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Madigan in 2019, photo by kathclick /Bigstock.com
Birth Name: Amy Marie Madigan
Place of Birth: Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Date of Birth: September 11, 1950
Ethnicity: Irish
Amy Madigan is an American actress, producer, and singer. She won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for Weapons (2025). Her roles also include the films Love Child (1982), Love Letters (1983), Streets of Fire , Places in the Heart , Alamo Bay , Twice in a Lifetime , Nowhere to Hide (1987), The Prince of Pennsylvania , Field of Dreams , Uncle Buck , The Dark Half , Female Perversions , Loved (1997), With Friends Like These… , Pollock , A Time for Dancing , Winter Passing , Gone Baby Gone , Once Fallen , Virginia (2010), That’s What I Am , Future Weather , The Lifeguard , Sweetwater (2013), Shirin in Love , Frontera (2014), Grey Lady , Rules Don’t Apply , Stuck (2017), A Crooked Somebody , American Woman (2018), The Last Full Measure , The Hunt (2020), Antlers , and Rebuilding ; the made-for-tv movies Victims , Travis McGee , The Day After , The Laundromat (1985), Roe vs. Wade , And Then There Was One (1994), Riders of the Purple Sage (1996), A Bright Shining Lie , Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters’ First 100 Years , In the Name of the People (2000), and The Laramie Project ; the series Eureka Stockade , Crocodile Shoes , Carnivàle , The Path to 9/11 , Criminal Minds , Grey’s Anatomy , ER , Fringe , Ice , and Penny Dreadful: City of Angels ; and many acclaimed works on stage.
She is the daughter of Dolores Helen, an administrative assistant and theatre actress, and John Madigan (John Joseph Madigan, Jr.), a journalist; her father provided commentary in Newsweek and on Meet the Press and Face the Nation , as well as hosted a radio show on WBBM (AM). She is married to actor and filmmaker Ed Harris , with whom she has a daughter.
Amy’s paternal grandfather was John Joseph Madigan (the son of John Joseph Madigan and Mary Malone). Amy’s grandfather John was born in Chicago, Illinois, to Irish parents.
Amy’s paternal grandmother was named Anna/Annie Cotton. Anna was born in Illinois, to Irish parents.
Amy’s maternal grandfather was Edward J. Hanlon (the son of Jeremiah Thomas “Jerry” Hanlon and Margaret Collins). Edward was born in Illinois, to Irish parents.
Amy’s maternal grandmother was Mary F. Coleman (the daughter of Michael Coleman and Sarah Keenan). Mary was born in Illinois, to Irish parents.
Sources: Information about Amy’s family – http://undereverytombstone.blogspot.com
Genealogy of Amy Madigan – https://www.geni.com
Amy’s father on the 1920 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org
Amy’s mother on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org