played the main character named Anne. Her partners on the set were Peter Gallagher and James Spader. The picture is a psychological film drama, telling of the uneasy relations of a woman disappointed in family life, and a man who has made a wonderful career and has a big house, a beautiful wife and a passionate lover, but desperate to find his true love. Andy in her role was very persuasive and made a great impression both on the audience and on film critics.

Continuation of career

Andy McDowell, whose filmography is finally replenished with a very significant work, became the object of attention of producers and directors. However, most often she was offered roles not in serious films, but in comedies and melodramas.

So, in 1990 she, together with Gerard Depardieu, starred in the film "Residence permit", in which she played a heroine who entered into a fictitious marriage with a citizen of France who needs an American "green card". At the same time, Andy took part in the work on the film "Women and Men: Stories of Seduction."

The career of the actress went up the hill. And almost every year on the screens began to go out with Andy McDowell, if not in the main, then in a very prominent role. So, in 1991 she played the girlfriend of the protagonist in the performance of Bruce Willis in the film "The Hudson Hawk" directed by Michael Lehmann. The next her work was the painting "The object of beauty", where she appeared in a pair with John Malkovich.

In 1993, the actress took part in the shooting of the movie "Groundhog Day", in which she inherited the role of a character named Rita. The picture was a huge success, and McDowell's partner on the set was Bill Murray.

A year later, on the big screens, there is another movie masterpiece with Andy. It's about the acclaimed comedy melodrama "Four Weddings and a Funeral" directed by Michael Newell. This tape became the most box office in the history of British cinema at that time and served as an impetus for the career of all the actors involved in it.

McDowell was very much in demand and regularly pleased the audience with its appearance on the screens. The most memorable projects with her participation include the following: "Michael", "Lots", "End of Violence", "Speculator", "Club of Losers", "Joe", "Beauty Salon", "Road to Tara", "Intervention " and others.

Recent work of the actress

In 2009, Andy starred in a very successful comedy entitled "Six Wives of Henry Lefei." In the same year she was busy at work and another one project - the film "Without Five Minutes the Deceased". In the next few years, McDowell also appeared on screen in such films as "The Lonely Star" (2010), "Monte Carlo" (2011) and "In the style of Jane" (2012). Starting from 2013 and to this day Andy is busy working on the series "Cedar Bay". In this project, she plays the main role of Judge Olivia Lockhart.

Personal life

Andy McDowell was twice married, but both her marriage ended unsuccessfully. So, the first wife of the famous model and actress was businessman Paul Kvolli, to whom she gave birth to three children. Their marriage lasted from 1986 to 1999. The second elected Andy was also a successful businessman named Rett Harttsog. The couple got married in 2001, but four years later the couple decided to divorce.