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 , a media personality in Chicago, Illinois.
One child: Lily Dolores Harris was born 3 May 1993.
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. They were protesting Kazans contribution to the Hollywood blacklisting during the Cold War.
Her father, John Madigan , is a noted Chicago area lawyer who appeared on NBCs "Meet the Press" .
Sang and played piano in a rock band before she started acting. She was, for a time, the lead singer of the group, Big Daddy.
She won a Drama Logue Award for starring the Los Angeles Theater Center production of "Stevie Wants To Play The Blues".
She married Ed Harris after they worked together on the film Places in the Heart in which they played a couple having an affair.
Graduated from Marquette University with a degree in philosophy.
Studied acting with Lee Strasberg.
Appeared with husband Ed Harris in 9 movies: Alamo Bay , Gone Baby Gone , Places in the Heart , Pollock , Winter Passing , Just a Dream , Riders of the Purple Sage , Frontera , and Rules Dont Apply .
In The Dark Half , her character shares scenes with a character named "Sheriff Alan Pangborn" (played by Michael Rooker ). The character of "Sheriff Alan Pangborn" returned in Needful Things and, this time, was played by her real-life husband, Ed Harris.
I wanted to be a boy when I was young because boys got to do all the,good stuff. So I became very aggressive and very competitive at a young,age.
