Madeleine Marie Stowe Mora was born on August 18,1958 and is an American actress.
28 Facts About Madeleine Stowe
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Madeleine Stowe appeared mostly on television before her role in the 1987 crime-comedy film Stakeout.
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Madeleine Stowe went on to star in the films Revenge, Unlawful Entry, The Last of the Mohicans, Blink, 12 Monkeys, The General's Daughter, and We Were Soldiers.
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From 2011 to 2015, Stowe starred as Victoria Grayson, the main antagonist of the ABC drama series Revenge.
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Madeleine Stowe, the first of three children, was born at the Queen of Angels Hospital, in Los Angeles, California, and raised in Eagle Rock, a section of Los Angeles.
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Madeleine Stowe's father, Robert Stowe, was a civil engineer from Oregon, while her mother, Mireya, came from a prominent family in Costa Rica.
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One of Madeleine Stowe's maternal great-great-grandfathers, politician Jose Joaquin Mora Porras, was a younger brother of President Juan Rafael Mora Porras, who governed Costa Rica from 1849 to 1859.
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One of Madeleine Stowe's maternal great-grandfathers was a German immigrant to Costa Rica.
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Madeleine Stowe's father suffered from multiple sclerosis, and she accompanied him to his medical treatments.
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Madeleine Stowe originally aspired to become a concert pianist, taking lessons between the ages of ten and eighteen.
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Madeleine Stowe later explained that playing the piano was a means to escape having to socialize with other children her age.
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Madeleine Stowe's Russian-born music teacher, Sergei Tarnowsky, had faith in Stowe, even teaching her from his deathbed.
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Madeleine Stowe starred in two NBC miniseries: Beulah Land and The Gangster Chronicles, which starred Brian Benben, her future husband.
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In 1987, Madeleine Stowe appeared in her first breakthrough role in the feature film Stakeout with Richard Dreyfuss and Emilio Estevez.
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Madeleine Stowe co-starred with Mark Harmon in the comedy Worth Winning, with Kevin Costner in the 1989 thriller Revenge, and opposite Jack Nicholson in 1990 in The Two Jakes.
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Madeleine Stowe played a leading role in the 1991 independent film Closet Land.
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That same year, Madeleine Stowe played Cora Munro in The Last of the Mohicans, which starred Daniel Day-Lewis.
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Madeleine Stowe's critically acclaimed performance in the film, which grossed more than $75 million worldwide, elevated Stowe from supporting player to an A-list movie star.
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Madeleine Stowe won the National Society of Film Critics Awards for Best Supporting Actress, a Golden Globe Award and a Volpi Cup for Best Ensemble Cast for her performance in the movie.
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Madeleine Stowe made a cameo appearance in Stakeout sequel Another Stakeout.
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In 1994 Madeleine Stowe was named one of People magazine's "50 Most Beautiful People in the World".
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Madeleine Stowe postponed her acting career in 1996 to concentrate on her family life.
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Madeleine Stowe starred in the not-picked-up Fox pilot Southern Comfort about a woman who takes over her mobster husband's business when he gets sent to prison.
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In 2011, Madeleine Stowe announced her return and began playing Victoria Grayson, the glamorous and powerful matriarch of the Grayson family, on ABC's television drama series Revenge.
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In May and June 2016, Madeleine Stowe guest hosted primetime films on Turner Classic Movies, appearing in dozens of wraparounds on the channel.
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In 1982, Madeleine Stowe married Brian Benben, whom she met on the set of the NBC miniseries The Gangster Chronicles the previous year.
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In 2008, Madeleine Stowe traveled to Haiti and helped found Artists for Peace and Justice.
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Madeleine Stowe is on the board of directors of the foundation.