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• Andie's old habits go up in smoke June 9, 2002
  Unlike her character in the film, who drinks enthusiastically (along with the local doctor and police chief, played with great gusto by Anna Chancellor and Imelda Staunton), MacDowell never took to the bottle. But then, her mother was an alcoholic. "Drinking has never been the answer for me," she says, "it makes me feel worse." Instead, she took up smoking. "It's bizarre to start as a woman of 40 but cigarettes were absolutely fabulous," she says, with a hint of wickedness. But for someone of her rigid self-control, a nicotine addiction turned into a nightmare. "I was terrified that people would find out that I was a closet smoker."
• Sex, lies and videotape April 6, 2002
  AS HER first marriage collapsed, Andie MacDowell felt the tug of nicotine. Taking up smoking wasn't something she was proud of, just something to take the edge off. She'd even try to mask her habit with mints and perfume.

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Andie MacDowell, born Rosalie Anderson MacDowell on April 21, 1958, is an American actress and model who has received three Golden Globe Awards nominations. She is best known for her appearances in films such as St. Elmo's Fire, Sex, Lies, and Videotape, Hudson Hawk, Groundhog Day and Multiplicity among others.