Amy Madigan
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- September 11, 1950 (age 76)
- Birthplace
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
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, 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.
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Filmography
The Ploughmen
Movie · as Francie
School for the Blind
Movie
Sponsor
Movie
I Passed This Way
Movie
Ashley Wright
Movie · as Donna Terry
Ascent
TV · as Rachel · 1 ep
Gladys
Movie · as Gladys
The Comebacker
Movie
Weapons
Movie · as Gladys
Rebuilding
Movie · as Bess
Off the Horse
Movie · as Bobbette
Brooklyn, Minnesota
Movie · as Gail
Bull Street
Movie · as Mary-Ann
Go For Grandma
Movie · as Grandma
Antlers
Movie · as Principal Booth
The Hunt
Movie · as Ma
The Last Full Measure
Movie · as Donna Burr
Penny Dreadful: City of Angels
TV · as Miss Adelaide Finnister · 8 eps
Stuck
Movie · as Sue
Gary's Walk
Movie · as Gloria
A Crooked Somebody
Movie · as Joyce Vaughn
American Socialist: The Life and Times of Eugene Victor Debs
Movie
American Woman
Movie · as Peggy
Grey Lady
Movie · as Lola
Rules Don't Apply
Movie · as Mrs. Bransford
Buried Child
Movie · as Halie
Sensitivity Training
Movie · as Nancy
Ice
TV · as Diane Pierce · 5 eps
Grace and Frankie
TV · as Elaine · 1 ep
Shirin in Love
Movie · as Rachel
Frontera
Movie · as Olivia
How to Get Away with Murder
TV · as Irene Crawley · 1 ep
The Lifeguard
Movie · as Justine
Sweetwater
Movie · as Madame Bovary
Rumble on the Lot: Walter Hill's Streets of Fire Revisited
Movie · as Self
Future Weather
Movie · as Greta
That's What I Am
Movie · as Principal Kelner
Prohibition
TV · as Reader (voice) · 3 eps
Once Fallen
Movie · as Rose
Virginia
Movie · as Mrs. Tipton
Doppelgänger
Movie · as Mom
The National Parks: America's Best Idea
TV · 6 eps
Living Proof
Movie · as Fran Visco
Fringe
TV · as Marilyn Dunham · 3 eps
Gone Baby Gone
Movie · as Bea McCready
Saving Grace
TV · as Gretchen Lagardi · 1 ep
Winter Passing
Movie · as Lori Lansky
Murder on Pleasant Drive
Movie · as Sherrie Davis
The Path to 9/11
TV · as Patricia Carver · 2 eps
Criminal Minds
TV · as Jane · 2 eps
Grey's Anatomy
TV · as Katharine Wyatt · 8 eps
Admissions
Movie · as Martha Brighton
The Ranch
Movie · as Mary Larkin
Field of Dreams: Passing Along the Pastime
Movie · as Self
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
Movie · as Other Voices (voice)
In the Land of Milk and Money
Movie · as Arlyne
Horatio's Drive: America's First Road Trip
Movie · as Other Voices (voice)
Making 'Carnivàle': The Show Behind the Show
Movie · as Self
Is Your Mama a Llama?
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Carnivàle
TV · as Iris Crowe · 24 eps
A Time for Dancing
Movie · as Jackie Russell
Mark Twain
Movie · as (voice)
Just a Dream
Movie · as Cindy Wilder
The Laramie Project
Movie · as Reggie Fluty
Mark Twain
TV · as Other Voices (voice) · 2 eps
Shot in the Heart
Movie · as Bessie Gilmore
The Sleepy Time Gal
Movie · as Maggie
Pollock
Movie · as Peggy Guggenheim
In the Name of the People
Movie · as Connie Murphy
Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years
Movie · as Amy Hill Hearth
A Bright Shining Lie
Movie · as Mary Jane Vann
With Friends Like These
Movie · as Hannah DiMartino
Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western
Movie · as Self
Loved
Movie · as Brett Amerson
Female Perversions
Movie · as Madelyn Stephens
Riders of the Purple Sage
Movie · as Jane Withersteen
And Then There Was One
Movie · as Roxy Ventola
ER
TV · as Mary Taggart · 2 eps
Crocodile Shoes
TV · 13 eps
Baseball
TV · as Various (voice)
The Dark Half
Movie · as Liz Beaumont
Frasier
TV · as Maggie (voice) · 1 ep
The Donner Party
Movie · as voice
Lucky Day
Movie · as Kari
Law & Order
TV · as Emily Ryan · 1 ep
Field of Dreams
Movie · as Annie Kinsella
Uncle Buck
Movie · as Chanice Kobolowski
Roe vs. Wade
Movie · as Sarah Weddington
The Prince of Pennsylvania
Movie · as Carla Headlee
The Revolt of Mother
Movie · as Sarah Penn
Nowhere to Hide
Movie · as Barbara Cutter
Fat Guy Goes Nutzoid
Movie · as Woman at funeral
Twice in a Lifetime
Movie · as Sunny
Alamo Bay
Movie · as Glory
The Laundromat
Movie · as Deedee Johnson
Streets of Fire
Movie · as McCoy
Places in the Heart
Movie · as Viola Kelsey
Eureka Stockade
TV · as Sarah Jamieson · 3 eps
The Day After
Movie · as Alison Ransom
Love Letters
Movie · as Wendy
Travis McGee
Movie · as Billy Jean Bailey
Love Child
Movie · as Terry Jean Moore
The Ambush Murders
Movie · as Molly Slavin
Victims
Movie · as Chloe Brill
Late Night with David Letterman
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
American Playhouse
TV · as Sarah Penn · 1 ep
Crazy Times
Movie · as Marilyn
Hart to Hart
TV · 1 ep
CHiPs
TV · as Jewel Burnett · 1 ep
The Oscars
TV · as Self · 2 eps