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{{short description|American actress (born 1958)}}
{{use mdy dates|date=July 2021}}
{{Infobox person
| name         = Madeleine Stowe  
| image        = Madeleine Stowe at Artists for Peace and Justice 2014 Festival Gala (cropped).jpg
| caption      = Stowe in 2014
| birth_name   = <!-- Valid citation required for full name for BLP. (WP:BLPPRIVACY) --> 
| birth_date   = <!-- Valid citation required for date of birth for BLP. (WP:BLPPRIVACY) --> {{Birth date and age|1958|8|18|mf=y}}
| birth_place  = [[Los Angeles]], [[California]], U.S.
| occupation   = Actress
| alma_mater= [[University of Southern California]]
| spouse       = {{marriage|[[Brian Benben]]|1982}}
| children     = 1
| years_active = 1978–present
}}

'''Madeleine Stowe''' (born August 18, 1958)<ref name=tcm/> is an American actress. She appeared mostly on television before her role in the 1987 crime-comedy film ''[[Stakeout (1987 film)|Stakeout]]''. She went on to star in the films ''[[Revenge (1990 film)|Revenge]]'' (1990), ''[[Unlawful Entry (film)|Unlawful Entry]]'' (1992), ''[[The Last of the Mohicans (1992 film)|The Last of the Mohicans]]'' (1992), ''[[Blink (1993 film)|Blink]]'' (1993), ''[[12 Monkeys]]'' (1995), ''[[The General's Daughter (film)|The General's Daughter]]'' (1999), and ''[[We Were Soldiers]]'' (2002). For her role in the 1993 independent film ''[[Short Cuts]]'', she won the [[National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actress]].

From 2011 to 2015, Stowe starred as [[Victoria Grayson]], the main antagonist of the [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] drama series ''[[Revenge (TV series)|Revenge]]''. For this role, she was nominated for the 2012 [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama]].

==Early life==
Stowe, the first of three children, was born at the [[Queen of Angels Hospital]],<ref name=lamag/> in [[Los Angeles]], [[California]],<ref>{{Cite web|last=Jackson|first=Vannessa|date=2016-05-17|title=Madeleine Stowe|url=https://hollywoodlife.com/celeb/madeleine-stowe/|access-date=2021-04-15|website=Hollywood Life|language=en-US}}</ref> and raised in [[Eagle Rock, Los Angeles, California|Eagle Rock]], a section of Los Angeles. Her father, Robert, was a civil engineer from [[Oregon]], while her mother, Mireya (née Mora Steinvorth), came from a prominent family in [[Costa Rica]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.madeleineonline.com/madeleine/biography |title=The Leading Madeleine Online Site on the Net |publisher=MadeleineOnline.com |access-date=2014-06-04}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=PI&s_site=philly&p_multi=PI&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB32CCC2E8621E6&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM|title=Search Results|access-date=November 28, 2014|archive-date=October 7, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121007022934/http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=PI&s_site=philly&p_multi=PI&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB32CCC2E8621E6&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.more.com/madeleine-stowe-second-act?page=2 |title=Madeleine Stowe's Second Act &#124; MORE Magazine |publisher=More.com |access-date=2014-06-04 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141008025615/http://www.more.com/madeleine-stowe-second-act?page=2 |archive-date=2014-10-08 }}</ref> One of Stowe's maternal great-great-grandfathers, politician [[José Joaquín Mora Porras]], was a younger brother of President [[Juan Rafael Mora Porras]], who governed Costa Rica from 1849 to 1859. Another maternal great-great-grandfather, [[Bruno Carranza]], was briefly President of that country in 1870 (he resigned three months after taking office); his wife, Stowe's great-great-grandmother [[Gerónima Montealegre]] was the sister of President [[José María Montealegre Fernández]], who governed Costa Rica from 1859 to 1863, and himself the son of his country's first Vice Head of State [[Mariano Montealegre Bustamante]], himself the half brother of Mariano Montealegre y Romero, the founder of the Montealegre family  branch in Nicaragua.

