Amy Madigan
Known for Acting · 105 credits
- Born
- 1950-09-11 (age 75)
- Place of birth
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Also known as
- Amy Marie 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.
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Known For
TV Shows (24)
Law & Order
1990
as Emily Ryan
Grey's Anatomy
2005
as Katharine Wyatt
Criminal Minds
2005
as Jane
Frasier
1993
as Maggie (voice)
Fringe
2008
as Marilyn Dunham
ER
1994
as Mary Taggart
How to Get Away with Murder
2014
as Irene Crawley
Late Night with David Letterman
1982
as Self - Guest
Hart to Hart
1979
American Playhouse
1982
as Sarah Penn
Grace and Frankie
2015
as Elaine
Saving Grace
2007
as Gretchen Lagardi
The Oscars
1953
as Self
Carnivàle
2003
as Iris Crowe
CHiPs
1977
as Jewel Burnett
Ice
2016
as Diane Pierce
Penny Dreadful: City of Angels
2020
as Miss Adelaide Finnister
Baseball
1994
as Various (voice)
Prohibition
2011
as Reader (voice)
Crocodile Shoes
1994
The National Parks: America's Best Idea
2009
The Path to 9/11
2006
as Patricia Carver / Colonel Raymond Malik
Eureka Stockade
1984
as Sarah Jamieson
Mark Twain
2002
as Other Voices (voice)
Movies (81)
Weapons
2025
as Gladys
The Hunt
2020
as Ma
Field of Dreams
1989
as Annie Kinsella
Uncle Buck
1989
as Chanice Kobolowski
Gone Baby Gone
2007
as Bea McCready
Places in the Heart
1984
as Viola Kelsey
The Last Full Measure
2020
as Donna Burr
Streets of Fire
1984
as McCoy
Frontera
2014
as Olivia
The Day After
1983
as Alison Ransom
Rules Don't Apply
2016
as Mrs. Bransford
That's What I Am
2011
as Principal Kelner
Grey Lady
2017
as Lola
Admissions
2004
as Martha Brighton
Female Perversions
1996
as Madelyn Stephens
A Crooked Somebody
2018
as Joyce Vaughn
The Laramie Project
2002
as Reggie Fluty
Rebuilding
2025
as Bess
Just a Dream
2002
as Cindy Wilder
Sweetwater
2013
as Madame Bovary
Love Letters
1983
as Wendy
American Woman
2018
as Peggy
The Lifeguard
2013
as Justine
Lucky Day
1991
as Kari
The Dark Half
1993
as Liz Beaumont
Fat Guy Goes Nutzoid
1986
as Woman at funeral
Sponsor
Winter Passing
2006
as Lori Lansky
The Laundromat
1985
as Deedee Johnson
Twice in a Lifetime
1985
as Sunny
Pollock
2000
as Peggy Guggenheim
Roe vs. Wade
1989
as Sarah Weddington
With Friends Like These
1998
as Hannah DiMartino
The Ploughmen
as Francie
And Then There Was One
1994
as Roxy Ventola
Nowhere to Hide
1987
as Barbara Cutter
Riders of the Purple Sage
1996
as Jane Withersteen
Gladys
2028
as Aunt Gladys
The Sleepy Time Gal
2001
as Maggie
The Donner Party
1992
as voice
The Prince of Pennsylvania
1988
as Carla Headlee
Future Weather
2012
as Greta
Living Proof
2008
as Fran Visco
The Ambush Murders
1982
as Molly Slavin
Shirin in Love
2014
as Rachel
Virginia
2010
as Mrs. Tipton
Murder on Pleasant Drive
2006
as Sherrie Davis
Travis McGee
1983
as Billy Jean Bailey
Antlers
2021
as Principal Booth
Mark Twain
2002
as (voice)
A Bright Shining Lie
1998
as Mary Jane Vann
The Ranch
2004
as Mary Larkin
Brooklyn, Minnesota
2024
as Gail
Crazy Times
1981
as Marilyn
Stuck
2019
as Sue
In the Name of the People
2000
as Connie Murphy
School for the Blind
Shot in the Heart
2001
as Bessie Gilmore
A Time for Dancing
2002
as Jackie Russell
Once Fallen
2010
as Rose
Loved
1997
as Brett Amerson
Is Your Mama a Llama?
2003
as Narrator (voice)
Alamo Bay
1985
as Glory
I Passed This Way
Horatio's Drive: America's First Road Trip
2003
as Other Voices (voice)
Bull Street
2024
as Mary-Ann
Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western
1997
as Self
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
2004
as Other Voices (voice)
Love Child
1982
as Terry Jean Moore
Sensitivity Training
2016
as Nancy
Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years
1999
as Amy Hill Hearth
Making 'Carnivàle': The Show Behind the Show
2003
Victims
1982
as Chloe Brill
The Revolt of Mother
1988
as Sarah Penn
In the Land of Milk and Money
2004
as Arlyne
Buried Child
2016
as Halie
Field of Dreams: Passing Along the Pastime
2004
as Self
Rumble on the Lot: Walter Hill's Streets of Fire Revisited
2013
as Self
Go For Grandma
2023
as Grandma
Off the Horse
2025
as Bobbette
American Socialist: The Life and Times of Eugene Victor Debs
2018
About Amy Madigan
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 Gold… With 105 credits spanning from 1953 to 2028, Amy Madigan has appeared in 81 films and 24 TV shows.
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Most Popular Amy Madigan Movies
- Weapons (2025) — as Gladys
- The Hunt (2020) — as Ma
- Field of Dreams (1989) — as Annie Kinsella
- Uncle Buck (1989) — as Chanice Kobolowski
- Gone Baby Gone (2007) — as Bea McCready
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