Amy Madigan
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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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Amy Madigan, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Credits
Weapons (2025)
as Gladys
The Hunt (2020)
as Ma
Field of Dreams (1989)
as Annie Kinsella
Gone Baby Gone (2007)
as Bea McCready
Uncle Buck (1989)
as Chanice Kobolowski
Places in the Heart (1984)
as Viola Kelsey
Streets of Fire (1984)
as McCoy
The Last Full Measure (2020)
as Donna Burr
Frontera (2014)
as Olivia
The Day After (1983)
as Alison Ransom
Antlers (2021)
as Principal Booth
Rules Don't Apply (2016)
as Mrs. Bransford
Admissions (2004)
as Martha Brighton
Female Perversions (1996)
as Madelyn Stephens
That's What I Am (2011)
as Principal Kelner
The Laramie Project (2002)
as Reggie Fluty
The Dark Half (1993)
as Liz Beaumont
Pollock (2000)
as Peggy Guggenheim
With Friends Like These (1998)
as Hannah DiMartino
Riders of the Purple Sage (1996)
as Jane Withersteen
Love Letters (1983)
as Wendy
Sweetwater (2013)
as Madame Bovary
American Woman (2018)
as Peggy
A Crooked Somebody (2018)
as Joyce Vaughn
Grey Lady (2017)
as Lola
Twice in a Lifetime (1985)
as Sunny
Nowhere to Hide (1987)
as Barbara Cutter
Winter Passing (2006)
as Lori Lansky
The Lifeguard (2013)
as Justine
The Laundromat (1985)
as Deedee Johnson
Virginia (2010)
as Mrs. Tipton
Just a Dream (2002)
as Cindy Wilder
Sponsor (—)
Actor
Rebuilding (2025)
as Bess
The Ploughmen (—)
as Francie
Fat Guy Goes Nutzoid (1986)
as Woman at funeral
The Donner Party (1992)
as voice
Lucky Day (1991)
as Kari
Gladys (2028)
as Gladys
Murder on Pleasant Drive (2006)
as Sherrie Davis
The Prince of Pennsylvania (1988)
as Carla Headlee
Roe vs. Wade (1989)
as Sarah Weddington
Loved (1997)
as Brett Amerson
Living Proof (2008)
as Fran Visco
Future Weather (2012)
as Greta
Mark Twain (2002)
as (voice)
A Time for Dancing (2002)
as Jackie Russell
Shot in the Heart (2001)
as Bessie Gilmore
The Sleepy Time Gal (2001)
as Maggie
A Bright Shining Lie (1998)
as Mary Jane Vann
The Ranch (2004)
as Mary Larkin
Once Fallen (2010)
as Rose
And Then There Was One (1994)
as Roxy Ventola
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson (2004)
as Other Voices (voice)
The Ambush Murders (1982)
as Molly Slavin
School for the Blind (—)
Actor
Shirin in Love (2014)
as Rachel
Horatio's Drive: America's First Road Trip (2003)
as Other Voices (voice)
The Revolt of Mother (1988)
as Sarah Penn
Is Your Mama a Llama? (2003)
as Narrator (voice)
Stuck (2019)
as Sue
In the Land of Milk and Money (2004)
as Arlyne
Brooklyn, Minnesota (2024)
as Gail
In the Name of the People (2000)
as Connie Murphy
Crazy Times (1981)
as Marilyn
Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western (1997)
as Self
Bull Street (2024)
as Mary-Ann
Travis McGee (1983)
as Billy Jean Bailey
Alamo Bay (1985)
as Glory
Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years (1999)
as Amy Hill Hearth
Go For Grandma (2023)
as Grandma
Making 'Carnivàle': The Show Behind the Show (2003)
Actor
Sensitivity Training (2016)
as Nancy
I Passed This Way (—)
Actor
Love Child (1982)
as Terry Jean Moore
Buried Child (2016)
as Halie
Victims (1982)
as Chloe Brill
Rumble on the Lot: Walter Hill's Streets of Fire Revisited (2013)
as Self
Field of Dreams: Passing Along the Pastime (2004)
as Self
Off the Horse (2025)
as Bobbette
American Socialist: The Life and Times of Eugene Victor Debs (2018)
Actor