Amy Madigan

Amy Madigan
Madigan in 1989
Born	Amy Marie Madigan (1950-09-11) September 11, 1950 (age 74) Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Alma mater	Chicago Conservatory of Music Marquette University
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1977–present
Spouse	Ed Harris ​ (m. 1983)​
Children	1

Amy Marie Madigan ^[1] (born September 11, 1950) ^[2] is an American actress. She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for the 1985 film Twice in a Lifetime . Her other film credits include Love Letters (1984), Alamo Bay (1985), Nowhere to Hide (1987), Uncle Buck (1989), Female Perversions (1996), With Friends Like These... (1998), and Winter Passing (2005).

Her television work includes the role of Iris Crowe on the HBO series Carnivàle (2003–2005). She won the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress on Television and was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie for her portrayal of Sarah Weddington in the television film Roe vs. Wade (1989).

Early life

Madigan is Catholic ^[3] and "third-generation Irish". ^[4] Her father, John J. Madigan (1918–2012), was a well-known journalist who worked for Newsweek and provided political commentary on programs such as Meet the Press and Face the Nation . He interviewed a range of political figures, from Richard Nixon to Martin Luther King Jr., and hosted his own show with WBBM (AM). ^[5] Her mother was Dolores ( née  Hanlon; 1921–1992), an administrative assistant and amateur actress who performed in community theatre. ^[6] She has two brothers, Jack and Jim. ^[6]

Madigan attended Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where she earned a B.A. in philosophy. ^[7] She moved to Los Angeles in 1974. ^[8] She later studied acting at the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute. ^[9]

Career

Music

Madigan toured the United States performing with several bands through the late 1970s. She was a solo singer and pianist based in Dallas in the late 70s and early 1980.

Acting

In the 1980s, Madigan transitioned from a singing career to acting, and studied at the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute. ^[9] 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 (center) with Holly Hunter at the 41st Primetime Emmy Awards in 1989

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 . ^[10] That year, she performed in A Lie of the Mind at the Mark Taper Forum. ^[11] In 1989 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. ^[12] 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. ^[13] 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 . ^[14] She then guest-starred on TNT's crime drama series Saving Grace as Gretchen Lagardi. ^[15] In 2011, she guest-starred in the final episode of TNT's drama series Memphis Beat . ^[16] 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. ^{[17] [18]}

Personal life

Madigan in 2018

Madigan has been married to actor Ed Harris since November 21, 1983. They have one daughter. ^[19] Madigan and Harris have been frequent collaborators during their careers.

Filmography

Film

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1982	Love Child	Terry Jean Moore
1983	Travis McGee	Billy Jean Bailey
	Love Letters	Wendy
1984	Places in the Heart	Viola Kelsey
	Streets of Fire	McCoy
1985	Alamo Bay	Glory Scheer
	Twice in a Lifetime	Sunny Mackenzie-Sobel
1986	Zeisters	Woman at Funeral
1987	Nowhere to Hide	Barbara Cutter
1988	The Prince of Pennsylvania	Carla Headlee
1989	Field of Dreams	Annie Kinsella
	Uncle Buck	Chanice Kobolowski
1993	The Dark Half	Liz Beaumont
1996	Female Perversions	Maddie Stephens
	Riders of the Purple Sage	Jane Withersteen
1997	Loved	Brett Armerson
1998	With Friends Like These...	Hannah DiMartino
2000	Pollock	Peggy Guggenheim
2002	A Time for Dancing	Jackie Russell
	The Laramie Project	Officer Reggie Flutty
2004	The Discontents	Beth Walker
	Admissions	Martha Brighton
	In the Land of Milk and Money	Arlyne
2005	Winter Passing	Lori Lansky
2007	Gone Baby Gone	Bea McCready
	Doppelgänger	Victor's Mom
2010	Once Fallen	Rose Ryan	Also executive producer
	Virginia	Roseanna Tipton
2011	That's What I Am	Principal Evelyn Kelner
2012	Future Weather	Grandma Greta
2013	The Lifeguard	Justine London
	Sweetwater	Madame Bovary
2014	Shirin in Love	Rachel Harson
	Frontera	Olivia McNary
2015	Grey Lady	Lola
2016	Sensitivity Training	Nancy Wolfe
	Rules Don't Apply	Mrs. Bransford
2017	Stuck	Sue
	A Crooked Somebody	Joyce Vaughn
2018	American Woman	Peggy
2019	The Last Full Measure	Donna Burr
2020	The Hunt	Miranda Ma
2021	Antlers	Principal Booth
2025	Rebuilding		Post-production
2026	Weapons	TBA	Post-production
TBA	The Ploughmen		Post-production

