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Amy Madigan

Amy Madigan

Acting1950Chicago, Illinois, USA

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.

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Acting History

2025
Weapons
as Gladys
Rebuilding
as Bess
2024
2023
Go For Grandma
as Grandma
2021
Antlers
as Principal Booth
2020
Penny Dreadful: City of Angels
TVas Miss Adelaide Finnister8 eps
2019
Stuck
as Sue
2017
Grey Lady
as Lola
2016
Buried Child
as Halie
Rules Don't Apply
as Mrs. Bransford
How to Get Away with Murder
TVas Irene Crawley1 eps
Grace and Frankie
TVas Elaine1 eps
2014
Frontera
as Olivia
2012
2011
That's What I Am
as Principal Kelner
Prohibition
TVas Reader (voice)3 eps
2010
Virginia
as Mrs. Tipton
Fringe
TVas Marilyn Dunham3 eps
Law & Order
TVas Emily Ryan1 eps
Once Fallen
Executive Producer
2009
2008
Living Proof
as Fran Visco
Saving Grace
TVas Gretchen Lagardi1 eps
Grey's Anatomy
TVas Katharine Wyatt9 eps
2007
Gone Baby Gone
as Bea McCready
Criminal Minds
TVas Jane2 eps
2006
Winter Passing
as Lori Lansky
Murder on Pleasant Drive
as Sherrie Davis
The Path to 9/11
TVas Colonel Raymond Malik2 eps
2002
A Time for Dancing
as Jackie Russell
Mark Twain
as (voice)
The Laramie Project
as Reggie Fluty
Just a Dream
as Cindy Wilder
Mark Twain
TVas Other Voices (voice)2 eps
2001
Shot in the Heart
as Bessie Gilmore
2000
Pollock
as Peggy Guggenheim
1998
A Bright Shining Lie
as Mary Jane Vann
With Friends Like These
as Hannah DiMartino
1996
Female Perversions
as Madelyn Stephens
Riders of the Purple Sage
as Jane Withersteen
The Oscars
TVas Self1 eps
Riders of the Purple Sage
Executive Producer
1994
And Then There Was One
as Roxy Ventola
Baseball
TVas (voice)5 eps
Frasier
TVas Maggie (voice)1 eps
1993
The Dark Half
as Liz Beaumont
1992
1991
Lucky Day
as Kari
1989
Roe vs. Wade
as Sarah Weddington
Field of Dreams
as Annie Kinsella
Uncle Buck
as Chanice Kobolowski
1988
1987
Nowhere to Hide
as Barbara Cutter
1986
Fat Guy Goes Nutzoid
as Woman at funeral
1985
Alamo Bay
as Glory
The Laundromat
as Deedee Johnson
1984
Places in the Heart
as Viola Kelsey
Eureka Stockade
TVas Sarah Jamieson3 eps
1983
Travis McGee
as Billy Jean Bailey
The Day After
as Alison Ransom
Love Letters
as Wendy
1982
Love Child
as Terry Jean Moore
Victims
as Chloe Brill
The Ambush Murders
as Molly Slavin
1981
Crazy Times
as Marilyn
CHiPs
TVas Jewel Burnett1 eps

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Personal Info

Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
9/11/1950(75 years old)
Place of Birth
Chicago, Illinois, USA