Amy Madigan

Acting

Amy Madigan

Born
(age 76)
Birthplace
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Credits
110 titles

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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Signature work

Known For

Acting credits 110

YearTitleRole
TBA The Ploughmen Film Francie
TBA School for the Blind Film
TBA Sponsor Film
TBA I Passed This Way Film
TBA Ashley Wright Film Donna Terry
TBA Ascent TV Rachel (1 ep)
2028 Gladys Film Gladys
2027 The Comebacker Film
2025 Rebuilding Film Bess
2025 Weapons Film Gladys
2025 Off the Horse Film Bobbette
2024 Brooklyn, Minnesota Film Gail
2024 Bull Street Film Mary-Ann
2023 Go For Grandma Film Grandma
2021 Antlers Film Principal Booth
2020 Penny Dreadful: City of Angels TV Miss Adelaide Finnister (8 ep)
2020 The Hunt Film Ma
2020 The Last Full Measure Film Donna Burr
2019 Stuck Film Sue
2019 Gary's Walk Film Gloria
2018 A Crooked Somebody Film Joyce Vaughn
2018 American Woman Film Peggy
2018 American Socialist: The Life and Times of Eugene Victor Debs Film
2017 Grey Lady Film Lola
2016 Buried Child Film Halie
2016 Rules Don't Apply Film Mrs. Bransford
2016 Ice TV Diane Pierce (5 ep)
2016 Sensitivity Training Film Nancy
2015 Grace and Frankie TV Elaine (1 ep)
2014 How to Get Away with Murder TV Irene Crawley (1 ep)
2014 Frontera Film Olivia
2014 Shirin in Love Film Rachel
2013 Rumble on the Lot: Walter Hill's Streets of Fire Revisited Film Self
2013 Sweetwater Film Madame Bovary
2013 The Lifeguard Film Justine
2012 Future Weather Film Greta
2011 Prohibition TV Reader (voice) (3 ep)
2011 That's What I Am Film Principal Kelner
2010 Once Fallen Film Rose
2010 Virginia Film Mrs. Tipton
2009 Doppelgänger Film Mom
2009 The National Parks: America's Best Idea TV (6 ep)
2008 Living Proof Film Fran Visco
2008 Fringe TV Marilyn Dunham (3 ep)
2007 Gone Baby Gone Film Bea McCready
2007 Saving Grace TV Gretchen Lagardi (1 ep)
2006 The Path to 9/11 TV Patricia Carver (2 ep)
2006 Murder on Pleasant Drive Film Sherrie Davis
2006 Winter Passing Film Lori Lansky
2005 Criminal Minds TV Jane (2 ep)
2005 Grey's Anatomy TV Katharine Wyatt (8 ep)
2004 Admissions Film Martha Brighton
2004 Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson Film Other Voices (voice)
2004 The Ranch Film Mary Larkin
2004 Field of Dreams: Passing Along the Pastime Film Self
2004 In the Land of Milk and Money Film Arlyne
2003 Horatio's Drive: America's First Road Trip Film Other Voices (voice)
2003 Carnivàle TV Iris Crowe (24 ep)
2003 Making 'Carnivàle': The Show Behind the Show Film Self
2003 Is Your Mama a Llama? Film Narrator (voice)

Crew credits 2

YearTitleJob
2010 Once Fallen Film Executive Producer
1996 Riders of the Purple Sage Film Executive Producer
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