Television

Year	Show	Role	Notes
1981	Hart to Hart	Adele	Episode: "Slow Boat to Murder"
1981	Crazy Times	Marilyn	Television film
1981	CHiPs	Jewel Burnett	Episode: "Finders Keepers"
1982	The Ambush Murders	Molly Slavin	Television film
1982	Victims	Chloe Brill	Television film
1983	The Day After	Alison Ransom	Television film
1983	Travis McGee	Billy Jean Bailey	Television film
1984	Eureka Stockade	Sarah Jamieson	3 episodes
1985	The Laundromat	Deedee Johnson	Television film
1988	American Playhouse	Sarah Penn	Episode: "The Revolt of Mother"
1989	Roe vs. Wade	Sarah Weddington	Television film
1991	Lucky Day	Kari Campbell	Television film
1994	And Then There Was One	Roxy Ventola	Television film
1994	Frasier	Maggie (voice)	Episode: "Flour Child"
1994	Crocodile Shoes	Carmel Cantrell	2 episodes
1996	Riders of the Purple Sage	Jane Withersteen	Television film; also executive producer
1998	A Bright Shining Lie	Mary Jane Vann	Television film
1999	Having Our Say	Amy Hill Hearth	Television film
2000	In the Name of the People	Connie Murphy	Television film
2001	Shot in the Heart	Bessie Gilmore	Television film
2002	Just a Dream	Cindy Wilder	Television film
2002	The Laramie Project	Reggie Fluty	Television film
2003–2005	Carnivàle	Iris Crowe	22 episodes
2004	The Ranch	Mary Larkin	Television film
2006	Murder on Pleasant Drive	Aunt Sherrie Davis	Television film
2006	The Path to 9/11	Patricia Carver	2 episodes
2007	Criminal Minds	Jane Hanratty	2 episodes
2008	Saving Grace	Gretchen Lagardi	Episode: "A Little Hometown Love"
2008	Living Proof	Fran Visco	Television film
2008–2009	Grey's Anatomy	Dr. Katharine Wyatt	9 episodes
2009	ER	Mary Taggart	2 episodes
2010	Law & Order	Emily Ryan	Episode: "Innocence"
2010–2011	Fringe	Marilyn Dunham	3 episodes
2011	Memphis Beat	Kate Murphy	Episode: "The Feud"
2012	The Dust Bowl	Sanora Babb	Episode: "Reaping the Whirlwind"
2016	Grace and Frankie	Elaine Millstein	Episode: "The Loophole"
2016	How to Get Away with Murder	Irene Crawley	Episode: "There Are Worse Things Than Murder"
2018	Ice	Diane Pierce	3 episodes
2020	Penny Dreadful: City of Angels	Adelaide Finnister

Stage

Year	Film	Role	Location
1987	The Lucky Spot	Sue Jack Tiller	New York City Center, Off-Broadway
1992	A Streetcar Named Desire	Stella Kowalski	Ethel Barrymore Theatre, Broadway
2013	The Jacksonian	Susan Perch	Theatre Row, Off-Broadway
2016	Buried Child	Halie	The New Group, Off-Broadway
2016–2017			Trafalgar Studios, West End

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Nominated work	Result
1983	Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year – Actress	Love Child	Nominated
1984	Sitges Film Festival Award for Best Actress	Streets of Fire	Won
1985	ACE Award for Best Actress in a Theatrical or Dramatic Special	The Laundromat	Won
1986	Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress	Twice in a Lifetime	Nominated
	Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture		Nominated
1987	Theatre World Award	The Lucky Spot	Won
	Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Play		Nominated
1989	Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Female	The Prince of Pennsylvania	Nominated
	Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie	Roe vs. Wade	Nominated
1990	Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film		Won
	Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress	Field of Dreams	Nominated
1992	Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Debut Performance	A Streetcar Named Desire	Nominated
1993	Fangoria Chainsaw Award for Best Actress	The Dark Half	Nominated
1995	CableACE Award for Best Actress in a Movie or Miniseries	And Then There Was One	Won
1996	Bronze Wrangler for Television Feature Film	Riders of the Purple Sage	Won
1998	Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Female	Loved	Nominated
1999	Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film	A Bright Shining Lie	Nominated
2002	OFTA Television Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture or Miniseries	The Laramie Project	Nominated
2003	Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film	Just a Dream	Nominated
2004	Satellite Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama	Carnivàle	Nominated
2007	Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Acting Ensemble	Gone Baby Gone	Nominated

References

1. "Amy Madigan Actor, Musician". TV Guide . Retrieved October 17, 2015.
2. Willis, John (1993). Screen World 1993, Volume 44 . New York: Applause. p. 250. ISBN   1-55783-135-1.
3. Stein, Ruthie (January 9, 2000). "Ed Harris Has the Righteous Stuff, Too / Actor plays a particularly convincing priest in 'The Third Miracle'". San Francisco Chronicle . Archived from the original on January 18, 2021.
4. O'Connell, Brian (February 2006). "Harris Wrecks Cork". Irish America . Archived from the original on January 10, 2022. Retrieved January 10, 2022.
5. Dizikes, Cynthia (March 7, 2012). "John Madigan, Chicago newsman, dies at 94". Chicago Tribune . Retrieved August 20, 2014.
6. Heise, Kenan (September 15, 1992). "Teamsters' Dolores H. Madigan, 70". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved August 20, 2014.
7. Pelletier, Katie (December 2016). "Reed Welcomes Two New Trustees". Reed Magazine . Portland, Oregon: Reed College. Archived from the original on October 19, 2024.
8. King, Susan (July 11, 2015). "Amy Madigan, stage lover, directs an L.A. play". Los Angeles Times .
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11. Sullivan, Dan (January 22, 1988). "STAGE REVIEW: A Tale of Two Families in 'A Lie of the Mind'". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved August 20, 2014.
12. Drake, Sylvie (February 19, 1990). "STAGE REVIEW: 'Stevie' Has Jazz and Drama, but Lacks a Subtext". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved August 20, 2014.
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16. "Amy Madigan to Appear on TNT's Memphis Beat". Broadway World. July 5, 2011.
17. Paulson, Michael (May 12, 2015). "Ed Harris and Amy Madigan Join New Group's 'Buried Child' Revival" . The New York Times .
18. Willmott, Phil (September 2, 2016). "An Exciting Autumn Line up at Trafalgar Studios". London Box Office.
19. "Biography: Ed Harris". Lifetime . Archived from the original on November 17, 2015. Retrieved November 13, 2015.

External links

• Amy Madigan at IMDb
• Amy Madigan at the Internet Broadway Database
• Amy Madigan at the Internet Off-Broadway Database