Amy Madigan

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

99

Gender

Female

Birthday

1950-09-11 (75 years old)

Place of Birth

Chicago, Illinois, USA

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

  • Grey's Anatomy

    Grey's Anatomy

  • Law & Order

    Law & Order

  • Criminal Minds

    Criminal Minds

  • Frasier

    Frasier

  • Fringe

    Fringe

  • Weapons

    Weapons

  • ER

    ER

  • How to Get Away with Murder

    How to Get Away with Murder

  • Grace and Frankie

    Grace and Frankie

  • Hart to Hart

    Hart to Hart

  • Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson

    Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson

  • Uncle Buck

    Uncle Buck

  • The Oscars

    The Oscars

  • Carnivàle

    Carnivàle

  • Horatio's Drive: America's First Road Trip

    Horatio's Drive: America's First Road Trip

  • Saving Grace

    Saving Grace

  • Antlers

    Antlers

  • The Hunt

    The Hunt

  • Rumble on the Lot: Walter Hill's Streets of Fire Revisited

    Rumble on the Lot: Walter Hill's Streets of Fire Revisited

  • CHiPs

    CHiPs

  • The Day After

    The Day After

  • Penny Dreadful: City of Angels

    Penny Dreadful: City of Angels

  • Ice

    Ice

  • Rebuilding

    Rebuilding

  • Baseball

    Baseball

  • Baseball

    Baseball

  • Frontera

    Frontera

  • The Last Full Measure

    The Last Full Measure

  • Rules Don't Apply

    Rules Don't Apply

  • The Lifeguard

    The Lifeguard

  • Gone Baby Gone

    Gone Baby Gone

  • A Time for Dancing

    A Time for Dancing

  • American Woman

    American Woman

  • Field of Dreams

    Field of Dreams

  • Virginia

    Virginia

  • American Socialist: The Life and Times of Eugene Victor Debs

    American Socialist: The Life and Times of Eugene Victor Debs

  • Field of Dreams: Passing Along the Pastime

    Field of Dreams: Passing Along the Pastime

  • Streets of Fire

    Streets of Fire

  • Stuck

    Stuck

  • Mark Twain

    Mark Twain

  • Lucky Day

    Lucky Day

  • Future Weather

    Future Weather

  • Love Letters

    Love Letters

  • Female Perversions

    Female Perversions

  • Places in the Heart

    Places in the Heart

  • Love Child

    Love Child

  • Brooklyn, Minnesota

    Brooklyn, Minnesota

  • Victims

    Victims

  • Prohibition

    Prohibition

  • Admissions

    Admissions

  • Loved

    Loved

  • Buried Child

    Buried Child

  • Once Fallen

    Once Fallen

  • Sweetwater

    Sweetwater

  • The Ranch

    The Ranch

  • The National Parks: America's Best Idea

    The National Parks: America's Best Idea

  • That's What I Am

    That's What I Am

  • The Ploughmen

    The Ploughmen

  • Bull Street

    Bull Street

  • Crazy Times

    Crazy Times

  • The Dark Half

    The Dark Half

  • The Prince of Pennsylvania

    The Prince of Pennsylvania

  • Riders of the Purple Sage

    Riders of the Purple Sage

  • Twice in a Lifetime

    Twice in a Lifetime

  • Shot in the Heart

    Shot in the Heart

  • Winter Passing

    Winter Passing

  • The Path to 9/11

    The Path to 9/11

  • The Path to 9/11

    The Path to 9/11

  • Alamo Bay

    Alamo Bay

  • In the Name of the People

    In the Name of the People

  • The Laramie Project

    The Laramie Project

  • Shirin in Love

    Shirin in Love

  • Mark Twain

    Mark Twain

  • Nowhere to Hide

    Nowhere to Hide

  • Crocodile Shoes

    Crocodile Shoes

  • The Sleepy Time Gal

    The Sleepy Time Gal

  • In the Land of Milk and Money

    In the Land of Milk and Money

  • With Friends Like These

    With Friends Like These

  • And Then There Was One

    And Then There Was One

  • Living Proof

    Living Proof

  • Grey Lady

    Grey Lady

  • The Donner Party

    The Donner Party

  • A Bright Shining Lie

    A Bright Shining Lie

  • Travis McGee

    Travis McGee

  • A Crooked Somebody

    A Crooked Somebody

  • Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western

    Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western

  • The Laundromat

    The Laundromat

  • Pollock

    Pollock

  • The Ambush Murders

    The Ambush Murders

  • Just a Dream

    Just a Dream

  • Roe vs. Wade

    Roe vs. Wade

  • Eureka Stockade

    Eureka Stockade

  • Murder on Pleasant Drive

    Murder on Pleasant Drive

  • Sensitivity Training

    Sensitivity Training

  • Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years

    Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years

  • School for the Blind

    School for the Blind

  • Making 'Carnivàle': The Show Behind the Show

    Making 'Carnivàle': The Show Behind the Show

  • Untitled Weapons Prequel

    Untitled Weapons Prequel

  • Go For Grandma

    Go For Grandma