Amy Madigan Net Worth

What is Amy Madigan's Net Worth?

Amy Madigan is an American actress, producer, and singer who has a net worth of $25 million. That is a combined net worth with her husband, fellow actor Ed Harris. They have been married since 1983.

Amy Madigan first gained major recognition in the 1980s with roles in films such as "Love Child," "Places in the Heart," and "Field of Dreams." Her performance in the 1985 drama "Twice in a Lifetime," opposite Gene Hackman and Ann-Margret, earned her an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress and helped establish her as one of the most reliable character actresses in Hollywood.

Over the following decades, Madigan continued to appear in a wide range of projects across film and television. Her film credits include "Uncle Buck," "Pollock," "Gone Baby Gone," and "Antlers," while her television work has included notable roles in the HBO series "Carnivàle" and the NBC television film "Roe vs. Wade."

Madigan experienced a late-career milestone in 2026 when she won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in the film "Weapons." The win marked the first Oscar of her career and served as recognition of her decades of work as one of the industry's most respected character performers.

Personal Life and Real Estate

Amy married fellow actor Ed Harris in 1983. They have a daughter together, Lily Dolores Harris.

For over two decades, Ed and Amy have owned a home in Malibu, California. It's unclear what they paid for the home, but today it's worth an estimated $5 million. In 1998, they paid $660,000 for the undeveloped 2-acre property immediately next door. They tried to sell this plot in 2015 for $2.6 million, but appear to still be the owners as of this writing.

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Early Life and Education

Amy Madigan was born on September 11, 1950, in Chicago, Illinois, to Dolores, an administrative assistant and amateur stage actress, and John, a well-known journalist and political commentator who hosted his own radio show. She has two brothers named Jack and Jim. Madigan was educated at St. Aquinas Dominican High School and then at Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. She also studied piano at the Chicago Conservatory of Music. After graduating from Marquette with her BA in philosophy, Madigan moved to Los Angeles. She later studied acting at the Lee Strasberg Theatre & Film Institute in New York.

Career Beginnings in Music

Madigan began her career in the music industry. She sang lead vocals for the band Jelly, which released its only album, "A True Story," in 1977. After that, she appeared nude and covered in jelly in Playboy magazine to promote the band. Madigan went on to tour the United States with various other bands over the subsequent years.

Film Career

Amy Madigan began her career as a singer before transitioning into acting in the early 1980s. She made her feature film debut in the 1982 biographical drama "Love Child," portraying prison inmate Terry Jean Moore. Her early performances quickly drew attention, and by the mid-1980s, she had established herself as a compelling character actress.

In 1984, Madigan appeared in three films: "Love Letters," the Oscar-winning drama "Places in the Heart," and the rock-infused action film "Streets of Fire." The following year, she starred opposite her future husband, Ed Harris, in "Alamo Bay". She delivered one of the most acclaimed performances of her career in the drama "Twice in a Lifetime." Her role as Sunny Mackenzie-Sobel earned Madigan an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress and significantly raised her profile in Hollywood.

Madigan continued working steadily throughout the late 1980s. She starred in the thriller "Nowhere to Hide" and appeared in "The Prince of Pennsylvania," earning an Independent Spirit Award nomination for Best Supporting Female. She also appeared in two widely recognized films at the end of the decade: the beloved baseball fantasy "Field of Dreams" and the John Hughes comedy "Uncle Buck."

During the 1990s, Madigan remained a consistent presence in both independent and studio productions. Her credits from this period include the Stephen King adaptation "The Dark Half," the drama "Female Perversions," and "Loved," for which she received a second Independent Spirit Award nomination for Best Supporting Female.

In 2000, she appeared alongside Ed Harris in the biographical drama "Pollock," which Harris also directed. Over the following years, Madigan continued to work across a variety of genres, appearing in films such as "Winter Passing" and Ben Affleck's 2007 crime drama "Gone Baby Gone," where she starred opposite Amy Ryan.

Madigan remained active in film through the 2010s and 2020s with roles in projects including "Once Fallen," "Virginia," "Future Weather," "Frontera," the musical drama "Stuck," the drama "American Woman," the satirical thriller "The Hunt," and the supernatural horror film "Antlers."

Her long career received renewed attention in 2026 when she won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in the film "Weapons," marking the first Oscar win of her career after more than four decades in the industry.

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Television Career

Madigan first appeared on television in a 1981 episode of the series "Hart to Hart." The same year, she was in the television film "Crazy Times" and an episode of "CHiPs." Madigan mostly acted in television films during the rest of the decade, including "Victims," "The Day After," "Travis McGee," "The Laundromat," and "Roe vs. Wade." For her portrayal of attorney and women's rights advocate Sarah Weddington in "Roe vs. Wade," she won a Golden Globe Award and received an Emmy Award nomination. Among Madigan's other credits in the 1980s was the 1984 miniseries "Eureka Stockade." She continued appearing primarily in television films in the 1990s, with credits such as "Lucky Day," "And Then There Was One," "Riders of the Purple Sage," and "Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years."

In the early 2000s, Madigan appeared in such television films as "In the Name of the People," "A Time for Dancing," "The Laramie Project," and "The Ranch." She also played Iris Crowe in the HBO series "Carnivàle," which ran from 2003 to 2005. After that, Madigan appeared in the two-part ABC miniseries "The Path to 9/11." At the end of the decade, she was in the Lifetime television film "Living Proof" and in nine episodes of ABC's "Grey's Anatomy." In 2010, Madigan appeared in episodes of "Law & Order" and "Fringe." Over the ensuing years, she had guest roles on such shows as "Memphis Beat," "Grace and Frankie," and "How to Get Away with Murder." In 2018, Madigan had a recurring role in the second and final season of the series "Ice," and in 2020 had a recurring role on Showtime's short-lived "Penny Dreadful: City of Angels."

Stage Career

Madigan made her off-Broadway debut in 1987, playing Sue Jack Tiller in "The Lucky Spot." She won a Theatre World Award for her work and received a Drama Desk Award nomination. Madigan subsequently acted in "A Lie of the Mind." In 1990, she starred opposite Paula Kelly in "Stevie Wants to Play the Blues," for which she won a Drama-Logue Award. Two years later, Madigan made her Broadway debut playing Stella Kowalski in "A Streetcar Named Desire." She didn't return to the stage until 2013, when she played Susan Perch in "The Jacksonian." Madigan next starred in the 2016 off-Broadway revival of Sam Shepard's play "Buried Child"; she reprised her role later in the year for the West End production.

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