Acting
Amy Madigan
EN cinema · 85 credits
Born
11 September 1950 (age 76)
Birthplace
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Also known as Amy Marie Madigan
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
Filmography
The Ploughmen
The Ploughmen
as Francie
Ashley Wright
Ashley Wright
as Donna Terry
Gladys
2028
Gladys
as Gladys
Weapons
as Gladys
Rebuilding
as Bess
Bull Street
as Mary-Ann
Go For Grandma
as Grandma
Antlers
as Principal Booth
The Hunt
as Ma
The Last Full Measure
as Donna Burr
Stuck
as Sue
A Crooked Somebody
as Joyce Vaughn
American Woman
as Peggy
Grey Lady
as Lola
Rules Don't Apply
as Mrs. Bransford
Buried Child
as Halie
Sensitivity Training
as Nancy
Shirin in Love
as Rachel
Frontera
as Olivia
The Lifeguard
as Justine
Sweetwater
as Madame Bovary
Future Weather
as Greta
That's What I Am
as Principal Kelner
Once Fallen
as Rose, Executive Producer
Virginia
as Mrs. Tipton
Living Proof
as Fran Visco
Gone Baby Gone
as Bea McCready
Winter Passing
as Lori Lansky
Murder on Pleasant Drive
as Sherrie Davis
Admissions
as Martha Brighton
The Ranch
as Mary Larkin
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
as Other Voices (voice)
Horatio's Drive: America's First Road Trip
as Other Voices (voice)
Is Your Mama a Llama?
as Narrator (voice)
A Time for Dancing
as Jackie Russell
Mark Twain
as (voice)
Just a Dream
as Cindy Wilder
The Laramie Project
as Reggie Fluty
Shot in the Heart
as Bessie Gilmore
The Sleepy Time Gal
as Maggie
Pollock
as Peggy Guggenheim
In the Name of the People
as Connie Murphy
Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years
as Amy Hill Hearth
A Bright Shining Lie
as Mary Jane Vann
With Friends Like These
as Hannah DiMartino
Loved
as Brett Amerson
Female Perversions
as Madelyn Stephens
Riders of the Purple Sage
as Jane Withersteen, Executive Producer
And Then There Was One
as Roxy Ventola
The Dark Half
as Liz Beaumont
The Donner Party
as voice
Lucky Day
as Kari
Field of Dreams
as Annie Kinsella
Uncle Buck
as Chanice Kobolowski
Roe vs. Wade
as Sarah Weddington
The Prince of Pennsylvania
as Carla Headlee
Nowhere to Hide
as Barbara Cutter
Fat Guy Goes Nutzoid
as Woman at funeral
Twice in a Lifetime
as Sunny
Alamo Bay
as Glory
The Laundromat
as Deedee Johnson
Streets of Fire
as McCoy
Places in the Heart
as Viola Kelsey
The Day After
as Alison Ransom
Love Letters
as Wendy
Travis McGee
as Billy Jean Bailey
Love Child
as Terry Jean Moore
The Ambush Murders
as Molly Slavin
Victims
as Chloe Brill
Crazy Times
as Marilyn