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 the town of Biltmore Forest near Asheville, North Carolina. She is an avid hiker and general outdoors-woman.
Career
In the early 1980s, MacDowell modeled for Vogue magazine and appeared in ad campaigns for Yves Saint Laurent, Vassarette, Armani perfume, Sabeth-Row, Mink International, Anne Klein and Bill Blass. She worked with such esteemed photographers as Bruce Weber, Richard Avedon, Helmut Newton, Irving Penn and Herb Ritts among others. A series of billboards in Time Square and national television commercials for Calvin Klein drew attention to her and led to her 1984 film debut in Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes, a role in which her lines were recorded by Glenn Close because her southern accent was too pronounced for her to play the role of an Englishwoman. In 1985, she had a small part in St. Elmo's Fire, but her film career seemed to have stalled.
MacDowell used this time to study method acting with teachers from the Actors Studio in addition to working privately with the renowned coach Harold Guskin. Four years later, director Steven Soderbergh cast her in the independent film Sex, Lies, and Videotape (1989). 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.
In the 1990s, MacDowell achieved stardom due to the box office success of the 1993 comedy by Harold Ramis, Groundhog Day, and Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994), opposite Hugh Grant (who admitted afterwards to being intimidated by both MacDowell and her then-husband). Groundhog Day and FWAAF remain MacDowell's biggest box office hits.
MacDowell appears in print and television advertisements for the cosmetic and haircare company L'Oreal.
Filmography
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes | Miss Jane Porter | |
| 1985 | St. Elmo's Fire | Dale Biberman | |
| 1988 | The Secret of the Sahara | Anthea | |
| 1989 | Sex, Lies, and Videotape | Ann Bishop Mullany | Independent Spirit Awards Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Drama |
| 1990 | Green Card | Brontë | Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy |
| 1991 | Hudson Hawk | Anna Baragli | |
| The Object of Beauty | Tina | ||
| Women & Men 2: In Love There Are No Rules | Emily | TV-Movie | |
| 1992 | The Player | Herself | Cameo appearance |
| 1993 | Short Cuts | Ann Finnigan | Golden Globe Special Ensemble Cast Award Volpi Cup |
| Groundhog Day | Rita | Saturn Award for Best Actress | |
| Ruby Cairo | Elizabeth 'Bessie' Faro aka Ruby Cairo | ||
| 1994 | Four Weddings and a Funeral | Carrie | Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy |
| Bad Girls | Eileen Spenser | ||
| 1995 | Unstrung Heroes | Selma Lidz | |
| 1996 | Michael | Dorothy Winters | |
| Multiplicity | Laura Kinney | ||
| 1997 | The End of Violence | Page | |
| 1998 | Shadrach | Trixie | |
| 1999 | Just the Ticket | Linda Palinski | also producer |
| Muppets from Space | Shelley Snipes | ||
| The Muse | Laura Phillips | ||
| 2000 | Harrison's Flowers | Sarah Lloyd | |
| 2001 | Town & Country | Eugenie Claybourne | also uncredited producer |
| On the Edge | Lisa | segment "Reaching Normal" | |
| Crush | Kate Scales | ||
| Dinner with Friends | Karen | TV-Movie | |
| 2002 | Jo | Jo | TV-Movie |
| Ginostra | Jessie | ||
| 2005 | The Last Sign | Kathy Macfarlane | |
| Beauty Shop | Terri | ||
| Riding the Bus with My Sister | Rachel Simon | TV-Movie | |
| Tara Road | Marilyn | ||
| 2006 | Barnyard | Etta the Hen | voice |
| 2007 | Intervention | Kelly | |
| 2008 | Inconceivable | Lottie Louise Du Bose | |
| 2009 | The Six Wives of Henry Lefay | TBA | |
| The 5th Quarter | Maryanne Abbate | ||
| As Good as Dead | Helen Kalahan |
| Andie MacDowell | |
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| Born | Rosalie Anderson MacDowell April 21, 1958 Gaffney, South Carolina |
| Years active | 1984 - present |
| Spouse(s) | Paul Qualley (1986-1999) Rhett Hartzog (2001-2004) |
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