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
Antlers (2021)
as Principal Booth
Frontera (2014)
as Olivia
Gone Baby Gone (2007)
as Bea McCready
Sponsor (—)
Actor
Uncle Buck (1989)
as Chanice Kobolowski
Field of Dreams (1989)
as Annie Kinsella
Female Perversions (1996)
as Madelyn Stephens
Admissions (2004)
as Martha Brighton
The Last Full Measure (2020)
as Donna Burr
Rebuilding (2025)
as Bess
The Day After (1983)
as Alison Ransom
The Dark Half (1993)
as Liz Beaumont
Winter Passing (2006)
as Lori Lansky
Places in the Heart (1984)
as Viola Kelsey
Streets of Fire (1984)
as McCoy
Grey Lady (2017)
as Lola
That's What I Am (2011)
as Principal Kelner
Rules Don't Apply (2016)
as Mrs. Bransford
Sweetwater (2013)
as Madame Bovary
The Comebacker (2027)
Actor
The Ploughmen (—)
as Francie
Roe vs. Wade (1989)
as Sarah Weddington
Pollock (2000)
as Peggy Guggenheim
Just a Dream (2002)
as Cindy Wilder
I Passed This Way (—)
Actor
The Laundromat (1985)
as Deedee Johnson
Riders of the Purple Sage (1996)
as Jane Withersteen
Mark Twain (2002)
as (voice)
American Woman (2018)
as Peggy
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson (2004)
as Other Voices (voice)
Once Fallen (2010)
as Rose
Lucky Day (1991)
as Kari
Go For Grandma (2023)
as Grandma
A Crooked Somebody (2018)
as Joyce Vaughn
The Lifeguard (2013)
as Justine
Virginia (2010)
as Mrs. Tipton
Gladys (2028)
as Gladys
The Laramie Project (2002)
as Reggie Fluty
Fat Guy Goes Nutzoid (1986)
as Woman at funeral
The Donner Party (1992)
as voice
The Revolt of Mother (1988)
as Sarah Penn
Ashley Wright (—)
as Donna Terry
Twice in a Lifetime (1985)
as Sunny
Gary's Walk (2019)
as Gloria
The Prince of Pennsylvania (1988)
as Carla Headlee
A Bright Shining Lie (1998)
as Mary Jane Vann
Doppelgänger (2009)
as Mom
Nowhere to Hide (1987)
as Barbara Cutter
Love Letters (1983)
as Wendy
Living Proof (2008)
as Fran Visco
A Time for Dancing (2002)
as Jackie Russell
Travis McGee (1983)
as Billy Jean Bailey
Off the Horse (2025)
as Bobbette
School for the Blind (—)
Actor
The Ranch (2004)
as Mary Larkin
Is Your Mama a Llama? (2003)
as Narrator (voice)
Alamo Bay (1985)
as Glory
Loved (1997)
as Brett Amerson
And Then There Was One (1994)
as Roxy Ventola
Brooklyn, Minnesota (2024)
as Gail
Stuck (2019)
as Sue
Horatio's Drive: America's First Road Trip (2003)
as Other Voices (voice)
Murder on Pleasant Drive (2006)
as Sherrie Davis
Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western (1997)
as Self
Shirin in Love (2014)
as Rachel
Making 'Carnivàle': The Show Behind the Show (2003)
as Self
Bull Street (2024)
as Mary-Ann
The Sleepy Time Gal (2001)
as Maggie
With Friends Like These (1998)
as Hannah DiMartino
In the Land of Milk and Money (2004)
as Arlyne
Love Child (1982)
as Terry Jean Moore
In the Name of the People (2000)
as Connie Murphy
Shot in the Heart (2001)
as Bessie Gilmore
Future Weather (2012)
as Greta
Sensitivity Training (2016)
as Nancy
Buried Child (2016)
as Halie
Victims (1982)
as Chloe Brill
Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years (1999)
as Amy Hill Hearth
Crazy Times (1981)
as Marilyn
The Ambush Murders (1982)
as Molly Slavin
Rumble on the Lot: Walter Hill's Streets of Fire Revisited (2013)
as Self
Field of Dreams: Passing Along the Pastime (2004)
as Self
American Socialist: The Life and Times of Eugene Victor Debs (2018)
Actor