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Amy Madigan

Amy Madigan

Birthday: 1950-09-11 | Place of Birth: Chicago, Illinois, USA

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, as well as nominations for an Academy Award and 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.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2025
Rebuilding

as    Bess

2025
Weapons

as    Gladys

2024
Brooklyn, Minnesota

as    Gail

2024
Bull Street

as    Mary-Ann

2023
Go For Grandma

as    Grandma

2021
Antlers

as    Principal Booth

2019
Stuck

as    Sue

2018
A Crooked Somebody

as    Joyce Vaughn

2017
Grey Lady

as    Lola

2016
Buried Child

as    Halie

2016
Sensitivity Training

as    Nancy

2014
Frontera

as    Olivia

2014
Shirin in Love

as    Rachel

2013
The Lifeguard

as    Justine

2013
Sweetwater

as    Madame Bovary

2012
Future Weather

as    Greta

2011
That's What I Am

as    Principal Kelner

2010
Virginia

as    Mrs. Tipton

2010
Once Fallen

as    Rose

2008
Living Proof

as    Fran Visco

2007
Gone Baby Gone

as    Bea McCready