Virginia Madsen is an Academy Award and Golden Globe nominated actress for her work in the award winning film "Sideways." Madsen recently starred opposite Harrison Ford in the action thriller "Firewall" and alongside Meryl Streep and Kevin Kline in "A Prairie Home Companion." She will also be seen in the films "The Number 23" with Jim Carrey, "The Astronaut Farmer," starring opposite Billy Bob Thornton and in "The Ripple Effect." Her additional film credits include Francis Ford Coppola's "The Rainmaker," "Ghosts of Mississippi," "The Hot Spot" and the cult classic "Candyman." Madsen's versatility was seen in the independent film, "Almost Salinas," opposite John Mahoney and in "American Gun," opposite James Coburn. She portrays Hope Stevens in the CBS TV series “Smith.” Hope is the wife of Bobby Stevens. She becomes suspicious of her husband’s activities.