Stowe's father suffered from [[multiple sclerosis]], and she accompanied him to all his medical treatments.<ref>[https://archive.today/20130131144108/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/59301226.html?dids=59301226:59301226&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Jan+30,+1994&author=HILARY+de+VRIES&pub=Los+Angeles+Times+(pre-1997+Fulltext "The Trip to Bankable"], ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'', January 30, 1994.</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Madeleine Stowe on Caring For Someone With MS|url=http://ms.newlifeoutlook.com/caring-for-someone-with-ms/|website=NewLifeOutlook &#124; Multiple Sclerosis| date=October 23, 2014 |language=en-US}}</ref> She originally aspired to become a concert pianist, taking lessons between the ages of ten and eighteen. She later explained that playing the piano was a means to escape having to socialize with other children her age. Her music teacher, [[Sergei Tarnowsky]], had faith in Stowe, even teaching her from his deathbed. Following his death at the age of 92, she quit, later commenting, "I just felt it was time to not be by myself anymore."

==Acting career==

===Early years===
Not being especially interested in her college classes, she volunteered to do performances at the ''Solaris'', a [[Beverly Hills]] theater, where a movie agent saw her in a play and got her several offers of appearances in TV and films. In 1978, she made her debut in an episode in the police drama series ''[[Baretta]]'', followed by a string of TV work with guest appearances on ''[[The Amazing Spider-Man (TV series)|The Amazing Spider-Man]]'', ''[[Barnaby Jones]]'' and ''[[Little House on the Prairie (TV series)|Little House on the Prairie]]''. In 1978, she played a leading role as [[Mary (mother of Jesus)|Mary]] in the television movie, ''[[The Nativity (1978 film)|The Nativity]]'' (1978).<ref name=tcm>{{cite web|title=Biography for Madeleine Stowe|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/185571%7C0/Madeleine-Stowe/|publisher=[[Turner Classic Movies]]|access-date=February 16, 2011}}</ref> She starred in two NBC miniseries: ''[[Beulah Land (TV miniseries)|Beulah Land]]'' (1980) and ''[[The Gangster Chronicles]]'' (1981), which starred [[Brian Benben]], her future husband. She also starred in several television films, such as ''[[Amazons (1984 film)|Amazons]]'' (1984) and ''[[Blood & Orchids]]'' (1986).  In 1984, she was featured in the music video for [[JD Souther]]'s song Go Ahead And Rain.

===Breakthrough and film career===
[[File:Madeleine Stowe.jpg|upright|thumb|Madeleine Stowe in 2002]]

In 1987, Stowe appeared in her first breakthrough role in the feature film ''[[Stakeout (1987 film)|Stakeout]]'' with [[Richard Dreyfuss]] and [[Emilio Estevez]].<ref name=tcm/> The film debuted at No.1 at the box office.<ref>{{cite news|title= Stakeout' Ranks No. 1 In Box-Office Sales |work= [[The New York Times]]|date=1987-09-02|url= https://www.nytimes.com/1987/09/02/movies/stakeout-ranks-no-1-in-box-office-sales.html|access-date=February 16, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title= Stakeout in First Place In Week's Ticket Sales |work= [[The New York Times]]|date=1987-08-27|url= https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B0DE1D91038F934A1575BC0A961948260|access-date=February 16, 2011}}</ref> In 1988, she played a leading role in [[Ciro Durán]]'s film ''[[Tropical Snow]]'', with [[David Carradine]]. She co-starred with [[Mark Harmon]] in the comedy ''[[Worth Winning]]'', with [[Kevin Costner]] in the 1989 thriller ''[[Revenge (1990 film)|Revenge]]'', and opposite [[Jack Nicholson]] in 1990 in ''[[The Two Jakes]]''. She played a leading role in the 1991 independent film ''[[Closet Land]]''.<ref>[https://www.allmovie.com/movie/v10041 Closet Land (1990)], ''[[AllRovi]]''.</ref>

