The Lovely and Talented Andie MacDowell

Gorgeous at 51, MacDowell glows at the 24th annual Spirit Awards in Santa Monica, California on February 21, 2009.    (RETUERS)   Go back in time and revisit this Southern star's charmed career ...

Andie MacDowell walks the runway with her daughters Rainey, left, and Sarah Margaret at the 7th Annual Dressed To Kilt charity fashion show to kick off Tartan Week on March 30, 2009 in New York.  (AP)

MacDowell dressed as Dulcinea from ‘Don Quixote’ early this year for 'Montblanc's Signature for Good' charity initiative to raise funds for UNICEF.

The actress arrives at the 17th Carousel of Hope Ball in Beverly Hills, California on October 28, 2006.  (REUTERS)

The mom of three poses for photographs in New York's Central Park, August 3, 2006, before the release of her new animated children's film ‘Barnyard.’    (REUTERS)

MacDowell wows on the red carpet in 2001.  (AP) 

Andie's movie-star quality is apparent in this 1996 headshot.  (AP)

Hugh Grant and MacDowell are shown in a scene from their film ‘Four Weddings And A Funeral’ which received an Academy Award nomination for best picture of the year 1995. Andie was nominated for a Golden Globe for her role in the hit romantic comedy.

Andie co-starred with Bill Murray in 1993's quirky classic, 'Groundhog Day.' 

Model MacDowell's fresh-faced appeal (shown here in 1993) helped her attain A-list status in Hollywood.  (AP)

'St. Elmo's Fire' was MacDowell's first brush with fame. She starred in this 1985 "brat pack" coming-of-age flick alongside the likes of Demi Moore and Emilio Estevez (pictured).