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

Most Known For

Grey's Anatomy

as Katharine Wyatt

Law & Order

as Emily Ryan

Criminal Minds

as Jane

Frasier

as Maggie (voice)

Fringe

as Marilyn Dunham

ER

as Mary Taggart

How to Get Away with Murder

as Irene Crawley

Grace and Frankie

as Elaine

Weapons

as Gladys

Hart to Hart

The Oscars

as Self

Saving Grace

as Gretchen Lagardi

The Hunt

as Ma

Carnivàle

as Iris Crowe

Baseball

as Various (voice)

Baseball

as (voice)

CHiPs

as Jewel Burnett

Penny Dreadful: City of Angels

as Miss Adelaide Finnister

Frontera

as Olivia

Uncle Buck

as Chanice Kobolowski