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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. In the early 1970s, Amy was featured in Playboy Magazine wearing only jelly, to promote her music band, "Jelly." Amy is the daughter of John Madigan... See full bio »

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Hide HideActress (70 titles)
2014 Frontera (post-production)
 
2013 Shirin in Love (post-production)
Rachel
 
2013 The Lifeguard
Justine
 
2012 The Dust Bowl (TV mini-series)
Sanora Babb
– Reaping the Whirlwind (2012) … Sanora Babb
 
2012 Future Weather
Greta
 
2011 Memphis Beat (TV series)
Kate Murphy
– The Feud (2011) … Kate Murphy
 
2011 That's What I Am
Principal Kelner
 
2010-2011 Fringe (TV series)
Marilyn Dunham
– Bloodline (2011) … Marilyn Dunham
– Amber 31422 (2010) … Marilyn Dunham
– Olivia (2010) … Marilyn Dunham
 
2011 The Dining (short)
Debbie
 
2010 Virginia
Roseanna Tipton
 
2010 Once Fallen
Rose
 
2010 Law & Order (TV series)
Emily Ryan
– Innocence (2010) … Emily Ryan
 
2008-2009 Grey's Anatomy (TV series)
Dr. Wyatt
– Goodbye (2009) … Dr. Wyatt
– Sweet Surrender (2009) … Dr. Wyatt
– Here Comes the Flood (2008) … Dr. Wyatt
– Freedom: Part 1 (2008) … Dr. Wyatt
– Freedom: Part 2 (2008) … Dr. Wyatt
See all 9 episodes »
 
2009 ER (TV series)
Mary Taggart
– What We Do (2009) … Mary Taggart
– T-Minus-6 (2009) … Mary Taggart
 
2009 Gary's Walk
Gloria
 
2008 Living Proof (TV movie)
Fran Visco
 
2008 Saving Grace (TV series)
Gretchen Lagardi
– A Little Hometown Love (2008) … Gretchen Lagardi
 
2007 Gone Baby Gone
Bea McCready
 
2007 Criminal Minds (TV series)
Jane
– No Way Out, Part II: The Evilution of Frank (2007) … Jane
– No Way Out (2007) … Jane
 
2007 Doppelgänger
Victor's Mom
 
2006 The Path to 9/11 (TV movie)
Patricia Carver
 
2006 Murder on Pleasant Drive (TV movie)
Aunt Sherrie Davis
 
2005 Winter Passing
Lori Lansky
 
2003-2005 Carnivàle (TV series)
Iris Crowe
– New Canaan, CA (2005) … Iris Crowe
– Outside New Canaan (2005) … Iris Crowe
– Cheyenne, WY (2005) … Iris Crowe
– Lincoln Highway, UT (2005) … Iris Crowe
– Outskirts, Damascus, NE (2005) … Iris Crowe
See all 24 episodes »
 
2004 Admissions
Martha Brighton
 
2004 The Ranch (TV movie)
Mary Larkin
 
2004 The Discontents
Beth Walker
 
2004 In the Land of Milk and Money
Arlyne
 
2002 A Time for Dancing
Jackie Russell
 
2002 Just a Dream
Cindy Wilder
 
2002 The Laramie Project (TV movie)
Reggie Fluty
 
2001 Shot in the Heart (TV movie)
Bessie Gilmore
 
2001 The Sleepy Time Gal
Maggie
 
2001 Is Your Mama a Llama? (short)
Narrator (voice)
 
2000 Pollock
Peggy Guggenheim
 
2000 In the Name of the People (TV movie)
Connie Murphy
 
1999 Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years (TV movie)
Amy Hill Hearth
 
1998 With Friends Like These...
Hannah DiMartino
 
1998 A Bright Shining Lie (TV movie)
Mary Jane Vann
 
1997 Loved
Brett Amerson
 
1996 Female Perversions
Maddie Stephens
 
1996 Riders of the Purple Sage (TV movie)
Jane Withersteen
 
1995 500 Nations (TV mini-series)
 
1994 Crocodile Shoes (TV mini-series)
Carmel Cantrell
 
1994 Frasier (TV series)
Maggie
– Flour Child (1994) … Maggie (voice)
 
1994 And Then There Was One (TV movie)
Roxy Ventola
 
1993 The Dark Half
Liz Beaumont
 
1991 Lucky Day (TV movie)
Kari
 
1989 Uncle Buck
Chanice Kobolowski
 
1989 Roe vs. Wade (TV movie)
Sarah Weddington
 
1989 Field of Dreams
Annie Kinsella
 
1988 The Prince of Pennsylvania
Carla Headlee
 
1988 American Playhouse (TV series)
Sarah Penn
– The Revolt of Mother (1988) … Sarah Penn
 
1987 Nowhere to Hide
Barbara Cutter
 
1986 Zeisters
Woman at funeral
 
1985 Twice in a Lifetime
Sunny
 
1985 Alamo Bay
Glory
 
1985 The Laundromat (TV movie)
Deedee Johnson
 
1984 Places in the Heart
Viola Kelsey
 
1984 Streets of Fire
McCoy
 
1984 Eureka Stockade (TV mini-series)
Sarah Jamieson
 
1983 The Day After (TV movie)
Alison Ransom
 
1983 Travis McGee (TV movie)
Billy Jean Bailey
 
1983/II Love Letters
Wendy
 
1982 Love Child
Terry Jean Moore
 
1982 Victims (TV movie)
Chloe Brill
 
1982 The Ambush Murders (TV movie)
Molly Slavin
 
1981 CHiPs (TV series)
Jewel Bennett
– Finders Keepers (1981) … Jewel Bennett
 
1981 Crazy Times (TV movie)
Marilyn
 
1981 Hart to Hart (TV series)
Adele
– Slow Boat to Murder (1981) … Adele
 
Show ShowProducer (3 titles)
2010 Once Fallen (executive producer)
 
