Amy Madigan

Amy Marie Madigan is an American actress, producer, and singer. She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for the 1985 film Twice in a Lifetime. Her other film credits include Love Child , Places in the Heart , Field of Dreams , Uncle Buck , The Dark Half , Pollock , and Gone Baby Gone . Madigan won the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress on Television and was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie for her portrayal of Sarah Weddington in the 1989 television film Roe vs. Wade.

Madigan was born in Southside, Chicago, Illinois, the daughter of John J. Madigan , a wellknown journalist who gave political commentary on shows such as Meet the Press and Face the Nation, and worked for Newsweek. He interviewed a range of political figures, from Richard Nixon to Martin Luther King, Jr., and hosted his own show with WBBM . Her mother was Dolores , an administrative assistant and amateur actress who performed in community theatre. She has two brothers Jack and Jim. In 1993, a year after her mothers death, her father was remarried to a woman named Elizabeth.

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