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Actor

Amy Madigan

Acting

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Acting credits

96

Prolific

Very extensive acting filmography.

TMDB popularity

2.8

Moderate attention

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Movies: 72Series: 24Crew credits: 2

TMDB ID: 23882

IMDb ID: nm0001496

Known for: Acting

Born: September 11, 1950

Age: 75

Place of birth: Chicago, Illinois, USA

Gender: Female

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1953 - 2025

Years active: 73

Average TMDB rating: 6.7

Wikidata: Q235219

Also known as

Amy Marie Madigan

Other jobs

Executive Producer (2)

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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Series

Series

Series credits linked with Amy Madigan.

Series poster for Penny Dreadful: City of Angels (2020)

as Miss Adelaide Finnister • 8 eps

Penny Dreadful: City of Angels

2020 Series
Series poster for Ice (2016)

as Diane Pierce • 5 eps

Ice

2016 Series
Series poster for Grace and Frankie (2015)

as Elaine • 1 eps

Grace and Frankie

2015 Series
Series poster for How to Get Away with Murder (2014)

as Irene Crawley • 1 eps

How to Get Away with Murder

2014 Series
Series poster for Prohibition (2011)

as Reader (voice) • 3 eps

Prohibition

2011 Series
Series poster for The National Parks: America's Best Idea (2009)

6 eps

The National Parks: America's Best Idea

2009 Series
Series poster for Fringe (2008)

as Marilyn Dunham • 3 eps

Fringe

2008 Series
Series poster for Saving Grace (2007)

as Gretchen Lagardi • 1 eps

Saving Grace

2007 Series
Series poster for The Path to 9/11 (2006)

as Patricia Carver • 2 eps

The Path to 9/11

2006 Series
Series poster for Criminal Minds (2005)

as Jane • 2 eps

Criminal Minds

2005 Series
Series poster for Grey's Anatomy (2005)

as Katharine Wyatt • 9 eps

Grey's Anatomy

2005 Series
Series poster for Carnivàle (2003)

as Iris Crowe • 24 eps

Carnivàle

2003 Series
Series poster for Mark Twain (2002)

as Other Voices (voice) • 2 eps

Mark Twain

2002 Series
Series poster for Crocodile Shoes (1994)

13 eps

Crocodile Shoes

1994 Series
Series poster for ER (1994)

as Mary Taggart • 2 eps

ER

1994 Series
Series poster for Baseball (1994)

as Various (voice)

Baseball

1994 Series
Series poster for Frasier (1993)

as Maggie (voice) • 1 eps

Frasier

1993 Series
Series poster for Law & Order (1990)

as Emily Ryan • 1 eps

Law & Order

1990 Series
Series poster for Eureka Stockade (1984)

as Sarah Jamieson • 3 eps

Eureka Stockade

1984 Series
Series poster for Late Night with David Letterman (1982)

as Self - Guest • 1 eps

Late Night with David Letterman

1982 Series
Series poster for American Playhouse (1982)

as Sarah Penn • 1 eps

American Playhouse

1982 Series
Series poster for Hart to Hart (1979)

1 eps

Hart to Hart

1979 Series
Series poster for CHiPs (1977)

as Jewel Burnett • 1 eps

CHiPs

1977 Series
Series poster for The Oscars (1953)

as Self • 2 eps

The Oscars

1953 Series