2004 After the Past (producer)
 
1996 Riders of the Purple Sage (TV movie) (executive producer)
 
Show ShowSoundtrack (2 titles)
2008 Saving Grace (TV series)
– A Little Hometown Love (2008) (performer: "Venus" - uncredited)
 
1986 Crossroads (performer: "HE MADE A WOMAN OUT OF ME", "IF I LOSE")
 
Show ShowThanks (3 titles)
2009 Amy Cook: The Spaces in Between (documentary) (special thanks)
 
2005 Steal Me (thanks)
 
2004 Admissions (special thanks)
 
Show ShowSelf (36 titles)
1992-2012 The American Experience (TV series documentary)
– Death and the Civil War (2012)
– The Donner Party (1992) (voice)
 
2011 Prohibition (TV mini-series documentary)
– A Nation of Hypocrites (2011) (voice)
– A Nation of Scofflaws (2011) (voice)
– A Nation of Drunkards (2011)
 
2011 That's What I Am: The Styles & Sets of the Sixties (video documentary short)
Herself (uncredited)
 
2011 That's What I Am: On Set with WWE Superstar Randy Orton (video documentary short)
Herself
 
2011 That's What I Am: Film Festival Premiere (video documentary short)
Herself
 
2011 That's What I Am: Bloopers (video documentary short)
Herself (uncredited)
 
2011 That's What I Am: Big G: That's Who I Am (video documentary short)
Herself
 
2011 That's What I Am: All You Need is Love: Then and Now (video documentary short)
Herself
 
2009 The National Parks: America's Best Idea (TV mini-series documentary)
– Great Nature: 1933-1945 (2009) (voice)
– Going Home: 1920-1933 (2009) (voice)
– The Last Refuge: 1890-1915 (2009) (voice)
– The Scripture of Nature: 1851-1890 (2009) (voice)
 
2008 AFI's 10 Top 10: America's 10 Greatest Films in 10 Classic Genres (TV movie)
Herself
 
2004 Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson (documentary)
Other Voices (voice)
 
2004 Field of Dreams: Passing Along the Pastime (video documentary short)
Herself
 
2003 Horatio's Drive: America's First Road Trip (TV documentary)
Other Voices (voice)
 
2003 Making 'Carnivàle': The Show Behind the Show (TV short)
Herself
 
2003 The 75th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Herself - Audience Member (uncredited)
 
2003 The 60th Annual Golden Globe Awards (TV special)
Herself - Audience Member
 
2001 Mark Twain (TV documentary)
Other Voices (voice)
 
2001 The 73rd Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Herself - Audience Member
 
1999 Not for Ourselves Alone: The Story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton & Susan B. Anthony (TV mini-series documentary) (voice)
 
1999 The 71st Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Herself - Audience Member
 
1999 The Directors (TV series documentary)
Herself
– The Films of George A. Romero … Herself
 
1999 The 56th Annual Golden Globe Awards (TV documentary)
Herself - Audience Member
 
1999 Margaret Sanger (TV documentary) (voice)
 
1997 Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western (TV documentary)
Herself
 
1996 The West (TV series documentary)
– The Grandest Enterprise Under God (1996) (voice)
– Empire Upon the Trails (1996) (voice)
 
1996 The 68th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Herself - Audience Member
 
1996 The 53rd Annual Golden Globe Awards (TV movie)
Herself - Audience Member
 
1995 The Way West (TV documentary)
Voice
 
1994 Baseball (TV mini-series documentary)
Herself
– Shadow Ball (1994) … Herself (voice)
– A National Heirloom (1994) … Herself (voice)
– The Faith of Fifty Million People (1994) … Herself (voice)
– Something Like a War (1994) … Herself (voice)
 
1992 Late Night with David Letterman (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 15 May 1992 (1992) … Herself
 
1990 The 47th Annual Golden Globe Awards (TV special)
Herself - Nominee: Best Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for TV
 
1989 The 41st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (TV special)
Herself - Nominee: Best Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Special
 
1989 The Making of 'Uncle Buck' (TV documentary)
Chanice Kobolowski
 
1986 The 58th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Herself - Nominee: Best Actress in a Supporting Role
 
1986 The 43rd Annual Golden Globe Awards (TV special)
Herself - Nominee: Best Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
 
1984 Music Videos and Inside 'Streets of Fire' (TV special documentary)
Herself (McCoy)
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (2 titles)
2011 Special Collector's Edition (TV series)
 
2004 Michael Moore, el gran agitador (TV documentary short)
Herself (uncredited)
 

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Personal Details

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Acted with Paula Kelly in the 1990 stage musical "Stevie Wants to Play the Blues". See more »

Height:

5' 5½" (1.66 m)
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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

The music business is rougher than the movie business. In film you get noticed in a small role, even in a movie that bombs. But in records you better have that hit or else it's 'See you later.' See more »

Trivia:

One child: Lily Dolores Harris was born 3 May 1993. See more »

Star Sign:

Virgo