Amy Madigan
Amy Madigan | |
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Born | Amy Marie Madigan September 11, 1950 |
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Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1977–present |
Spouse | |
Children | 1 |
Amy Marie Madigan[1] (born September 11, 1950) 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 Child (1982), Places in the Heart (1984), Field of Dreams (1989), Uncle Buck (1989), The Dark Half (1993), Pollock (2000), and Gone Baby Gone (2007).
Her television work includes the role of Iris Crowe on the
Early life
Madigan was born September 11, 1950, in Chicago to a third-generation Catholic[2] Irish American family.[3] 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).[4] Her mother was Dolores (née Hanlon; 1921–1992), an administrative assistant and amateur actress who performed in community theatre.[5] She has two brothers, Jack and Jim.[5]
Madigan attended Chicago's St. Aquinas Dominican High School, where she performed in school plays. In the 1960s, she studied piano at the Chicago Conservatory of Music, and went on to attend Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where she earned a B.A. in philosophy.[6] She moved to Los Angeles in 1974.[7] She later studied acting at the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute.[8]
Career
Music
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.[citation needed] She toured the United States performing with several bands through the late 1970s.
Acting
In the 1980s, Madigan transitioned from a singing career to acting, and studied at the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute.[8] 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
In 1990, Madigan starred opposite
In 2002 she had a supporting role as Reggie Fluty, the officer who responded to aid the dying
Personal life
Madigan has been married to actor Ed Harris since November 21, 1983. They have one daughter.[18] Madigan and Harris have been frequent collaborators during their careers.
Filmography
Film
Year | Film | Role | Notes |
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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
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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 | |
2026 | Weapons | TBA | Filming |
TBA | The Ploughmen | Post-production | |
School for the Blind | Announced |
Television
Year | Show | Role | Notes |
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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
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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
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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 |
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1987 | The Lucky Spot | Sue Jack Tiller | New York City Center, Off-Broadway |
1992 | A Streetcar Named Desire
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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
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Awards and nominations
References
- ^ "Amy Madigan Actor, Musician". TV Guide. Retrieved October 17, 2015.
- ^ 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.
- ^ O'Connell, Brian (February 2006). "Harris Wrecks Cork". Irish America. Archived from the original on January 10, 2022. Retrieved January 10, 2022.
- ^ Dizikes, Cynthia (March 7, 2012). "John Madigan, Chicago newsman, dies at 94". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved August 20, 2014.
- ^ a b Heise, Kenan (September 15, 1992). "Teamsters' Dolores H. Madigan, 70". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved August 20, 2014.
- The Odyssey.
- ^ King, Susan (July 11, 2015). "Amy Madigan, stage lover, directs an L.A. play". Los Angeles Times.
- ^ a b Rosenfeld, Megan (April 28, 1985). "Amy Madigan Gets The Right Parts But Glamor Isn't In Her Script". Orlando Sentinel. Archived from the original on October 17, 2015. Retrieved October 17, 2015.
- ^ "Amy Madigan Biography (1950?-)". Film Reference. Retrieved August 20, 2014.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Drake, Sylvie (February 19, 1990). "STAGE REVIEW: 'Stevie' Has Jazz and Drama, but Lacks a Subtext". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved August 20, 2014.
- ^ Fleming, Michael (September 14, 2003). "Thesp joins 'Winter' cast". Variety.
- ^ Andreeva, Nellie (March 25, 2008). "Amy Madigan joins 'Grey's Anatomy'". The Hollywood Reporter.
- ^ Mitovich, Matt (June 24, 2008). "Scoop! "Brilliant" Amy Madigan Guests on Saving Grace". TV Guide.
- ^ "Amy Madigan to Appear on TNT's Memphis Beat". Broadway World. July 5, 2011.
- ^ Paulson, Michael (May 12, 2015). "Ed Harris and Amy Madigan Join New Group's 'Buried Child' Revival". The New York Times.
- ^ Willmott, Phil (September 2, 2016). "An Exciting Autumn Line up at Trafalgar Studios". London Box Office.
- ^ "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