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, 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.
Known For
Annie Kinsella
Field of Dreams
Liz Beaumont
The Dark Half
Chanice Kobolowski
Uncle Buck
Bea McCready
Gone Baby Gone
Alison Ransom
The Day After
Fran Visco
Living Proof
Madelyn Stephens
Female Perversions
Lori Lansky
Winter Passing
McCoy
Streets of Fire
Rose
Once Fallen
Jackie Russell
A Time for Dancing
Francie
The Ploughmen
Self
Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western
Terry Jean Moore
Love Child
Martha Brighton
Admissions
Brett Amerson
Loved
Barbara Cutter
Nowhere to Hide
Wendy
Love Letters
Principal Kelner
That's What I Am
Mrs. Tipton
Virginia
Bessie Gilmore
Shot in the Heart
Sunny
Twice in a Lifetime
Maggie
The Sleepy Time Gal
(voice)
Mark Twain
Roxy Ventola
And Then There Was One
Jane Withersteen
Riders of the Purple Sage
Justine
The Lifeguard
Sherrie Davis
Murder on Pleasant Drive
Cindy Wilder
Just a Dream
Gail
Brooklyn, Minnesota
Glory
Alamo Bay
School for the Blind
Rachel
Shirin in Love
voice
The Donner Party
Deedee Johnson
The Laundromat
Olivia
Frontera
Sarah Weddington
Roe vs. Wade
Grandma
Go For Grandma
Mary-Ann
Bull Street
Reggie Fluty
The Laramie Project
Molly Slavin
The Ambush Murders
Kari
Lucky Day
Marilyn
Crazy Times
Viola Kelsey
Places in the Heart
Amy Hill Hearth
Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years
Carla Headlee
The Prince of Pennsylvania
Gladys
Weapons
Mrs. Bransford
Rules Don't Apply
Mary Larkin
The Ranch
Mary Jane Vann
A Bright Shining Lie
Bess
Rebuilding
Joyce Vaughn
A Crooked Somebody
Other Voices (voice)
Horatio's Drive: America's First Road Trip
Hannah DiMartino
With Friends Like These
Lola
Grey Lady
Peggy Guggenheim
Pollock
American Socialist: The Life and Times of Eugene Victor Debs
Peggy
American Woman
Sue
Stuck
Principal Booth
Antlers
Self
Field of Dreams: Passing Along the Pastime
Halie
Buried Child
Ma
The Hunt
Madame Bovary
Sweetwater
Other Voices (voice)
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
Donna Burr
The Last Full Measure
Self
Rumble on the Lot: Walter Hill's Streets of Fire Revisited
Chloe Brill
Victims
Billy Jean Bailey
Travis McGee
Connie Murphy
In the Name of the People
Greta
Future Weather
Gladys
Untitled Weapons Prequel
Arlyne
In the Land of Milk and Money
Nancy
Sensitivity Training
Making 'Carnivàle': The Show Behind the Show
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
75
Gender
Female
Birthday
1950-09-11
Place of Birth
Chicago, Illinois, USA
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