- As of 2022, she has appeared with husband Ed Harris in11 movies: Alamo Bay (1985), Gone Baby Gone (2007), Places in the Heart (1984), Pollock (2000), Winter Passing (2005), Just a Dream (2002), Riders of the Purple Sage (1996), Frontera (2014), Rules Don't Apply (2016), A Crooked Somebody (2017) and The Last Full Measure (2019).
- She married Ed Harris after they worked together on the film Places in the Heart (1984) in which they played a couple having an affair.
- 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.
- Studied acting with Lee Strasberg.
- Graduated from Marquette University with a degree in philosophy.
- Her father, John Madigan, is a noted Chicago area lawyer who appeared on NBC's Meet the Press (1947).
- In The Dark Half (1993), 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 (1993) and, this time, was played by her real-life husband, Ed Harris.
- 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 Kazan's contribution to the Hollywood blacklisting during the Cold War.
- One child: Lily Dolores Harris was born 3 May 1993.
- She won a Drama Logue Award for starring the Los Angeles Theater Center production of "Stevie Wants To Play The Blues".
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