Model and film actress, one of the most brilliant stars in Hollywood, she twice entered the list of "50 most beautiful people in the world." Andy MacDowell was born in a remote provincial town, she had a difficult childhood and an even more difficult youth, but all the more so was her rise to the heights of fame.
Childhood and youth
Andy MacDowell (full name - Rosalie Anderson MacDowell) was born April 21, 1958 in the town of Gaffney, which is located in South Carolina. The blood of Scots, Irish and French flows in her veins. Andy's father worked as an engineer, his mother gave music lessons. The girl had an older sister, Beverly, and a younger brother, Willard. Parents divorced when Andy was only six. In adolescence, the girl had not only to study, but also to work. After school, Andy went to college, but soon she had to leave school due to lack of money in the family. At first she worked as a waitress in a restaurant, and then as a saleswoman in a fashion boutique.
In 1978, the girl left to conquer New York, where she managed to sign a contract with the famous modeling agency Elite Model Management. Since the beginning of the 80s, Andy has already performed on Parisian catwalks and worked for brands such as Yves Saint Laurent, Vassarette, Armani perfume, Sabeth-Row, Mink International, Anne Klein, Bill Blass. Her photo appeared again and again on the covers of the most popular glossy magazines Vogue and Glamor.
Movie career
Andy MacDowell made her film debut in 1984, when she co-starred in The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes. The film was a success, and inspired by Andy began to seriously study acting according to the method of Stanislavsky. She began to act more and more often, until finally the young and unknown at that time director Steven Soderbergh invited her to the main role in his debut film "Sex, Falsehood and Video" (1989). The painting received the Golden Palm Branch at the Cannes Film Festival, Andy herself also received several awards, and her acting career confidently went uphill.
In 1990, Andy starred in the melodrama Residence Permit, where Gerard Depardieu became her partner, and a year later in the film Hudson Hawk with Bruce Willis and Beauty Item with John Malkovich. But truly world-wide fame, which has not faded so far, came to Andy MacDowell when she starred in Harold Ramis's comedy Groundhog Day (1993). At first, critics reacted coolly to the picture, calling it "very sweet, but nothing more, " and only in 2006, when the cult status of the film no longer doubted anyone, "Groundhog Day" was recognized by the Library of Congress as a cinematic treasure.
Subsequently, Andy MacDowell played many roles in the movie, many of them were very successful and brought the actress a whole bunch of awards, including the Volpi Cup of the Venice Film Festival, Golden Globe, Saturn and Cesar.
