---
name: "Andie MacDowell"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/andie-macdowell"
fi1m_id: "andie-macdowell"
imdb_id: "nm0000510"
tmdb_id: 1533
wikidata_id: "Q208558"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "21 April 1958"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 6
average_fi1m_score: 80
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 6
updated: "2026-10-19T04:29:19.091109+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Andie MacDowell

## Identity

Andie MacDowell

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/andie-macdowell
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** andie-macdowell
- **IMDb ID:** nm0000510
- **TMDB ID:** 1533
- **Wikidata ID:** Q208558
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andie_MacDowell, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q208558, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000510/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1533

Actor. Born 21 April 1958 in Gaffney, South Carolina, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 21 April 1958, Gaffney, South Carolina, USA
- **Active:** 1984–present
- **Also known as:** Rosalie Anderson MacDowell, Розали Андерсон Макдауэлл
- **Average Fi1m score:** 80, as actor, over 6 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 74 (2), 1990s 84 (3), 2020s 79 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 83 to 81 across 5 titles
- **Score spread:** 4 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 5 of 6 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 5, Comedy 3, Romance 2, Adventure 1, Fantasy 1
- **Screen time:** 11 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $394m across 5 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andie_MacDowell, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q208558, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000510/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1533

## Coming up

- *Guarding Stars* (2026-11-18) — [page](https://film.one/film/guarding-stars.md)
- *A Grand Biltmore Christmas* (2026-12-05)
- *Beach Read* (2027-05-06)

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*Four Weddings and a Funeral*](https://film.one/film/four-weddings-and-a-funeral.md) (80), [*Maid*](https://film.one/tv/maid.md) (79)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Groundhog Day*](https://film.one/film/groundhog-day.md) (88)
- **The Roku Channel:** [*Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes*](https://film.one/film/greystoke-the-legend-of-tarzan-lord-of-the-apes.md) (65)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Fi1m on Andie MacDowell

> We rate Andie MacDowell most highly when she is allowed to be uncomfortable. *Groundhog Day* gives her too little room, but *sex, lies, and videotape* shows how funny her small, startled reactions can be.

In *sex, lies, and videotape* (1989), Andie MacDowell’s Ann tells her therapist she has stopped wanting sex and begun worrying about where the rubbish goes. MacDowell makes that change of subject funny without treating Ann as a fool. When James Spader’s Graham answers questions frankly, her attempts to remain composed become the joke. We laughed at her small starts of alarm, which tell us how much Graham’s frankness unsettles her.

That was her breakthrough, and Steven Soderbergh gave her unusually good conditions in which to work. He wrote, directed and edited the film, and the exchanges between MacDowell and Spader feel carefully judged. Spader’s near-motionless delivery gives her small reactions room to register without either actor forcing the joke. She makes Ann’s politeness feel effortful, so that even listening becomes something worth watching.

Harold Ramis’s *Groundhog Day* (1993) puts MacDowell’s directness opposite Bill Murray’s evasions. Her Rita Hanson gives Phil a credible reason to look beyond himself, and she is a good comic partner for Murray. The writing is less generous to her: Rubin and Ramis make Phil a person to investigate and Rita someone to approve of. George Fenton’s music sometimes sweetens moments the actors have already made convincing. We recommend the film warmly, but its romance asks us to accept too much about Rita before we have learnt enough about her.

*Four Weddings and a Funeral* (1994), opposite Hugh Grant, helped establish her as a romantic-comedy lead, though that was never all she did. Robert Altman’s ensemble *Short Cuts* (1993) also gave her a dramatic part, before the later move towards supporting film roles and television. In *Maid* (2021), she plays Paula Langley opposite Margaret Qualley. For a first encounter, though, choose Soderbergh’s film: it gives MacDowell the time to make Ann’s discomfort funny without making it seem trivial.

## Biography

Andie MacDowell is an American actress and former fashion model. Born Rosalie Anderson MacDowell on 21 April 1958 in Gaffney, South Carolina, she began her career as a model, appearing in campaigns for brands including Calvin Klein, and has been a spokeswoman for L'Oréal since 1986.

MacDowell made her film debut in Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes (1984) and appeared in St. Elmo's Fire (1985). Her breakout role came as Ann Bishop Mullany in sex, lies, and videotape (1989), for which she received the Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead and a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama. She went on to star in films including Groundhog Day (1993), Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994), and supporting roles in Footloose (2011), Magic Mike XXL (2015) and Ready or Not (2019).

