Amy Madigan

Amy Madigan

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, as well as nominations for an Academy Award and 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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🎬 Movies Featuring Amy Madigan

Antlers

Antlers (2021)

as Principal Booth
Sweetwater

Sweetwater (2013)

as Madame Bovary
That's What I Am

That's What I Am (2011)

as Principal Kelner
Virginia

Virginia (2010)

as Mrs. Tipton
Admissions

Admissions (2004)

as Martha Brighton
The Ranch

The Ranch (2004)

as Mary Larkin
Just a Dream

Just a Dream (2002)

as Cindy Wilder
Pollock

Pollock (2000)

as Peggy Guggenheim
Loved

Loved (1997)

as Brett Amerson
Female Perversions

Female Perversions (1997)

as Madelyn Stephens
Uncle Buck

Uncle Buck (1989)

as Chanice Kobolowski
Roe vs. Wade

Roe vs. Wade (1989)

as Sarah Weddington
Field of Dreams

Field of Dreams (1989)

as Annie Kinsella
Nowhere to Hide

Nowhere to Hide (1987)

as Barbara Cutter
The Laundromat

The Laundromat (1985)

as Deedee Johnson
The Day After

The Day After (1983)

as Alison Ransom
Travis McGee

Travis McGee (1983)

as Billy Jean Bailey
Love Child

Love Child (1982)

as Terry Jean Moore
Victims

Victims (1982)

as Chloe Brill