In 1992, she appeared opposite [[Kurt Russell]] in the crime drama ''[[Unlawful Entry (film)|Unlawful Entry]]''.<ref>[https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=unlawfulentry.htm Unlawful Entry], ''[[Box Office Mojo]]''.</ref> That same year, Stowe played Cora Munro in ''[[The Last of the Mohicans (1992 film)|The Last of the Mohicans]]'', which also starred [[Daniel Day-Lewis]]. Her critically acclaimed performance in the film, which grossed more than $75 million worldwide, elevated Stowe from supporting player to an A-list movie star.<ref name=tcm/><ref name=yahoo/> The next year, director [[Robert Altman]] cast Stowe in the award-winning ensemble cast movie ''[[Short Cuts]]'', where she gave one of her most acclaimed screen performances as the wife of a compulsively lying and adulterous police officer played by [[Tim Robbins]]. She won the [[National Society of Film Critics|National Society of Film Critics Awards]] [[National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actress|for Best Supporting Actress]], a [[Golden Globe Award]] and a [[Volpi Cup|Volpi Cup for Best Ensemble Cast]] for her performance in the movie.{{Citation needed |date=December 2021}} She also made a cameo appearance in ''Stakeout''{{'s}} sequel ''[[Another Stakeout]]''.<ref name=tcm/> The following year, Stowe played a leading role as a blind musician in the thriller ''[[Blink (1993 film)|Blink]]'', in the neo-noir thriller ''[[China Moon]]'', and in the Western ''[[Bad Girls (1994 film)|Bad Girls]]''.<ref name=yahoo/> The year after that, she was a sympathetic psychiatrist in the financially successful and critically lauded science-fiction movie ''[[12 Monkeys]]''. Stowe received a [[Saturn Awards]] nomination for this performance.{{Citation needed |date=December 2021}} 
[[File:Madeleine Stowe 2008.jpg|upright|left|thumb|Madeleine Stowe in 2008]]
In 1994 Stowe was named one of [[People (magazine)|People magazine]]'s "50 Most Beautiful People in the World".<ref name=tcm/><ref>{{cite web|title=The 50 Most Beautiful People in the World|url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20108020,00.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140104213041/http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20108020,00.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 4, 2014|work=[[People (magazine)|People magazine]]|access-date=February 17, 2011}}</ref> In 1995, Stowe was chosen by ''[[Empire (magazine)|Empire]]'' as one of the "100 Sexiest Stars in Film History".{{Citation needed |date=December 2021}}

Stowe postponed her acting career in 1996 to concentrate on her family life. She settled for several years in a Texas ranch, with her daughter May and husband [[Brian Benben]].<ref name="people">[http://people.com/archive/madeleine-stowe-best-revenge-vol-76-no-24/ Madeleine Stowe: Best Revenge], ''[[People (magazine)|People]]'', December 12, 2011.</ref> In 1998, she came back with ''[[The Proposition (1998 film)|The Proposition]]'' and ''[[Playing by Heart]]'', and then ''[[The General's Daughter (film)|The General's Daughter]]'', opposite [[John Travolta]] in 1999.<ref name=yahoo>{{cite web|title=Madeleine Stowe- Biography|url=https://movies.yahoo.com/person/madeleine-stowe/biography.html;_ylt=AqmMAJIE6ppxSBCjk.9ZRYj3TssF;_ylu=X3oDMTI1Zmlwbjk5BG1pdANQZXJzb24gSGVhZGVyIE1TQgRwb3MDMwRzZWMDTWVkaWFFbnRpdHlIZWFkZXJMaW5rc1BhY2thZ2VBc3NlbWJseQ--;_ylg=X3oDMTFjcjk4NTY4BGludGwDdXMEbGFuZwNlbi11cwRwc3RhaWQDBHBzdGNhdAMEcHQDBHRlc3QD;_ylv=3|publisher=[[Yahoo!]]|access-date=February 17, 2011}}</ref> In 2001, she starred in the science-fiction [[box office bomb]] ''[[Impostor (2002 film)|Impostor]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=impostor.htm|title=Impostor - boxofficemojo|access-date=November 28, 2014}}</ref> In 2002, she played [[Julia Compton Moore|Julia Moore]] in the war film ''[[We Were Soldiers]]'' with [[Mel Gibson]], and the box office flop action-comedy ''[[Avenging Angelo]]'' opposite [[Sylvester Stallone]].<ref name=yahoo/> In 2003, she starred in the thriller ''[[Octane (film)|Octane]]'' as Senga Wilson, a single mother trying to save her teenage daughter ([[Mischa Barton]]) from a bizarre cult obsessed with blood and cars.

