Amy Madigan Reacts to First Oscar Nomination in 40 Years
Amy Madigan is reacting to the wonderful news.
The 75-year-old actress was nominated for Best Supporting Actress at the 2026 Oscars for her work as Aunt Gladys in Weapons.
She received her first nomination at the Oscars in 1986 for her performance in Twice in a Lifetime, making it four decades since her last nomination.
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“I’m just kind of stunned by the whole journey that I’ve been on,” she said in a statement to People.
“This is just kind of another piece of it that I was not expecting, but I’m just very happy and gratified and it’s just a reflection on the film Weapons and how people are responding to it. So that — nothing is a better feeling than that.”
Amy said she was sleeping alongside her dog when the nominations dropped, and her publicists told her to keep her phone on the morning in case.
“So I was woken up in a very unusual, surreal, pleasant way,” she said.
“It just means that you can have a long career. And I’ve had a long career and I’m continuing to do that,” she added of getting a second nod.
“People always say, ‘If you have a dream, follow it,’ et cetera. But those are true things when actors and writers and directors get up there and say that because it’s a long, arduous trip, it takes a lot of work. Don’t be deterred. And it’s really true. When a good piece of material comes by, the actors, they want to grab it by the throat. It’s exciting. That’s why we do what we do. So it’s all been kind of a whirlwind, but very exciting.”
Amy won Best Supporting Actress for Weapons at the Critics’ Choice Awards.