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By Griff Griffin
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Amy Madigan's making headlines for her well-deserved Oscar win, but what else has the actress been in?
Madigan took home the best supporting actress award for horror movie "Weapons" at the 98th Academy Awards, held Sunday, March 15th, 2026.
Her portrayal of unnerving witch Gladys beat out the likes of Elle Fanning for "Sentimental Value," Wunmi Mosaku for "Sinners," and Teyana Taylor for "One Battle After Another," putting her alongside the night's other big winners in "Sinners" best actor Michael B. Jordan, and "Hamnet" best actress Jessie Buckley.
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Madigan began her career with 1982's "Love Child," for which she received a Golden Globe nomination. The actress has 42 film acting credits to her name, with 36 TV credits, for a total of 78 credits.
Who is Amy Madigan?
Born Sept. 11, 1950, Amy Marie Madigan is an American actress best-known for "Weapons," " Field of Dreams," and "Gone Baby Gone."
In 1985 she was nominated Best Supporting Actress for "Twice in a Lifetime." Her win 40 years later for "Weapons" marks the longest gap between two Acadmey Award nominations for any actress.
In her personal life, Madigan is married to actor Ed Harris, with whom she has a daughter.
How Did Amy Madigan Meet Ed Harris?
Harris and Madigan met in 1983 while working on stage production "Prairie Avenue." They married that same year while filming "Places in the Heart."
They have appeared in ten films together:
• Places in the Heart (1984)
• Alamo Bay (1985)
• Pollock (2000)
• Just a Dream (2002)
• Riders of the Purple Sage (1996)
• Frontera (2014)
• Rules Don’t Apply (2016)
• A Crooked Somebody (2017)
• Winter Passing (2006)
• The Last Full Measure (2019)
What is Amy Madigan's Most Famous Role?
Madigan is most well-known for her Oscar-winning role in 2025 horror movie "Weapons." She also earned acclaimed for playing Sarah Weddington in "Roe vs. Wade" (1989), for which she earned an Emmy nomination, and featured in "Uncle Buck" and "Grey's Anatomy."
Amy Madigan Top 10 Films Ranked
Here are Amy Madigan's top ten films ranked by IMDB score.
10. Streets of Fire — 6.7
9. American Woman — 6.8
8. The Hunt — 6.9
7. The Dark Half — 6.9
6. Pollock — 7.0
5. Uncle Buck — 7.1
4. Places in the Heart — 7.4
3. Field of Dreams — 7.5
2. Weapons — 7.5
1. Gone Baby Gone — 7.6
Amy Madigan Movies
Every film Amy Madigan has been in across her three-decade career, from 1982 to the present day.
1982
- Love Child
1983
- Love Letters
1984
- Places in the Heart
- Streets of Fire
1985
- Alamo Bay
- Twice in a Lifetime
1986
- Zeisters
1987
- Nowhere to Hide
1988
- The Prince of Pennsylvania
1989
- Field of Dreams
- Uncle Buck
1993
- The Dark Half
1996
- Female Perversions
1997
- Loved
1998
- With Friends Like These...
2000
- Pollock
2002
- A Time for Dancing
2004
- The Discontents
- Admissions
- In the Land of Milk and Money
2005
- Winter Passing
2007
- Gone Baby Gone
- Doppelgänger
2010
- Once Fallen
- Virginia
2011
- That's What I Am
2012
- Future Weather
2013
- The Lifeguard
- Sweetwater
2014
- Shirin in Love
- Frontera
2015
- Grey Lady
2016
- Sensitivity Training
- Rules Don't Apply
2017
- Stuck
- A Crooked Somebody
2018
- American Woman
2019
- The Last Full Measure
2020
- The Hunt
2021
- Antlers
2025
- Rebuilding
- Weapons
Amy Madigan 2026 Movies and Shows
Madigan has four projects currently in productions: two movies and two TV shows. These are:
- The Ploughmen (movie)
- Sponsor (movie)
- Department of One (TV show)
- All the Sinners Bleed (TV show)
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