===Recent years===
Stowe's onscreen appearances became increasingly rare in the 2000s, as she focused on motherhood. She later stated in an interview : "I never thought, 'I'm retiring,' but I didn't feel that 'thing' revving in me. I was much more focused on May. It was frustrating at times, but now I see how she's turned out, I wouldn't have it any other way."<ref name="people"/> She occasionally appeared in some TV productions, such as ''[[Saving Milly]]'', an adaptation of [[Morton Kondracke]]'s book of the same name, of a woman diagnosed with [[Parkinson's disease]].<ref>[http://tv.nytimes.com/2005/03/12/arts/television/12gate.html TELEVISION REVIEW When the Course of True Love Is Derailed by Disease], March 12, 2005, ''[[The New York Times]]''.</ref> Stowe starred in the not-picked-up [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] pilot ''Southern Comfort'' about a woman who takes over her mobster husband's business when he gets sent to prison.<ref>[https://www.tvguide.com/news/FALL-PILOT-NEWS-51297.ASPX IN OTHER FALL PILOT NEWS...], Feb 27, 2006, ''[[TV Guide]]''.</ref> In 2007, she appeared in the recurring role of Dr. Samantha Kohl in [[Jeff Goldblum]]'s detective drama ''[[Raines]]'' on [[NBC]], a mid-season replacement. The series was canceled after two months. In 2009 she starred in the [[Lifetime (TV network)|Lifetime]] movie, ''[[The Christmas Hope]]''.<ref name=yahoo/>

[[File:Madeline Stowe at TIFF 2014.jpg|thumb|upright|Stowe at the 2014 [[Toronto International Film Festival]]]]

In 2011, Stowe announced her return and began playing [[Victoria Grayson]], the glamorous and powerful matriarch of the Grayson family, on [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]'s television drama series ''[[Revenge (TV series)|Revenge]]''.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://deadline.com/2011/03/madeline-stowe-among-latest-pilot-castings-114357/|title=Madeleine Stowe Among Latest Pilot Castings|last=Andreeva|first=Nellie|date=March 15, 2011|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|access-date=March 22, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://abc.go.com/shows/revenge|title=''Revenge'' on ABC|work=ABC|access-date=November 28, 2014}}</ref> It debuted on September 21, and was picked up for a full season by ABC on October 13.<ref>{{cite web|title=Breaking: ABC Orders Full Seasons of Revenge and Suburgatory|url=http://www.tvline.com/2011/10/abc-revenge-suburgatory-full-season|last=Ausiello|first=Michael|work=[[TVLine]]|access-date=October 13, 2011|date=October 13, 2011|archive-date=February 15, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120215231207/http://www.tvline.com/2011/10/abc-revenge-suburgatory-full-season/|url-status=dead}}</ref> Stowe's portrayal of the character received critical praise,<ref>{{cite magazine|title=The New Queen of Mean: Madeleine Stowe of 'Revenge'|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/blogs/pop-life/the-new-queen-of-mean-madeleine-stowe-of-revenge-20120104|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120108221705/http://www.rollingstone.com/culture/blogs/pop-life/the-new-queen-of-mean-madeleine-stowe-of-revenge-20120104|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 8, 2012|magazine=Rolling Stone|access-date=February 17, 2011}}</ref> and she was nominated for a [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama]] for this role.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://insidemovies.ew.com/2011/12/15/golden-globes-nominations/|title=Golden Globes nominations: 'The Artist' leads pack of nominees|work=EW.com|access-date=November 28, 2014}}</ref> In April 2012, she was listed at No. 5 in ''[[People (magazine)|People]]'' magazine's annual Most Beautiful Woman list.<ref>[http://www.people.com/people/package/gallery/0,,20360857_20589930,00.html#21150929 PEOPLE's 2012 World's Most Beautiful Woman], [[People (magazine)|People]], Retrieved April 28, 2012.</ref><ref>[http://www.people.com/people/package/video/0,,20360857_20589835,00.html Madeleine Stowe Shares Mom's Best Beauty Advice], [[People (magazine)|People]], April 17, 2012, Retrieved April 25, 2012.</ref> The series ended in 2015 after four seasons and 89 episodes.

