Amy Madigan

Acting

Personal Info

gender

Female

birthday

September 11, 1950 (75 yrs)

place of birth

Chicago, Illinois, USA

also known as

Amy Marie Madigan

total credits

50 movies

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.

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Known For

Filmography

50 credits · sorted by popularity · swipe or use arrows

Weapons
7.3

Weapons

2025as Gladys
Places in the Heart
7.2

Places in the Heart

1984as Viola Kelsey
The Hunt
6.6

The Hunt

2020as Ma
Uncle Buck
6.8

Uncle Buck

1989as Chanice Kobolowski
Gone Baby Gone
7.3

Gone Baby Gone

2007as Bea McCready
Field of Dreams
7.1

Field of Dreams

1989as Annie Kinsella
Antlers
6.2

Antlers

2021as Principal Booth
The Day After
6.8

The Day After

1983as Alison Ransom
Streets of Fire
6.9

Streets of Fire

1984as McCoy
Rules Don't Apply
5.7

Rules Don't Apply

2016as Mrs. Bransford
The Last Full Measure
7.3

The Last Full Measure

2020as Donna Burr
The Dark Half
6.0

The Dark Half

1993as Liz Beaumont
Rebuilding
6.5

Rebuilding

2025as Bess
Sweetwater
6.1

Sweetwater

2013as Madame Bovary
The Ranch
3.9

The Ranch

2004as Mary Larkin
Female Perversions
5.1

Female Perversions

1996as Madelyn Stephens
Pollock
6.7

Pollock

2000as Peggy Guggenheim
The Lifeguard
5.4

The Lifeguard

2013as Justine
Frontera
6.5

Frontera

2014as Olivia
Living Proof
6.5

Living Proof

2008as Fran Visco
The Laramie Project
6.3

The Laramie Project

2002as Reggie Fluty
Once Fallen
5.2

Once Fallen

2010as Rose
Love Letters
5.6

Love Letters

1983as Wendy
American Woman
6.3

American Woman

2018as Peggy
Nowhere to Hide
6.5

Nowhere to Hide

1987as Barbara Cutter
Mark Twain
7.1

Mark Twain

2002as (voice)
Loved
4.4

Loved

1997as Brett Amerson
That's What I Am
6.8

That's What I Am

2011as Principal Kelner
Grey Lady
4.8

Grey Lady

2017as Lola
Winter Passing
6.0

Winter Passing

2006as Lori Lansky
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
7.2

Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson

2004as Other Voices (voice)
Love Child
5.6

Love Child

1982as Terry Jean Moore
Riders of the Purple Sage
6.0

Riders of the Purple Sage

1996as Jane Withersteen
Alamo Bay
6.0

Alamo Bay

1985as Glory
Roe vs. Wade
6.0

Roe vs. Wade

1989as Sarah Weddington
A Bright Shining Lie
5.8

A Bright Shining Lie

1998as Mary Jane Vann
Virginia
5.2

Virginia

2010as Mrs. Tipton
Crazy Times

Crazy Times

1981as Marilyn
Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western
7.0

Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western

1997as Self
Murder on Pleasant Drive
6.6

Murder on Pleasant Drive

2006as Sherrie Davis
Bull Street
1.0

Bull Street

2024as Mary-Ann
A Crooked Somebody
6.3

A Crooked Somebody

2018as Joyce Vaughn
With Friends Like These
6.5

With Friends Like These

1998as Hannah DiMartino
And Then There Was One
5.3

And Then There Was One

1994as Roxy Ventola
The Prince of Pennsylvania
5.6

The Prince of Pennsylvania

1988as Carla Headlee
A Time for Dancing
6.7

A Time for Dancing

2002as Jackie Russell
Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years
7.3

Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years

1999as Amy Hill Hearth
Victims
6.3

Victims

1982as Chloe Brill
Just a Dream
5.3

Just a Dream

2002as Cindy Wilder
The Ambush Murders
8.0

The Ambush Murders

1982as Molly Slavin