Amy Madigan

Amy Madigan

Born 1950-09-11 (age 75) Chicago, Illinois, USA
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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

Weapons
Weapons

2025

as Gladys

The Hunt
The Hunt

2020

as Ma

Uncle Buck
Uncle Buck

1989

as Chanice Kobolowski

Antlers
Antlers

2021

as Principal Booth

Rebuilding
Rebuilding

2025

as Bess

Gone Baby Gone
Gone Baby Gone

2007

as Bea McCready

Field of Dreams
Field of Dreams

1989

as Annie Kinsella

Streets of Fire
Streets of Fire

1984

as McCoy

Frontera
Frontera

2014

as Olivia

Places in the Heart
Places in the Heart

1984

as Viola Kelsey

Sweetwater
Sweetwater

2013

as Madame Bovary

Female Perversions
Female Perversions

1996

as Madelyn Stephens

American Woman
American Woman

2018

as Peggy

The Last Full Measure
The Last Full Measure

2020

as Donna Burr

The Day After
The Day After

1983

as Alison Ransom

Winter Passing
Winter Passing

2006

as Lori Lansky

Rules Don't Apply
Rules Don't Apply

2016

as Mrs. Bransford

Pollock
Pollock

2000

as Peggy Guggenheim

That's What I Am
That's What I Am

2011

as Principal Kelner

Living Proof
Living Proof

2008

as Fran Visco