In 2021 she co-starred with her daughter Margaret Qualley in the Netflix miniseries Maid, earning a Golden Globe nomination. She began starring in the Hallmark Channel series The Way Home in 2023.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (6)

- *Maid* (2021), Fi1m 79, as Paula Langley — [page](https://film.one/tv/maid.md)
- *Four Weddings and a Funeral* (1994), Fi1m 80, as Carrie — [page](https://film.one/film/four-weddings-and-a-funeral.md)
- *Groundhog Day* (1993), Fi1m 88, as Rita Hanson — [page](https://film.one/film/groundhog-day.md)
- *Short Cuts* (1993), Fi1m 84, as Ann Finnigan — [page](https://film.one/film/short-cuts.md)
- *sex, lies, and videotape* (1989), Fi1m 83, as Ann Bishop Mullany — [page](https://film.one/film/sex-lies-and-videotape.md)
- *Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes* (1984), Fi1m 65, as Miss Jane Porter — [page](https://film.one/film/greystoke-the-legend-of-tarzan-lord-of-the-apes.md)

## Complete filmography (87)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Beach Read* (2027), Actor
- *A Grand Biltmore Christmas* (2026), Actor
- *Guarding Stars* (2026), Actor — coming soon, [page](https://film.one/film/guarding-stars.md)
- *Melpomène* (2026), as Lady Rain
- *A Sudden Case of Christmas* (2024), as Rose
- *Goodrich* (2024), as Ann
- *Good Girl Jane* (2024), as Ruth Rosen
- *Red Right Hand* (2024), as Big Cat
- *The Other Zoey* (2023), as Connie MacLaren
- *My Happy Ending* (2023), as Julia · Executive Producer
- *The Way Home* (2023), series, as Del Landry · Executive Producer
- *Along for the Ride* (2022), as Dr. Victoria West
- *Maid* (2021), series, as Paula Langley — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/tv/maid.md)
- *No Man's Land* (2021), as Monica Greer
- *Dashing in December* (2020), as Deb Burwall · Executive Producer
- *Wireless* (2020), series, Actor
- *The Dress Up Gang* (2020), series, as Andie
- *Ready or Not* (2019), as Becky
- *One Red Nose Day and a Wedding* (2019), as Carrie
- *The Last Laugh* (2019), as Doris Lovejoy
- *The Beach House* (2018), as Lovie Rudland · Executive Producer
- *Paper Year* (2018), as Joanne Winters
- *Love After Love* (2018), as Suzanne
- *Christmas Inheritance* (2017), as Debbie Collins
- *Only the Brave* (2017), as Marvel Steinbrink
- *At Home in Mitford* (2017), as Cynthia
- *Trial & Error* (2017), series, as Margaret Henderson
- *Magic Mike XXL* (2015), as Nancy Davidson
- *Cedar Cove* (2013), series, as Olivia Lockhart · Executive Producer
- *Breaking at the Edge* (2013), as Dr. Ghozland
- *Cuckoo* (2012), series, as Ivy Mittelfart
- *Mighty Fine* (2012), as Stella Fine · Co-Producer
- *Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen* (2012), as (archive footage)
- *Jane by Design* (2012), series, as Gray Chandler Murray
- *Footloose* (2011), as Vi Moore
- *Monte Carlo* (2011), as Pam
- *Daydream Nation* (2011), as Enid Goldberg
- *Lone Star* (2010), series, as Alex
- *The Front* (2010), as Monique Lamont
- *At Risk* (2010), as Monique Lamont
- *Happiness Runs* (2010), as Victor's Mother
- *The 5th Quarter* (2010), as Maryanne Abbate
- *As Good As Dead* (2010), as Helen
- *The Six Wives of Henry Lefay* (2009), as Kate
- *The Prince of Motor City* (2008), as Gertrude Hamilton
- *Inconceivable* (2008), as Charlotte 'Lottie' Louise Du Bose
- *Intervention* (2007), as Kelly
- *30 Rock* (2006), series, as Claire Williams — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/tv/30-rock.md)
- *Barnyard* (2006), as Etta (voice)
- *The Last Sign* (2005), as Kathy Macfarlane
- *Tara Road* (2005), as Marilyn
- *Riding the Bus with My Sister* (2005), as Rachel Simon
- *Beauty Shop* (2005), as Terri
- *Ginostra* (2003), as Jessie
- *Crush* (2002), as Kate Scales
- *Dinner with Friends* (2001), as Karen
- *On the Edge* (2001), as Lisa (segment "Reaching Normal")
- *Town & Country* (2001), as Eugenie Clayborne
- *Harrison's Flowers* (2000), as Sarah Lloyd
- *The Muse* (1999), as Laura Phillips
- *Muppets from Space* (1999), as Shelley Snipes
- *Shadrach* (1998), as Trixie
- *Just the Ticket* (1998), as Linda Palinski · Executive Producer
- *The End of Violence* (1997), as Paige
- *The Practice* (1997), series, as Grace Chapman
- *Michael* (1996), as Dorothy Winters
- *Multiplicity* (1996), as Laura Kinney
- *Unstrung Heroes* (1995), as Selma Lidz
- *Bad Girls* (1994), as Eileen Spenser
- *Four Weddings and a Funeral* (1994), as Carrie — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/four-weddings-and-a-funeral.md)
- *Short Cuts* (1993), as Ann Finnigan — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/short-cuts.md)
- *Groundhog Day* (1993), as Rita Hanson — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/groundhog-day.md)
- *Ruby Cairo* (1992), as Bessie Faro
- *The Player* (1992), as Andie MacDowell — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/the-player.md)
- *Women & Men 2: In Love There Are No Rules* (1991), as Emily (segment 'A Domestic Dilemma')
- *Hudson Hawk* (1991), as Anna Baragli
- *The Object of Beauty* (1991), as Tina Leslie Oates
- *Green Card* (1990), as Brontë Mitchell Faure
- *sex, lies, and videotape* (1989), as Ann Bishop Mullany — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/sex-lies-and-videotape.md)
- *The Secret of the Sahara* (1988), series, as Anthea
- *St. Elmo's Fire* (1985), as Dale Biberman
- *Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes* (1984), as Miss Jane Porter — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/film/greystoke-the-legend-of-tarzan-lord-of-the-apes.md)
- *Hallmark Hall of Fame* (1951), series, as Rachel
- *The Way Home*, as Del Landry · Producer
- *Wildfire*, Actor
- *The Token Groomsman*, as Aunt Madge
- *The Temptation Of Gracie*, Actor