In May and June 2016, Stowe guest hosted primetime films on [[Turner Classic Movies]], appearing in dozens of [[Interstitial program|wraparounds]] on the channel. In 2019, she returned to acting starring as actress Margot Weston in the Netflix musical drama series, ''[[Soundtrack (TV series)|Soundtrack]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2018/02/mixtape-madeleine-stowe-cast-fox-musical-drama-pilot-1202291854/|title='Mixtape': Madeleine Stowe To Co-Star In Fox Musical Drama Pilot|first1=Denise|last1=Petski|first2=Nellie|last2=Andreeva|date=February 16, 2018|work=[[Deadline Hollywood]]}}</ref> The series was canceled after one season.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2020/01/soundtrack-canceled-after-one-season-netflix-1202848289/|title='Soundtrack' Canceled After One Season At Netflix|first1=Denise|last1=Petski|date=January 31, 2020|work=[[Deadline Hollywood]]}}</ref>

==Personal life==
In 1982, Stowe married [[Brian Benben]], whom she had met on the set of the [[NBC]] miniseries ''[[The Gangster Chronicles]]'' the previous year. Before living in Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles, they lived on a ranch west of Austin, near [[Fredericksburg, Texas]].<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.claimspages.com/news/2011/11/28/tree-crushes-actress-madeleine-stowes-car-in-pacific-palisades/ | title=Tree Crushes Actress Madeleine Stowe's Car in Pacific Palisades | date=November 28, 2011 }}</ref><ref name=lamag>{{cite web |last1=Wallace |first1=Amy |title=Madeleine Stowe |url=https://www.lamag.com/lastory/madeleine-stowe1/ |website=Los Angeles magazine |access-date=December 22, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210827045707/https://www.lamag.com/lastory/madeleine-stowe1/ |archive-date=August 27, 2021 |date=February 1, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Macor |first1=Alison |title=Madeleine in the Hill Country |url=https://www.texasmonthly.com/articles/madeleine-in-the-hill-country/ |access-date=December 22, 2021 |work=Texas Monthly |date=June 1999 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210814204719/https://www.texasmonthly.com/articles/madeleine-in-the-hill-country/ |archive-date=August 14, 2021}}</ref> {{As of|2025}}, Stowe resides in [[Memphis, Tennessee]] in the Midtown historic district of [[Chickasaw Gardens]].<ref>{{cite web|work=Daily Memphian|url=https://dailymemphian.com/subscriber/section/neighborhoodsmidtown/article/48990/hollywood-actress-takes-leading-role-in-chickasaw|title=Hollywood actress takes leading role in Chickasaw Gardens gate controversy|archive-url=https://archive.today/20250107190256/https://dailymemphian.com/subscriber/section/neighborhoodsmidtown/article/48990/hollywood-actress-takes-leading-role-in-chickasaw|archive-date=January 7, 2025|date=January 6, 2025|author=Hardiman, Samuel}}</ref>

