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Amy Madigan

Known For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

Sep 11, 1950 (76 years old)

Place of Birth

Chicago, Illinois, USA

Biography

Amy Marie Madigan (born September 11, 1950) is an American actress. She has acted on stage and screen, and has received a Golden Globe Award, an Academy Award, as well as nominations for an Emmy Award. She has been married to actor Ed Harris since 1983.  Madigan made her film debut in the drama Love Child (1982), for which she was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year – Actress. For playing a woman in a difficult marriage in the drama film Twice in a Lifetime (1985), she earned a nomination for the Academy Award and Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress. She has also acted in Love Letters (1984), Alamo Bay (1985), Nowhere to Hide (1987), Uncle Buck (1989), Field of Dreams (1989), Female Perversions (1996), Pollock (2000), and Gone Baby Gone (2007). After a lack of "meaningful roles", she gained newfound attention for her performance in the horror film Weapons (2025). On television, Madigan portrayed Sarah Weddington in the television film Roe vs. Wade (1989), for which she won the Golden Globe Award and was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award. She also took roles in the HBO series Carnivàle (2003–2005), Grey's Anatomy (2008–2009), and Fringe (2009). On stage, she has acted in the Off-Broadway production of The Lucky Spot (1987), for which she was nominated for the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Play, and a 1992 Broadway production of A Streetcar Named Desire in the role of Stella Kowalski. Description above from the Wikipedia article Amy Madigan, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Acting
2025WeaponsGladys
2025RebuildingBess
2024Brooklyn, MinnesotaGail
2024Bull StreetMary-Ann
2023Go For GrandmaGrandma
2021AntlersPrincipal Booth
2020The HuntMa
2020The Last Full MeasureDonna Burr
2020Penny Dreadful: City of AngelsMiss Adelaide Finnister
2019StuckSue
2018A Crooked SomebodyJoyce Vaughn
2018American Socialist: The Life and Times of Eugene Victor Debs
2018American WomanPeggy
2017Grey LadyLola
2016Rules Don't ApplyMrs. Bransford
2016Buried ChildHalie
2016Sensitivity TrainingNancy
2016IceDiane Pierce
2015Grace and FrankieElaine
2014Shirin in LoveRachel
2014FronteraOlivia
2014How to Get Away with MurderIrene Crawley
2013The LifeguardJustine
2013SweetwaterMadame Bovary
2013Rumble on the Lot: Walter Hill's Streets of Fire RevisitedSelf
2012Future WeatherGreta
2011That's What I AmPrincipal Kelner
2011ProhibitionReader (voice)
2010Once FallenRose
2010VirginiaMrs. Tipton
2009The National Parks: America's Best Idea
2008Living ProofFran Visco
2008FringeMarilyn Dunham
2007Gone Baby GoneBea McCready
2007Saving GraceGretchen Lagardi
2006Winter PassingLori Lansky
2006Murder on Pleasant DriveSherrie Davis
2006The Path to 9/11Patricia Carver
2006The Path to 9/11Colonel Raymond Malik
2005Criminal MindsJane
2005Grey's AnatomyKatharine Wyatt
2004AdmissionsMartha Brighton
2004The RanchMary Larkin
2004Field of Dreams: Passing Along the PastimeSelf
2004Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack JohnsonOther Voices (voice)
2004In the Land of Milk and MoneyArlyne
2003Horatio's Drive: America's First Road TripOther Voices (voice)
2003Making 'Carnivàle': The Show Behind the Show
2003Is Your Mama a Llama?Narrator (voice)
2003CarnivàleIris Crowe
2002A Time for DancingJackie Russell
2002Mark Twain(voice)
2002Just a DreamCindy Wilder
2002The Laramie ProjectReggie Fluty
2002Mark TwainOther Voices (voice)
2001Shot in the HeartBessie Gilmore
2001The Sleepy Time GalMaggie
2000PollockPeggy Guggenheim
2000In the Name of the PeopleConnie Murphy
1999Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 YearsAmy Hill Hearth
1998A Bright Shining LieMary Jane Vann
1998With Friends Like TheseHannah DiMartino
1997Big Guns Talk: The Story of the WesternSelf
1997LovedBrett Amerson
1996Female PerversionsMadelyn Stephens
1996Riders of the Purple SageJane Withersteen
1994And Then There Was OneRoxy Ventola
1994ERMary Taggart
1994Crocodile Shoes
1994BaseballVarious (voice)
1994Baseball(voice)
1993The Dark HalfLiz Beaumont
1993FrasierMaggie (voice)
1992The Donner Partyvoice
1991Lucky DayKari
1990Law & OrderEmily Ryan
1989Field of DreamsAnnie Kinsella
1989Uncle BuckChanice Kobolowski
1989Roe vs. WadeSarah Weddington
1988The Prince of PennsylvaniaCarla Headlee
1988The Revolt of MotherSarah Penn
1987Nowhere to HideBarbara Cutter
1986Fat Guy Goes NutzoidWoman at funeral
1985Twice in a LifetimeSunny
1985Alamo BayGlory
1985The LaundromatDeedee Johnson
1984Streets of FireMcCoy
1984Places in the HeartViola Kelsey
1984Eureka StockadeSarah Jamieson
1983The Day AfterAlison Ransom
1983Love LettersWendy
1983Travis McGeeBilly Jean Bailey
1982Love ChildTerry Jean Moore
1982The Ambush MurdersMolly Slavin
1982VictimsChloe Brill
1981Crazy TimesMarilyn
1979Hart to Hart
1977CHiPsJewel Burnett
1953The OscarsSelf
-The PloughmenFrancie
-School for the Blind
-GladysGladys
-Sponsor
Production
2010Once FallenExecutive Producer
1996Riders of the Purple SageExecutive Producer