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