Amy Madigan

Movie Actress

Amy Madigan was born in Chicago, Illinois, United States on September 11th, 1950 and is the Movie Actress. At the age of 73, Amy Madigan biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, movies, TV shows, and networth are available.

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Other Names / Nick Names
Amy Marie Madigan
Date of Birth
September 11, 1950
Nationality
United States
Place of Birth
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Age
73 years old
Zodiac Sign
Virgo
Networth
$25 Million
Profession
Film Actor, Film Producer, Singer, Stage Actor, Television Actor
Amy Madigan Height, Weight, Eye Color and Hair Color

At 73 years old, Amy Madigan has this physical status:

Height
166cm
Weight
Not Available
Hair Color
Blonde
Eye Color
Blue
Build
Average
Measurements
Not Available
Amy Madigan Religion, Education, and Hobbies
Religion
Not Available
Hobbies
Not Available
Education
Chicago Conservatory of Music, Marquette University
Amy Madigan Spouse(s), Children, Affair, Parents, and Family
Spouse(s)
Ed Harris
Children
1
Dating / Affair
Ed Harris
Parents
Not Available
Amy Madigan Career

In the 1970s, Madigan pursued a career as a musician, singing lead vocals for the band Jelly, whose only album, A True Story (1977), was released by Asylum Records. She appeared in Playboy (June 1978) nude and covered in jelly, to promote her band. She toured the United States performing with several bands through the late 1970s.

In the 1980s, Madigan transitioned from a singing career to acting, and studied at the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute. Her first television role was Adele on an episode of Hart to Hart in 1981; she then had role in the television film Crazy Times. The following year, she made her film debut as Terry Jean Moore in Love Child, for which she was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year – Actress. In 1983, she starred as Alison Ransom in the television film The Day After.

In 1984, she portrayed McCoy in the film Streets of Fire, and had a supporting role as Viola Kelsey in Places in the Heart. In 1985, she starred in the television film The Laundromat, written by Marsha Norman, opposite Carol Burnett. She won a CableACE Award for her performance as Deedee Johnson. She then co-starred as Glory Scheer, with her husband Ed Harris, in Alamo Bay, directed by Louis Malle. Also in 1985, she portrayed Sunny Mackenzie-Sobel in Twice in a Lifetime, for which she was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture and the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.

Madigan made her Off-Broadway debut in 1987, portraying Sue Jack Tiller in The Lucky Spot by Beth Henley, for which she won a Theatre World Award and was nominated for the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Play. In 1988, she was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Female for her performance in The Prince of Pennsylvania. That year, she performed in A Lie of the Mind at the Mark Taper Forum. In she played the wife of Kevin Costner in Field of Dreams, which was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture; and played Chanice Kobolowski, the girlfriend of John Candy's character, in the John Hughes film Uncle Buck. Also in 1989, she won a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film and was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie for her performance as Sarah Weddington in the television film Roe vs. Wade.

In 1990, Madigan starred opposite Paula Kelly in Stevie Wants To Play The Blues by Eduardo Machado, for which she won a Drama-Logue Award. In 1991, she starred opposite Olympia Dukakis in the Emmy-nominated television film Lucky Day. She made her Broadway debut in the role of Stella Kowalski in A Streetcar Named Desire in 1992, opposite Jessica Lange and Alec Baldwin, and was nominated for an Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Debut Performance. In 1996, she and Harris produced and starred in the television film Riders of the Purple Sage. She then starred with Tilda Swinton in Female Perversions. In 1997, she was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Female for her performance as Brett Armerson in the film Loved. In 2000, she portrayed Peggy Guggenheim in the film Pollock, starring her husband, which he also directed and produced.

In 2002 she had a supporting role as Reggie Fluty, the officer who responded to aid the dying Matthew Shepard in the television film The Laramie Project. In 2003-2005, Madigan had the supporting role of Iris Crowe/Irina, sister of villain Justin Crowe, in HBO's series Carnivále. In 2005, she starred as Lori Lansky in Winter Passing, directed by Adam Rapp. The following year, she had a supporting role as Patricia Carver, a CIA headquarters analyst, in the Emmy-winning television film The Path to 9/11. In 2007, she played the sister-in-law of Helene (Amy Ryan), Beatrice "Bea" McCready, in the film Gone Baby Gone, directed by Ben Affleck. In 2008, she played Dr. Katharine Wyatt on several episodes of ABC's medical drama series Grey's Anatomy. She then guest-starred on TNT's crime drama series Saving Grace as Gretchen Lagardi. In 2011, she guest-starred in the final episode of TNT's drama series Memphis Beat. In 2016, she starred as Halie in the revival of Sam Shepard's play Buried Child for The New Group at the Pershing Square Signature Center. It move to the West End's Trafalgar Studios in November 2016, where Madigan reprised her role.

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Ed Harris and his partner Amy Madigan, who appeared in Field of Dreams, are celebrating 40 years of marriage

www.dailymail.co.uk, November 22, 2023
On November 21, Ed Harris and his wife Amy Madigan, who married in 1983, celebrated 40 years of marriage. When starring in the film Places in the Heart, the 73-year-old Westworld actor and Field of Dreams actor, also 73, tied the knot. Madigan knew when she first saw Ed in 1980, appearing in the play Cowboy, she knew there was something special about him.