Known For
Acting
Born
Sep 11, 1950
Place of Birth
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Credits
105 titles
Amy Madigan
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
Filmography
Gladys
Gladys
Rebuilding
Bess
Weapons
Gladys
Off the Horse
Bobbette
Brooklyn, Minnesota
Gail
Bull Street
Mary-Ann
Go For Grandma
Grandma
Antlers
Principal Booth
Penny Dreadful: City of Angels
Miss Adelaide Finnister
The Hunt
Ma
The Last Full Measure
Donna Burr
Stuck
Sue
A Crooked Somebody
Joyce Vaughn
American Woman
Peggy
American Socialist: The Life and Times of Eugene Victor Debs
Grey Lady
Lola
Buried Child
Halie
Rules Don't Apply
Mrs. Bransford
Ice
Diane Pierce
Sensitivity Training
Nancy
Grace and Frankie
Elaine
How to Get Away with Murder
Irene Crawley
Frontera
Olivia
Shirin in Love
Rachel
Rumble on the Lot: Walter Hill's Streets of Fire Revisited
Self
Sweetwater
Madame Bovary
The Lifeguard
Justine
Future Weather
Greta
Prohibition
Reader (voice)
That's What I Am
Principal Kelner
Once Fallen
Rose
Virginia
Mrs. Tipton
The National Parks: America's Best Idea
Living Proof
Fran Visco
Fringe
Marilyn Dunham
Gone Baby Gone
Bea McCready
Saving Grace
Gretchen Lagardi
The Path to 9/11
Patricia Carver
Murder on Pleasant Drive
Sherrie Davis
Winter Passing
Lori Lansky
Criminal Minds
Jane
Grey's Anatomy
Katharine Wyatt
Admissions
Martha Brighton
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
Other Voices (voice)
The Ranch
Mary Larkin
Field of Dreams: Passing Along the Pastime
Self
In the Land of Milk and Money
Arlyne
Horatio's Drive: America's First Road Trip
Other Voices (voice)
Carnivàle
Iris Crowe
Making 'Carnivàle': The Show Behind the Show