I mean yeah she's still doing projects but in the early 2000's she was still doing big, major films like "We Were Soldiers" and I remember in the late 90s she had a slew of films out.
But starting in the mid '00s it's been primarily a bunch of made for TV movies and TV guest spots. Why is this? I've always thought she was great and a stunning natural beauty.
What happened to her career? Her talent caught up with her ….
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It’s an unfortunate reality that actresses are often forced to choose between family and career. Stowe showed early on where her priorities were. Shortly after marrying Brian Benben, Stowe took off work for two years. After the birth of their daughter in 1996, Stowe was absent from the screen for two more years. In 2003, Stowe seemed to retire. She and her family moved to a ranch in Texas. After her daughter was grown, Stowe returned to television.
Stowe appeared in some pretty popular movies during the 90s. Unlawful Entry, The Last of the Mohicans and Twelve Monkeys were all hits. Short Cuts was very well-reviewed. But none of those movies were Madeleine Stowe movies. The movies in which she had the starring role were movies like Blink and Bad Girls which just didn’t make much of an impact. If those movies had been more popular, perhaps Stowe’s absences from the screen would have had less of an impact on her career.
Instead, Stowe’s career lost momentum pretty quickly. She was still able to get work in movies like The General’s Daughter and We Were Soldiers. But by then her chance at A-list stardom had passed. Once she found herself stuck in direct-to-video dreck like Avenging Angelo and Octane, Stowe made the sensible choice to spend more time with her family.
Fortunately, Stowe’s career has found a second life on TV. Although its doubtful that Revenge can carry on too much longer, one suspects Stowe will continue finding work on TV for the foreseeable future.