## Gallery

- ![Andie MacDowell](https://film.one/media/person/9979/gallery-6a7abda96a52.jpg) Andie MacDowell — Greg2600, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6b/Andie_MacDowell_2016_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- !["Is that your shadow?" Andie MacDowell consults with Nibbles.](https://film.one/media/person/9979/gallery-4d17ee383f88.jpg) "Is that your shadow?" Andie MacDowell consults with Nibbles. — anoldent from Asheville, NC, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/2008_Groundhog_Day_2_%282237012517%29.jpg/1280px-2008_Groundhog_Day_2_%282237012517%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Andie MacDowell bei der Lambertz Monday Night 2018.](https://film.one/media/person/9979/gallery-c2096306721b.jpg) Andie MacDowell bei der Lambertz Monday Night 2018. — 9EkieraM1, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/AV0A1671_Andie_MacDowell.jpg/1280px-AV0A1671_Andie_MacDowell.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Andie MacDowell bei der Lambertz Monday Night 2018.](https://film.one/media/person/9979/gallery-3504b759a8f9.jpg) Andie MacDowell bei der Lambertz Monday Night 2018. — 9EkieraM1, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/AV0A1677_Andie_MacDowell.jpg/1280px-AV0A1677_Andie_MacDowell.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Andie MacDowell](https://film.one/media/person/9979/gallery-06030408f3af.jpg) Andie MacDowell — Image via TMDB
- ![Andie MacDowell](https://film.one/media/person/9979/gallery-7e54f6b65515.jpg) Andie MacDowell — Image via TMDB
- ![Andie MacDowell](https://film.one/media/person/9979/gallery-738d6eda6b25.jpg) Andie MacDowell — Image via TMDB
- ![Andie MacDowell](https://film.one/media/person/9979/gallery-8bb6551a32b5.jpg) Andie MacDowell — No machine-readable author provided. Nikita~commonswiki assumed (based on copyright claims)., CC BY-SA 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d4/AndieMacDowell1.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![The lovely Southern Belle. Star of Hudson Hawk, Groundhog Day, Multiplicity, Bad Girls. 4/1/16 (2016)](https://film.one/media/person/9979/gallery-e40a61934f23.jpg) The lovely Southern Belle. Star of Hudson Hawk, Groundhog Day, Multiplicity, Bad Girls. 4/1/16 (2016) — Greg2600, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Andie_MacDowell_%2826106159102%29.jpg/1280px-Andie_MacDowell_%2826106159102%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Andie MacDowell](https://film.one/media/person/9979/gallery-5bd6a9631e55.jpg) Andie MacDowell — Image via TMDB
- ![Andie MacDowell](https://film.one/media/person/9979/gallery-43e719652038.jpg) Andie MacDowell — Image via TMDB
- ![Andie MacDowell](https://film.one/media/person/9979/gallery-4f6610acc629.jpg) Andie MacDowell — Image via TMDB

## Awards

### Other awards — 4 won

- Honorary César 1997: Honorary César (won)
- Saturn Awards 1994: Best Actress (won), for *Groundhog Day*
- Independent Spirit Awards 1990: Best Female Lead (won), for *Sex, Lies, and Videotape*
- Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress 1989: Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress (won), for *Sex, Lies, and Videotape*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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