AmyMadigan (born 11 September1950) is an Americanactress who is probably best known for her role as Annie Kinsella in the 1989 film Field of Dreams.
AmyMadigan was nominated for an Oscar for her performance in the 1985 film Twice in a Lifetime.
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 organisation.
AMYMADIGAN: No, it'll be a much more modest outfit.[LAUGHS] Get a good look at my outfit, this is my little voodoo girl outfit, that I wear at all times.
AMYMADIGAN: Iris wants to see her brother succeed in every way, shape or form, and, and he has an enormous amount of power and charisma.
AMYMADIGAN: Ah, it's an enormous undertaking, because it is a period piece, and there's so much going on, there are so many stories.
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In the 1960s, Amy attended St. Philip Neri grammar school and Aquinas High School, both in Chicago, where she performed in school plays, and was known as the school tomboy.
Amy is the daughter of John Madigan, a media personality in Chicago, Illinois, who once hosted a Chicago TV show called "Standpoint", and who last worked as the WBBM radio political editor and signed off with his signature, "News radio ssssssseventy-eight!"
Amy, along with husband Ed Harris, were among a strong minority of attendees of the 2000 Acadamy Awards who refused to applaud during director Elia Kazan's acceptance of his honorary Oscar.
If you know where Shermer, Illinois is, then you probably know the general neighborhood where The Breakfast Club met, where Molly Ringwald celebrated her 16th birthday, where Ferris Bueller took part of his day...
Real-life married couple Ed Harris and AmyMadigan will star in Afternoon Tea, a new musical written for them, as a benefit for The INTAR Theater Company on Sunday, December 11 at 6pm at the Kirk Theater.
Kelli Williams, Adam Arkin and AmyMadigan Star in The Lifetime...
ActressAmyMadigan is the daughter of Chicago political commentor John Madigan, well known in the Windy City for his WBBM radio signoff, "John Madigan...News Radio Ssssseventy-eight." After studying piano at the Chicago Conservatory and philosophy at Milwaukee's Marquette University, Madigan spent the next decade as a touring rock musician.
While she may have looked like a standard blonde ingenue, Madigan's endearingly raspy voice and '60s-style ebullience secured her a series of offbeat leading roles, culminating with her performance as Kevin Costner's ex-activist wife in Field of Dreams (1989).
In 1985, AmyMadigan was Oscar-nominated for her performance as Gene Hackman's embittered daughter in Twice in a Lifetime.
Amy talks about what attracted her to the project and why she thinks people should watch.
As the world grows smaller, Samson devises a grand plan; Justin forces Iris to face her fear of heights; Stroud wants to protect Justin; Sofie finds herself in the dark; Rita Sue is touched by Samson's generosity; Ben performs his most important healings.
In the 70's, she was the leader of the rock band "Jelly".
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She was memorable in Walter Hill's violent rock'n'roll fantasy, "Streets of Fire" (1984), as the tough lesbian soldier who befriends Michael Pare.
As the angry daughter of the philandering Gene Hackman in "Twice Upon A Time" (1985), Madigan earned a Best Supporting ActressOscar nomination.
In recent years, Madigan's most high profile credits featured her as somewhat disgruntled but basically tolerant and supportive wives and girlfriends in "Field of Dreams", "Uncle Buck" (both 1989), and "The Dark Half" (1993).
Former rock musician and performer turned lead and supporting player of stage, film and TV.
Madigan married actorEd Harris in 1983 and has since appeared with him in Robert Benton's "Places in the Heart" (1984) and Louis Malle's "Alamo Bay" (1985).
Madigan brings a refreshing strength and earthiness to her roles.
ActressAmyMadigan talks with Mary Morton, associate paintings curator at the J. Paul Getty Museum, about her role as Peggy Guggenheim in the movie Pollock (2000) and the process of making the film.
Madigan played flamboyant art patron Peggy Guggenheim, one of the first to champion Pollock's work.
AmyMadigan has starred in Places in the Heart, Riders of the Purple Sage, Field of Dreams, and Louis Malle's Alamo Bay.
Starring AmyMadigan, Dennis Boutsikaris, Jane Daly, Jennifer Hetrick, Steven Flynn.
Starring Kevin Costner, AmyMadigan, James Earl Jones, Burt Lancaster, Ray Liotta, Timothy Busfield, Gaby Hoffmann, Frank Whaley, Art LaFleur, Dwier Brown.
Starring Jamie Lee Curtis, James Keach, AmyMadigan, Bud Cort, Matt Clark, Bonnie Bartlett.
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As just about everyone knows by now, Costner stars as Iowa farmer Ray Kinsella, who hears the mysterious words "If you build it, he will come," and is compelled to build a baseball diamond in the middle of his cornfield.
His wife (AmyMadigan) supports the wild idea, but a reclusive novelist (modeled after J.D. Salinger and played by James Earl Jones) is not so easily persuaded.
The idealistic farmer is either a visionary or a deluded fool, but his persistence is rewarded when spirits from baseball's past begin appearing on the ball field.
Born September 11, 1951 - ActressAmyMadigan is the daughter of Chicago political commentor John Madigan, well known in the Windy City for his WBBM radio signoff, "John Madigan...News Radio Ssssseventy-eight." After studying piano at the Chicago Conservatory and philosophy at Milwaukee's Marquette University, Madigan spent the next decade as a touring rock musician.
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Playbill News: Ed Harris and AmyMadigan to Premiere New Musical Afternoon Tea
A one-night-only performance of Afternoon Tea, a new musical written for and starring Ed Harris and AmyMadigan, will be presented Dec. 11 at the Kirk Theater on Theatre Row.
The 7 PM performance is a benefit for INTAR Theatre, which is "dedicated to developing and producing Latino playwrights in English." Walter Kennon and Eduardo Macahdo's two-character musical explores the later years in the life of author J.M. Barrie.
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SANTA MONICA, CA - NOVEMBER 5: ActressAmyMadigan before the opening of Jeff Bridges' Photography Exhibition Hosted by In Style on November 5, 2003 at the Bergamot...
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