Amy Madigan

Acting

Amy Madigan

Born September 11, 1950Chicago, Illinois, USA101 credits

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

Rebuilding
2025Rebuilding
as BessMovie
Weapons
2025Weapons
as GladysMovie
Bull Street
2024Bull Street
as Mary-AnnMovie
Go For Grandma
2023Go For Grandma
as GrandmaMovie
Antlers
2021Antlers
as Principal BoothMovie
Penny Dreadful: City of Angels
2020Penny Dreadful: City of Angels
as Miss Adelaide FinnisterTV
The Hunt
2020The Hunt
as MaMovie
The Last Full Measure
2020The Last Full Measure
as Donna BurrMovie
Stuck
2019Stuck
as SueMovie
A Crooked Somebody
2018A Crooked Somebody
as Joyce VaughnMovie
American Woman
2018American Woman
as PeggyMovie
Grey Lady
2017Grey Lady
as LolaMovie
Buried Child
2016Buried Child
as HalieMovie
Rules Don't Apply
2016Rules Don't Apply
as Mrs. BransfordMovie
Ice
2016Ice
as Diane PierceTV
Frontera
2014Frontera
as OliviaMovie
Shirin in Love
2014Shirin in Love
as RachelMovie
Sweetwater
2013Sweetwater
as Madame BovaryMovie
The Lifeguard
2013The Lifeguard
as JustineMovie
Future Weather
2012Future Weather
as GretaMovie
Prohibition
2011Prohibition
as Reader (voice)TV
That's What I Am
2011That's What I Am
as Principal KelnerMovie
Once Fallen
2010Once Fallen
as RoseMovie
Virginia
2010Virginia
as Mrs. TiptonMovie
Living Proof
2008Living Proof
as Fran ViscoMovie
Fringe
2008Fringe
as Marilyn DunhamTV
Gone Baby Gone
2007Gone Baby Gone
as Bea McCreadyMovie
Saving Grace
2007Saving Grace
as Gretchen LagardiTV
The Path to 9/11
2006The Path to 9/11
as Patricia CarverTV
Murder on Pleasant Drive
2006Murder on Pleasant Drive
as Sherrie DavisMovie
Winter Passing
2006Winter Passing
as Lori LanskyMovie
Grey's Anatomy
2005Grey's Anatomy
as Katharine WyattTV
Admissions
2004Admissions
as Martha BrightonMovie
The Ranch
2004The Ranch
as Mary LarkinMovie
Carnivàle
2003Carnivàle
as Iris CroweTV
Is Your Mama a Llama?
2003Is Your Mama a Llama?
as Narrator (voice)Movie
A Time for Dancing
2002A Time for Dancing
as Jackie RussellMovie
Just a Dream
2002Just a Dream
as Cindy WilderMovie
Mark Twain
2002Mark Twain
as (voice)Movie
Mark Twain
2002Mark Twain
as Other Voices (voice)TV
The Laramie Project
2002The Laramie Project
as Reggie FlutyMovie
Shot in the Heart
2001Shot in the Heart
as Bessie GilmoreMovie
Pollock
2000Pollock
as Peggy GuggenheimMovie
In the Name of the People
2000In the Name of the People
as Connie MurphyMovie
With Friends Like These
1998With Friends Like These
as Hannah DiMartinoMovie
A Bright Shining Lie
1998A Bright Shining Lie
as Mary Jane VannMovie
Loved
1997Loved
as Brett AmersonMovie
Female Perversions
1996Female Perversions
as Madelyn StephensMovie
Riders of the Purple Sage
1996Riders of the Purple Sage
as Jane WithersteenMovie
ER
1994ER
as Mary TaggartTV
Baseball
1994Baseball
as Various (voice)TV
And Then There Was One
1994And Then There Was One
as Roxy VentolaMovie
Frasier
1993Frasier
as Maggie (voice)TV
The Dark Half
1993The Dark Half
as Liz BeaumontMovie
Lucky Day
1991Lucky Day
as KariMovie
Law & Order
1990Law & Order
as Emily RyanTV
Uncle Buck
1989Uncle Buck
as Chanice KobolowskiMovie
Roe vs. Wade
1989Roe vs. Wade
as Sarah WeddingtonMovie
Field of Dreams
1989Field of Dreams
as Annie KinsellaMovie
The Prince of Pennsylvania
1988The Prince of Pennsylvania
as Carla HeadleeMovie
T
1988The Revolt of Mother
as Sarah PennMovie
Nowhere to Hide
1987Nowhere to Hide
as Barbara CutterMovie
Fat Guy Goes Nutzoid
1986Fat Guy Goes Nutzoid
as Woman at funeralMovie
Alamo Bay
1985Alamo Bay
as GloryMovie
The Laundromat
1985The Laundromat
as Deedee JohnsonMovie
Places in the Heart
1984Places in the Heart
as Viola KelseyMovie
Streets of Fire
1984Streets of Fire
as McCoyMovie
Eureka Stockade
1984Eureka Stockade
as Sarah JamiesonTV
The Day After
1983The Day After
as Alison RansomMovie
Travis McGee
1983Travis McGee
as Billy Jean BaileyMovie
Love Letters
1983Love Letters
as WendyMovie
Love Child
1982Love Child
as Terry Jean MooreMovie
Victims
1982Victims
as Chloe BrillMovie
The Ambush Murders
1982The Ambush Murders
as Molly SlavinMovie
Crazy Times
1981Crazy Times
as MarilynMovie
CHiPs
1977CHiPs
as Jewel BurnettTV
T
The Ploughmen
as FrancieMovie
G
Gladys
as GladysMovie