Madeleine Stowe's Main TV Roles Show Character(s) Revenge Victoria Gr… Raines Dr. Samanth… The Gangster Chronicles Ruth Lasker

Main Movie Roles 2003 - Octane 2002 - Avenging Angelo 2002 - We Were Soldiers 1999 - The General's Daughter 1998 - Playing by Heart 1998 - The Proposition 1995 - Twelve Monkeys 1994 - Blink 1994 - China Moon 1993 - Another Stakeout 1993 - Short Cuts 1992 - The Last of the Mohicans 1992 - Unlawful Entry 1990 - The Two Jakes 1989 - Worth Winning 1987 - Stakeout

BIOGRAPHY:

Madeleine Stowe grew up in Eagle Rock, a working-class neighborhood of Los Angeles. At age ten she started practicing for a career as a concert pianist and trained every day for hours. However, when her instructor died in 1976 she more or less quit playing.

She went to University of Southern California and studied cinema and journalism before taking up acting at Beverly Hills' Solaris Theater. She made a few appearances in TV and on film but her breakthrough came in 1987 with Stakeout (1987). Other major credits include The Last of the Mohicans (1992) and Short Cuts (1993).

When not filming she spends her time at her ranch in Texas, which she shares with her husband Brian Benben.


TRIVIA:

• Was extremly shy in high school
• In one of her earliest film appearances, she was re-voiced by 'Anne Lockhart (I)' (qv), daughter of 'June Lockhart' (qv) and grand-daughter of 'Gene Lockhart' (qv) and 'Kathleen Lockhart' (qv).
• Pretended to be a reporter just so she could meet 'John Travolta' (qv) before she became famous.
• She and husband 'Brian Benben' (qv) own a working cattle ranch outside of Fredericksburg, Texas.
• Has a son (name and age unknown)
• She played two heroines from the 'Leatherstocking Tales' by 'James Fenimore Cooper' (qv). Cora Munro (older sister) in _The Last of the Mohicans (1992)_ (qv) and Hetty Hutter (younger sister) in _The Deerslayer (1978) (TV)_ (qv).
• (1995) Chosen by Empire magazine as one of the 100 Sexiest Stars in film history (#90).
• She is half British (father) and half-Costa Rican (mother).