ANDIE MACDOWELL
Name: Andie MacDowell
Birth name: Rosalie Anderson MacDowell
Born: 21 April 1958 Gaffney, South Carolina
Andie MacDowell (born April 21, 1958) is an American screen actress.
MacDowell was born Rosalie Anderson MacDowell in Gaffney, South Carolina,
daughter of Paula, a music teacher, and Marion 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
Carloina 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.
MacDowell appeared in print and television advertisements for the cosmetic and
haircare company L'Oreal, a job she continued after she got her first role as an
actress. A series of 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 rerecorded by Glenn Close because her
southern accent was too pronounced. In 1985, she had 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 several 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 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
and two daughters. 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 also maintains a residence in Los Angeles, California.
Name: Andie MacDowell
Birth name: Rosalie Anderson MacDowell
Born: 21 April 1958 Gaffney, South Carolina
Andie MacDowell (born April 21, 1958) is an American screen actress.
MacDowell was born Rosalie Anderson MacDowell in Gaffney, South Carolina,
daughter of Paula, a music teacher, and Marion 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
Carloina 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.
MacDowell appeared in print and television advertisements for the cosmetic and
haircare company L'Oreal, a job she continued after she got her first role as an
actress. A series of 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 rerecorded by Glenn Close because her
southern accent was too pronounced. In 1985, she had 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 several 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 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
and two daughters. 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 also maintains a residence in Los Angeles, California.