In 2008, Stowe traveled to [[Haiti]] and helped found [[Artists for Peace and Justice]]. She is on the board of directors of the foundation.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/madeleine-stowe-scheming-vixen-screen-philanthropist-haiti-off/story?id=15355171| title = abc News| website = [[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]]|access-date=July 29, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.apjnow.org/the-team/|title=The Team - Artists For Peace And Justice web site|access-date=November 28, 2014}}</ref>

==Filmography==

===Film===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
|1981
|''Gangster Wars''
|Ruth Lasker
|
|-
|1987
|''[[Stakeout (1987 film)|Stakeout]]''
|Maria McGuire
|
|-
|1988
|''[[Tropical Snow]]''
|Marina
|
|-
|1989
|''[[Worth Winning]]''
|Veronica Briskow
|
|-
|rowspan="2"| 1990
|''[[Revenge (1990 film)|Revenge]]''
| Miryea Mendez
|
|-
|''{{sortname|The|Two Jakes}}''
|Lillian Bodine
|
|-
|1991
|''[[Closet Land]]''
|Victim
|
|-
|rowspan="2"| 1992
|''[[Unlawful Entry (film)|Unlawful Entry]]''
|Karen Carr
|
|-
|''{{sortname|The|Last of the Mohicans|The Last of the Mohicans (1992 film)}}''
|Cora Munro
|
|-
|rowspan="2"| 1993
|''[[Another Stakeout]]''
|Maria McGuire
||Uncredited cameo
|-
|''[[Short Cuts]]''
|Sherri Shepard
|
|-
|rowspan="3"| 1994
|''[[China Moon]]''
|Rachel Munro
|
|-
|''[[Blink (1993 film)|Blink]]''
|Emma Brody
|
|-
|''[[Bad Girls (1994 film)|Bad Girls]]''
|Cody Zamora
|
|-
|1995
|''[[12 Monkeys]]''
|Kathryn Railly
|
|-
|rowspan="2"| 1998
|''[[The Proposition (1998 film)|The Proposition]]''
|Eleanor Barret
|
|-
|''[[Playing by Heart]]''
|Gracie
|
|-
|1999
|''{{sortname|The|General's Daughter|The General's Daughter (film)}}''
|Warr. Off. Sara Sunhill
|
|-
|2001
|''[[Impostor (2002 film)|Impostor]]''
|Maya Olham
|
|-
|rowspan="2"| 2002
|''[[We Were Soldiers]]''
|[[Julia Compton Moore|Julia Moore]]
|
|-
|''[[Avenging Angelo]]''
|Jennifer Barrett Allieghieri
|
|-
|2003
|''[[Octane (film)|Octane]]''
|Senga Wilson
|aka Pulse
|}

