Amy Madigan

Amy Marie Madigan (born September 11, 1950) is an American actress and singer. Known for her work on stage and screen, her accolades include an Academy Award, an Actor Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a Critics' Choice Award, in addition to a nomination for a Primetime Emmy Award. Madigan started her career as a traveling musician, later deciding to pursue an acting career. Her band Jelly released their debut album in 1977. She made her film debut in the drama Love Child (1982), for which she received her first Golden Globe Award nomination. She received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance as a woman in a difficult marriage in Twice in a Lifetime (1985). She won in the same category 40 years later for her performance as the villainous Aunt Gladys in Weapons (2025)—the longest gap between two nominations for an actress. Her other film credits include Love Letters (1984), Alamo Bay (1985), Nowhere to Hide (1987), Uncle Buck (1989), Field of Dreams (1989), Female Perversions (1996), Pollock (2000), Gone Baby Gone (2007), and The Hunt (2020). On television, Madigan portrayed Sarah Weddington in the television film Roe vs. Wade (1989), for which she won the Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress in a Series, Miniseries or Television Film and was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award. She took on 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.