Amy Madigan
Amy Madigan at the 41st Emmy Awards
Born	September 11 1950 (1950--) (age 57) Chicago, Illinois

Amy Madigan (born 11 September 1950) is an American actress who is known for her role as Annie Kinsella in the 1989 film Field of Dreams.

Madigan was born in Chicago, Illinois, daughter of Dolores, a union worker, and John Madigan, a Chicago-area political analyst, newspaper journalist, broadcast and media personality and lawyer.^[1] Madigan studied philosophy at Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, piano at the Chicago Conservatory, and also attended the Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute.^[2] She moved to Los Angeles in 1970.

Madigan was nominated for an Oscar for her performance in the 1985 film Twice in a Lifetime. From 2003 to 2005, she starred in the HBO series Carnivàle as Iris Crowe, the sister of sinister preacher Brother Justin Crowe (Clancy Brown).

Madigan is also a political activist; among other things, she has served on the national board of NARAL Pro-Choice America, a pro-choice/women's rights organization. Madigan has been married to actor Ed Harris since 1983. The couple have one child together, a daughter, Lily.

Madigan also played keyboard, percussions, and vocals behind Steve Goodman on tour throughout the late '70s.

Filmography

• Gone Baby Gone (2007)
• Criminal Minds, Episode; No Way Out, part 1 & 2 (2007)
• Winter Passing (2005)
• The Discontents (2004)
• In the Land of Milk and Money (2004)
• Just a Dream (2002)
• The Laramie Project, 2002
• A Time for Dancing (2000)
• Pollock (2000)
• Riders of the Purple Sage (1996; TV film)
• Female Perversions (1996)
• Uncle Buck (1989)
• Field of Dreams (1989)
• The Prince of Pennsylvania (1989)
• Alamo Bay (1985)
• Twice in a Lifetime (1985)
• Places in the Heart (1984)
• Streets of Fire (1984)
• The Day After (1983)
• Love Child (1982)
• "The Laundromat" (1985) HBO

References

External links

• Amy Madigan at the Internet Movie Database

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