Andie is the English diminutive of Andrea — from the Greek *Andreas*, aner (man) — "manly, strong, brave." **Andie MacDowell (born Rosalie Anderson MacDowell, 1958)** — **American actress and model; star of *Sex, Lies, and Videotape* (1989, BAFTA Best Supporting Actress + Independent Spirit nomination), *Groundhog Day* (1993, with Bill Murray), *Four Weddings and a Funeral* (1994, Golden Globe nomination), *Multiplicity* (1996), and Hallmark's *The Way Home* (2023-present)**. **The face of L'Oréal Paris for 40+ years (1986-present) — her tenure is the longest of any L'Oréal spokesperson in history**. **In 2021 she famously embraced her natural grey hair publicly, becoming a high-profile advocate for ageing-as-it-is in mainstream cosmetics**. **Andie Walsh** — heroine of John Hughes's *Pretty in Pink* (1986), played by Molly Ringwald. **Andie Anderson** — the lead of *How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days* (2003) — Kate Hudson. **Andie is also a feminine diminutive of Andrew or Andre**.
Featured throughout 1980s-2020s American cinema.
Andie reduces to four — the number of strong.