Amy Madigan

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

105

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

  • ER

    ER

  • Fringe

    Fringe

  • Frasier

    Frasier

  • Weapons

    Weapons

  • 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

  • Rebuilding

    Rebuilding

  • Frontera

    Frontera

  • Carnivàle

    Carnivàle

  • Uncle Buck

    Uncle Buck

  • Virginia

    Virginia

  • Antlers

    Antlers

  • The Hunt

    The Hunt

  • Victims

    Victims

  • Fat Guy Goes Nutzoid

    Fat Guy Goes Nutzoid

  • Mark Twain

    Mark Twain

  • Saving Grace

    Saving Grace

  • Places in the Heart

    Places in the Heart

  • Female Perversions

    Female Perversions

  • CHiPs

    CHiPs

  • The Laundromat

    The Laundromat

  • Baseball

    Baseball

  • Baseball

    Baseball

  • Admissions

    Admissions

  • Penny Dreadful: City of Angels

    Penny Dreadful: City of Angels

  • Winter Passing

    Winter Passing

  • Ice

    Ice

  • Loved

    Loved

  • A Crooked Somebody

    A Crooked Somebody

  • A Bright Shining Lie

    A Bright Shining Lie

  • Sweetwater

    Sweetwater

  • That's What I Am

    That's What I Am

  • Lucky Day

    Lucky Day

  • The Ploughmen

    The Ploughmen

  • Roe vs. Wade

    Roe vs. Wade

  • Prohibition

    Prohibition

  • Field of Dreams

    Field of Dreams

  • The Donner Party

    The Donner Party

  • Brooklyn, Minnesota

    Brooklyn, Minnesota

  • Gone Baby Gone

    Gone Baby Gone

  • Streets of Fire

    Streets of Fire

  • Future Weather

    Future Weather

  • The National Parks: America's Best Idea

    The National Parks: America's Best Idea

  • Crocodile Shoes

    Crocodile Shoes

  • Grey Lady

    Grey Lady

  • The Day After

    The Day After

  • The Last Full Measure

    The Last Full Measure

  • Rules Don't Apply

    Rules Don't Apply

  • The Path to 9/11

    The Path to 9/11

  • The Path to 9/11

    The Path to 9/11

  • Just a Dream

    Just a Dream

  • The Dark Half

    The Dark Half

  • The Lifeguard

    The Lifeguard

  • Pollock

    Pollock

  • American Woman

    American Woman

  • All the Sinners Bleed

    All the Sinners Bleed

  • Mark Twain

    Mark Twain

  • Love Letters

    Love Letters

  • Living Proof

    Living Proof

  • The Laramie Project

    The Laramie Project

  • Riders of the Purple Sage

    Riders of the Purple Sage

  • School for the Blind

    School for the Blind

  • Once Fallen

    Once Fallen

  • Eureka Stockade

    Eureka Stockade

  • Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western

    Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western

  • Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson

    Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson

  • The Ranch

    The Ranch

  • Nowhere to Hide

    Nowhere to Hide

  • The Prince of Pennsylvania

    The Prince of Pennsylvania

  • Stuck

    Stuck

  • Sponsor

    Sponsor

  • Twice in a Lifetime

    Twice in a Lifetime

  • Shot in the Heart

    Shot in the Heart

  • Bull Street

    Bull Street

  • With Friends Like These

    With Friends Like These

  • A Time for Dancing

    A Time for Dancing

  • Murder on Pleasant Drive

    Murder on Pleasant Drive

  • Untitled Weapons Prequel

    Untitled Weapons Prequel

  • Alamo Bay

    Alamo Bay

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

    Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years

  • Shirin in Love

    Shirin in Love

  • Buried Child

    Buried Child

  • Go For Grandma

    Go For Grandma

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

    Horatio's Drive: America's First Road Trip

  • Crazy Times

    Crazy Times

  • The Ambush Murders

    The Ambush Murders

  • In the Land of Milk and Money

    In the Land of Milk and Money

  • Love Child

    Love Child

  • Sensitivity Training

    Sensitivity Training

  • And Then There Was One

    And Then There Was One

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

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

  • In the Name of the People

    In the Name of the People

  • The Sleepy Time Gal

    The Sleepy Time Gal

  • Making 'Carnivàle': The Show Behind the Show

    Making 'Carnivàle': The Show Behind the Show

  • Travis McGee

    Travis McGee

  • Field of Dreams: Passing Along the Pastime

    Field of Dreams: Passing Along the Pastime

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

    American Socialist: The Life and Times of Eugene Victor Debs

  • Is Your Mama a Llama?

    Is Your Mama a Llama?

  • Untitled Weapons Prequel

    Untitled Weapons Prequel

  • The Revolt of Mother

    The Revolt of Mother