Everything about Andie Macdowell totally explained
Rosalie Anderson "Andie" MacDowell (born
April 21 1958) is an
American screen
actress.
Biography
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. Her family owned an
ante-bellum summer house in
Arden, North Carolina, near where she now lives. 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 moved to Columbia, SC and spent several years with her sister Beverly (Babs), working as a waitress in one of the first "Disco" nightclubs emerging from the 70's 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. Discovered almost overnight and signed with
Elite Model Management.
Career
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'd 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.
As of 2006, her biggest successes were in the
box office hits
Groundhog Day and
Four Weddings and a Funeral. MacDowell currently appears in print and television
advertisements for the cosmetic and haircare company
L'Oreal.
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
Biltmore Forest, North Carolina near the city of
Asheville. She is an avid hiker and general outdoors-woman, all "without breaking a sweat" according to Asheville 4th District Alderman Jim Tucson.
Filmography
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