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

  • Weapons

    Weapons

  • Frasier

    Frasier

  • Fringe

    Fringe

  • 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

  • The Oscars

    The Oscars

  • Saving Grace

    Saving Grace

  • Carnivàle

    Carnivàle

  • Uncle Buck

    Uncle Buck

  • CHiPs

    CHiPs

  • Baseball

    Baseball

  • Baseball

    Baseball

  • Penny Dreadful: City of Angels

    Penny Dreadful: City of Angels

  • Ice

    Ice

  • The Laramie Project

    The Laramie Project

  • The Hunt

    The Hunt

  • Rebuilding

    Rebuilding

  • Rules Don't Apply

    Rules Don't Apply

  • Pollock

    Pollock

  • Frontera

    Frontera

  • Gone Baby Gone

    Gone Baby Gone

  • The Ranch

    The Ranch

  • Prohibition

    Prohibition

  • The Day After

    The Day After

  • Riders of the Purple Sage

    Riders of the Purple Sage

  • Antlers

    Antlers

  • Future Weather

    Future Weather

  • Streets of Fire

    Streets of Fire

  • Shot in the Heart

    Shot in the Heart

  • Love Child

    Love Child

  • Places in the Heart

    Places in the Heart

  • The Dark Half

    The Dark Half

  • Field of Dreams: Passing Along the Pastime

    Field of Dreams: Passing Along the Pastime

  • A Bright Shining Lie

    A Bright Shining Lie

  • Victims

    Victims

  • Virginia

    Virginia

  • Field of Dreams

    Field of Dreams

  • Travis McGee

    Travis McGee

  • Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western

    Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western

  • Alamo Bay

    Alamo Bay

  • American Woman

    American Woman

  • Crocodile Shoes

    Crocodile Shoes

  • Shirin in Love

    Shirin in Love

  • The Last Full Measure

    The Last Full Measure

  • Twice in a Lifetime

    Twice in a Lifetime

  • The Ambush Murders

    The Ambush Murders

  • A Time for Dancing

    A Time for Dancing

  • The National Parks: America's Best Idea

    The National Parks: America's Best Idea

  • Love Letters

    Love Letters

  • The Path to 9/11

    The Path to 9/11

  • The Path to 9/11

    The Path to 9/11

  • The Prince of Pennsylvania

    The Prince of Pennsylvania

  • Stuck

    Stuck

  • That's What I Am

    That's What I Am

  • Admissions

    Admissions

  • The Donner Party

    The Donner Party

  • Sensitivity Training

    Sensitivity Training

  • Mark Twain

    Mark Twain

  • Sweetwater

    Sweetwater

  • With Friends Like These

    With Friends Like These

  • Loved

    Loved

  • The Ploughmen

    The Ploughmen

  • The Lifeguard

    The Lifeguard

  • Mark Twain

    Mark Twain

  • Once Fallen

    Once Fallen

  • Winter Passing

    Winter Passing

  • Brooklyn, Minnesota

    Brooklyn, Minnesota

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

    Horatio's Drive: America's First Road Trip

  • And Then There Was One

    And Then There Was One

  • Eureka Stockade

    Eureka Stockade

  • Bull Street

    Bull Street

  • Buried Child

    Buried Child

  • Crazy Times

    Crazy Times

  • Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson

    Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson

  • Female Perversions

    Female Perversions

  • Roe vs. Wade

    Roe vs. Wade

  • Making 'Carnivàle': The Show Behind the Show

    Making 'Carnivàle': The Show Behind the Show

  • The Sleepy Time Gal

    The Sleepy Time Gal

  • The Laundromat

    The Laundromat

  • Living Proof

    Living Proof

  • Lucky Day

    Lucky Day

  • Grey Lady

    Grey Lady

  • A Crooked Somebody

    A Crooked Somebody

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

    Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years

  • Murder on Pleasant Drive

    Murder on Pleasant Drive

  • School for the Blind

    School for the Blind

  • In the Name of the People

    In the Name of the People

  • Just a Dream

    Just a Dream

  • In the Land of Milk and Money

    In the Land of Milk and Money

  • Untitled Weapons Prequel

    Untitled Weapons Prequel

  • Nowhere to Hide

    Nowhere to Hide

  • Go For Grandma

    Go For Grandma

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

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

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

    American Socialist: The Life and Times of Eugene Victor Debs