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Home/People/Amy Madigan
Amy Madigan profile photo
Born
Sep 11, 1950
Age 75
Place of Birth
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Known For
Acting
Gender
Female

Career Highlights

79
Movies
24
TV Shows
Also Known As
Amy Marie Madigan
IMDb Profile

Amy Madigan

Acting

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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Rebuilding

as Bess
2025
Weapons poster

Weapons

as Gladys
2025
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Brooklyn, Minnesota

as Gail
2024
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Bull Street

as Mary-Ann
2024
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Go For Grandma

as Grandma
2023
Antlers poster

Antlers

as Principal Booth
2021
The Hunt poster

The Hunt

as Ma
2020
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The Last Full Measure

as Donna Burr
2020
Stuck poster

Stuck

as Sue
2019
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A Crooked Somebody

as Joyce Vaughn
2018
American Woman poster

American Woman

as Peggy
2018
American Socialist: The Life and Times of Eugene Victor Debs poster

American Socialist: The Life and Times of Eugene Victor Debs

Cast
2018
Grey Lady poster

Grey Lady

as Lola
2017
Buried Child poster

Buried Child

as Halie
2016
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Rules Don't Apply

as Mrs. Bransford
2016
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Sensitivity Training

as Nancy
2016
Frontera poster

Frontera

as Olivia
2014
Shirin in Love poster

Shirin in Love

as Rachel
2014
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Rumble on the Lot: Walter Hill's Streets of Fire Revisited

as Self
2013
Sweetwater poster

Sweetwater

as Madame Bovary
2013