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Gender: Female

Place of birth: Chicago, Illinois, USA

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Movie Involvements: 60

TV Involvements: 18


Most Famous Work

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Amy Madigan, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Most Famous Work

Grey's Anatomy
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8

Grey's Anatomy

(2005) Katharine Wyatt
Law & Order
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7

Law & Order

(1990) Emily Ryan
Criminal Minds
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8

Criminal Minds

(2005) Jane
Fringe
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8

Fringe

(2008) Marilyn Dunham
How to Get Away with Murder
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8

How to Get Away with Murder

(2014) Irene Crawley
ER
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8

ER

(1994) Mary Taggart
Ice
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7

Ice

(2016) Diane Pierce
The Oscars
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7

The Oscars

(1953) Self

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2025 Gladys Lilly
Bess
2024 Gail
Mary-Ann
2023 Grandma
2021 Principal Booth
2020 Miss Adelaide Finnister
Ma
Donna Burr
2019 Sue
2018 Joyce Vaughn
Peggy
N/A
2017 Lola
2016 Halie
Mrs. Bransford
Diane Pierce
2015 Elaine
2014 Irene Crawley
Olivia
Rachel
2013 Self
Madame Bovary
Justine
2012 Greta
2011 Reader (voice)
Principal Kelner
2010 Rose
Mrs. Tipton
2009 N/A
2008 Fran Visco
Marilyn Dunham
2007 Bea McCready
N/A
2006 Patricia Carver
Colonel Raymond Malik
Sherrie Davis
Lori Lansky
2005 Jane
Katharine Wyatt
2004 Martha Brighton
Other Voices (voice)
Mary Larkin
Self
2003 Other Voices (voice)
Iris Crowe
2002 Jackie Russell
Cindy Wilder
Other Voices (voice)
(voice)
Reggie Fluty
2001 Bessie Gilmore
Maggie
2000 Peggy Guggenheim
N/A
1999 Amy Hill Hearth
1998 Hannah DiMartino
Mary Jane Vann
1997 Brett Amerson
Self
Madelyn Stephens
1996 Jane Withersteen
1994 N/A
Mary Taggart
Various (voice)
(voice)
Roxy Ventola
1993 Maggie (voice)
Liz Beaumont
1992 voice
1991 Kari
1990 Emily Ryan
1989 Chanice Kobolowski
Sarah Weddington
Annie Kinsella
1988 Carla Headlee
1987 Barbara Cutter
1985 Sunny
Glory
Deedee Johnson
1984 Viola Kelsey
McCoy
Sarah Jamieson
1983 Alison Ransom
Billy Jean Bailey
Wendy
1982 Terry Jean Moore
Chloe Brill
Molly Slavin
1981 Marilyn
1979 N/A
1977 Jewel Burnett
1953 Self
N/A
Francie
Year Character Movie/Tv

Production

Year Role Movie/Tv
2010 Executive Producer
1996 Executive Producer
Year Role Movie/Tv

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