landed the starring role of Cheryl West in the ABC comedy-drama series Scoundrels. In December 2010, it was announced that she would be joining the cast in the NBC science fiction series The Event. In 2012, she joined the cast of the AMC western drama series Hell on Wheels as Mrs. Hannah Durant, first appearing in episode eight of season 2, "The Lord's Day". In 2013, Madsen began appearing on Lifetime's Witches of East End as Penelope Gardiner, the main villainess of the first season. She starred as Speaker Kimble Hookstraten in the first season of the ABC political drama series Designated Survivor. Producer In 2008, she formed her own film production company called Title IX Productions. Her first project was a film made with her mother titled I Know a Woman Like That. The film is a documentary about the lives of older women. On the creation of the film, she said her mother's active lifestyle was an inspiration to start filming. My mother's level of activity, of productivity, was exactly why I thought a project like this would work. Originally, when we put the idea together, she had said, "I'm far too busy. I'm going to Holland, and then I'm going here and there and I'm writing my book." But that's really what it's about. Personal life Madsen was married to actor and director Danny Huston after meeting on the set of Mr. North (1988). They married in 1989 and divorced in 1992. Madsen was in a long-term relationship with Antonio Sabàto Jr. from 1993 to 1998, with whom she has one son. Filmography Film Television Awards and nominations References External links 1961 births Living people 20th-century American actresses 21st-century American actresses Actresses from Chicago American film actresses American people of Danish descent American people of English descent American people of German descent American people of Irish descent American people of Scottish descent American people who self-identify as being of Native American descent American television actresses American voice actresses Huston family Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Female winners New Trier High School alumni Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture Screen Actors Guild Award winners