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

  • Criminal Minds

    Criminal Minds

  • Law & Order

    Law & Order

  • Frasier

    Frasier

  • Weapons

    Weapons

  • 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

  • Uncle Buck

    Uncle Buck

  • The Oscars

    The Oscars

  • Carnivàle

    Carnivàle

  • Saving Grace

    Saving Grace

  • The Hunt

    The Hunt

  • Rebuilding

    Rebuilding

  • Frontera

    Frontera

  • CHiPs

    CHiPs

  • Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson

    Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson

  • Penny Dreadful: City of Angels

    Penny Dreadful: City of Angels

  • Ice

    Ice

  • The Lifeguard

    The Lifeguard

  • Baseball

    Baseball

  • Baseball

    Baseball

  • American Woman

    American Woman

  • Virginia

    Virginia

  • Stuck

    Stuck

  • Love Letters

    Love Letters

  • Victims

    Victims

  • Admissions

    Admissions

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

    Horatio's Drive: America's First Road Trip

  • The Last Full Measure

    The Last Full Measure

  • Mark Twain

    Mark Twain

  • Future Weather

    Future Weather

  • Field of Dreams

    Field of Dreams

  • Gone Baby Gone

    Gone Baby Gone

  • The Day After

    The Day After

  • Buried Child

    Buried Child

  • Brooklyn, Minnesota

    Brooklyn, Minnesota

  • Love Child

    Love Child

  • Loved

    Loved

  • Once Fallen

    Once Fallen

  • Prohibition

    Prohibition

  • Lucky Day

    Lucky Day

  • Rules Don't Apply

    Rules Don't Apply

  • Antlers

    Antlers

  • Female Perversions

    Female Perversions

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

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

  • Streets of Fire

    Streets of Fire

  • The Ranch

    The Ranch

  • Places in the Heart

    Places in the Heart

  • The Ploughmen

    The Ploughmen

  • Alamo Bay

    Alamo Bay

  • Bull Street

    Bull Street

  • Crazy Times

    Crazy Times

  • Sweetwater

    Sweetwater

  • Winter Passing

    Winter Passing

  • Shirin in Love

    Shirin in Love

  • The National Parks: America's Best Idea

    The National Parks: America's Best Idea

  • Twice in a Lifetime

    Twice in a Lifetime

  • That's What I Am

    That's What I Am

  • The Prince of Pennsylvania

    The Prince of Pennsylvania

  • The Laramie Project

    The Laramie Project

  • Riders of the Purple Sage

    Riders of the Purple Sage

  • The Dark Half

    The Dark Half

  • Mark Twain

    Mark Twain

  • The Path to 9/11

    The Path to 9/11

  • The Path to 9/11

    The Path to 9/11

  • Travis McGee

    Travis McGee

  • Nowhere to Hide

    Nowhere to Hide

  • A Time for Dancing

    A Time for Dancing

  • Crocodile Shoes

    Crocodile Shoes

  • A Crooked Somebody

    A Crooked Somebody

  • With Friends Like These

    With Friends Like These

  • Field of Dreams: Passing Along the Pastime

    Field of Dreams: Passing Along the Pastime

  • The Donner Party

    The Donner Party

  • Shot in the Heart

    Shot in the Heart

  • Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western

    Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western

  • The Ambush Murders

    The Ambush Murders

  • The Laundromat

    The Laundromat

  • A Bright Shining Lie

    A Bright Shining Lie

  • The Sleepy Time Gal

    The Sleepy Time Gal

  • And Then There Was One

    And Then There Was One

  • Grey Lady

    Grey Lady

  • Pollock

    Pollock

  • In the Land of Milk and Money

    In the Land of Milk and Money

  • Living Proof

    Living Proof

  • Roe vs. Wade

    Roe vs. Wade

  • Just a Dream

    Just a Dream

  • In the Name of the People

    In the Name of the People

  • Eureka Stockade

    Eureka Stockade

  • Murder on Pleasant Drive

    Murder on Pleasant Drive

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

    Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years

  • Making 'Carnivàle': The Show Behind the Show

    Making 'Carnivàle': The Show Behind the Show

  • Sensitivity Training

    Sensitivity Training

  • Untitled Weapons Prequel

    Untitled Weapons Prequel

  • Go For Grandma

    Go For Grandma

  • School for the Blind

    School for the Blind

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

    American Socialist: The Life and Times of Eugene Victor Debs