Amy Madigan’s Husband: All About Her 40-Year Love Story With Ed Harris
Amy Madigan has been a powerhouse all awards season. The veteran actress has collected almost every single major award leading up to the Oscars for her incredible performance as the villainous Aunt Gladys in Weapons — and now she’s officially an Oscar winner!
Throughout awards season, Madigan has had her longtime love, Ed Harris, by her side through it all. Talk about a Hollywood power couple. Madigan’s run this awards season has been building up to the Academy Awards, and she sweetly thanked her husband during her acceptance speech for Best Supporting Actress.
When thanking her loved ones, she gave a special shout-out to the “most important” person, her “beloved Ed.” The camera panned to Harris in the audience, and he blew her a kiss. Madigan said that her husband had “been with me forever, and that’s a long ass time.” She went on to gush that “none of this would mean anything” if Harris wasn’t by her side.
Swooon has done a deep dive into Madison and Harris’ decades-long love story. Get the details on how they met, their family, and more.
Are Amy Madigan and Ed Harris still married?
Yes, Madigan and Harris are still happily married. They said “I do” on November 21, 1983, so they just celebrated their 42nd wedding anniversary. The couple walked the red carpet together at the 2026 Golden Globes on January 11. Madigan won the award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture. Harris showed up again on Madigan’s arm at the Oscars on March 15.
“He’s known me a long time, and he saw all the parts of myself melded into Aunt Gladys,” she recently told People. “I have a very supportive family – my daughter also – so I’m very lucky.”
How did Amy Madigan and Ed Harris meet?
The couple met in Los Angeles in 1980 when they were working on the Sam Shepard play Cowboy. “It was like something you see in a movie or hear in a song,” Madigan told Life. “I just thought—’Well, there he is.’ It was obvious to me that I’d see him again.”
Do Amy Madigan and Ed Harris have kids?
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Yes, the couple welcomed their only child, daughter Lily Dolores Harris, in 1993. Lily joined her parents at the 2026 Golden Globes.
What projects have Amy Madigan and Ed Harris been in together?
Madigan and Harris have collaborated several times over the course of their careers. When they married, the couple was starring in the film Places in the Heart. They’ve gone on to star in more movies together, including Alamo Bay, Riders of the Purple Sage, Pollock, Gone Baby Gone, and The Last Full Measure. Madigan and Harris have also starred alongside each other in Broadway plays through the years.
“The acting thing is so intimate and personal,” Harris the Chicago Tribune in 1985 about working with Madigan. ”If we’re not working together… You can’t really talk about your day very well. When you’re working together, though, there’s so much that is shared, so much unspoken thought and emotion that goes into the work, that it really draws you closer.”