===Television===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
|1978
|''[[Baretta]]''
|Anna
|Episode: "The Marker"
|-
|1978
|''{{sortname|The|Amazing Spider-Man|The Amazing Spider-Man (TV series)}}''
|Maria Calderon
|Episode: "Escort to Danger"
|-
|1978
|''{{sortname|The|Nativity|The Nativity (1978 film)}}''
|[[Mary, mother of Jesus]]
|[[Television film|Movie]]
|-
|1978
|''{{sortname|The|Deerslayer|nolink=1}}''
|Hetty Hutter
|Movie
|-
|1979
|''[[Barnaby Jones]]''
|Diane
|Episode: "School of Terror"
|-
|1980
|''[[Beulah Land (TV miniseries)|Beulah Land]]''
|Selma Kendrick Davis
|Miniseries
|-
|1980
|''[[Little House on the Prairie (TV series)|Little House on the Prairie]]''
|Annie Crane
|Episode: "Portrait of Love"
|-
|1981
|''[[Trapper John, M.D.]]''
|Cassie
|Episode: "Creepy Time Gal"
|-
|1981
|''{{sortname|The|Gangster Chronicles}}''
|Ruth Lasker
|Miniseries
|-
|1984
|''[[Amazons (1984 film)|Amazons]]''
|Dr. Sharon Fields
|Movie
|-
|1986
|''[[Blood & Orchids]]''
|Hester Ashley Murdoch
|Movie
|-
|2002
|''{{sortname|The|Magnificent Ambersons|The Magnificent Ambersons (2002 film)}}''
|Isabel Amberson Minafer
|Movie
|-
|2005
|''[[Saving Milly]]''
|Milly Martinez
|Movie
|-
|2006
|''Southern Comfort''
|Charlotte
|Pilot
|-
|2007
|''[[Raines]]''
|Dr. Samantha Kohl
|5 episodes
|-
|2009
|''{{sortname|The|Christmas Hope}}''
|Patricia Addison
|Movie
|-
| 2011–2015
| ''[[Revenge (TV series)|Revenge]]''
| [[Victoria Grayson]]
| 89 episodes
|-
|2016
|''[[12 Monkeys (TV series)|12 Monkeys]]''
|Lillian
|Episode: "Memory of Tomorrow"
|-
| 2019
| ''[[Soundtrack (TV series)|Soundtrack]]''
| Margot Weston
| 10 episodes 
|-
| 2025
| ''[[It – Welcome to Derry|It: Welcome to Derry]]''
| Ingrid
| <ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2023/04/it-prequel-series-welcome-to-derry-welcomes-madeleine-stowe-stephen-rider-1235325970/|title=Max 'It' Prequel Series 'Welcome To Derry' Welcomes Madeleine Stowe & Stephen Rider|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|first=Anthony|last=D'Alessandro|date=April 14, 2023|access-date=April 14, 2023}}</ref>
|}

==Awards and nominations==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|- style="background:#b0c4de;"
! Year
! Association
! Category
! Work
! Result
|-
| 1993
| [[Venice Film Festival]]
| Special Volpi Cup for Best Ensemble Cast
| rowspan="3" |''[[Short Cuts]]''
| {{Won|Recipient}}
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1994
| [[National Society of Film Critics]]
| [[National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]]
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Golden Globe Awards]]
| Special Award for Ensemble Cast {{small|(non-competitive)}}
| {{Won|Recipient}}
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1996
| Sci-Fi Universe Magazine, USA
| Best Actress in a Genre Motion Picture
| rowspan="2" |''[[12 Monkeys]]''
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Saturn Awards]]
| [[Saturn Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2000
| [[Blockbuster Entertainment Awards]]
| Favorite Supporting Actress - Suspense
| rowspan="2" |''[[The General's Daughter (film)|The General's Daughter]]''
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[ALMA Awards]]
| Outstanding Actress in a Feature Film
| {{nom}}
|-
| 2003
| [[American Veterans Center]]
| Best Actress
| ''[[We Were Soldiers]]''
| {{won}}
|-
| 2005
| [[Imagen Awards]]
| Best Actress
| ''[[Saving Milly]]''
| {{won}}
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2012
| Golden Globe Awards
| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama|Best Actress – Television Series Drama]]
| rowspan="3" |''[[Revenge (TV series)|Revenge]]''
| {{nom}}
|-
| ALMA Awards
| [[13th ALMA Awards#Television|Favorite TV Actress – Drama]]
| {{nom}}
|-
|2013
|[[TV Guide|TV Guide Awards]]
|Favorite Villain
| {{nom}}
|-
| 2014
| [[Keck School of Medicine of USC]]
| colspan=2|Humanitarian Award<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/USCHealthNews/status/467798120529547264 |title=Twitter / USCHealthNews: Actress Madeleine Stowe takes |publisher=Twitter.com |access-date=2014-06-04}}</ref>
| {{won}}
|}

==References==
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==External links==
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* {{IMDb name|656}}
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20151018095841/http://search.people.com/results.html?Ntt=madeleine+stowe Madeleine Stowe] at [[People (magazine)|People.com]]

{{National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actress}}
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