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Weapons’ Amy Madigan won Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role at the 2026 Academy Awards March 15 and gave a rare thank you to husband of 42 years Ed Harris.
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Amy Madigan has certainly bewitched the Oscars voters.
The Weapons actress picked up the 2026 Academy Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role for her portrayal of Aunt Gladys, besting fellow nominees One Battle After Another’s Teyana Taylor, Sinners’ Wunmi Mosaku and Sentimental Value costars Elle Fanning and Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas.
And it was an emotional moment for Amy as she accepted the award at Hollywood's Dolby Theatre March 15 during the Conan O'Brien-hosted ceremony, giving a rare shoutout to husband of 42 years Ed Harris, with whom she shares daughter Lily Harris, 32. (See all the winners here.)
“The most important is my beloved Ed,” Amy said from the stage, “who's been with me forever, and that's a long ass time.”
“None of this would mean anything if he wasn't by my side,” she continued. “So thank you very much. I'm very overwhelmed.”
Amy also had a special message for her fellow nominees, thanking them for supporting her during awards season.
“When I was doing all the Weapons stuff I was kind of traveling on my own,” she explained, “and people from One Battle and people from Sinners and all the films, they just kind of gave me a hug and said, ‘Yeah, come on in and let us know you, and you can know us.’”
Amy’s win comes exactly 40 years after she was nominated for her first Oscar for the 1985 film Twice in a Lifetime—now the record for longest time between first nomination and first win. And as she found after her latest journey through awards season, it was a completely different experience four decades ago.
"It was much smaller,” Amy told ABC earlier this month. “It wasn't all of this. There was no social media. There were no podcasts. There was no this and no that."
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But despite the differences, one thing remained the same: the excitement of her industry peers loving her performance.
"It's really overwhelming. I'll be honest with you," Amy said. "It's true. People saying, 'We see you. We really see, acknowledge your work. We really enjoy it,' you know? So that's a great feeling.”
And it felt especially exciting to be at the Oscars for a horror film like Weapons and playing a character as interesting as Aunt Gladys—who in the film is a parasitic witch responsible for the disappearance of 17 children.
"It's kind of great because it's really nice that people understand that the genre of horror is very serious filmmaking,” Amy shared. "People are in love with Aunt Gladys.”
For a look at all the big winners at the 2026 Oscars, keep reading.
Best Picture
Bugonia
F1
Frankenstein
Hamnet
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
The Secret Agent
Sentimental Value
Sinners
Train Dreams
Actress in a Leading Role
Jessie Buckley - Hamnet
Rose Byrne - If I Had Legs I'd Kick You
Kate Hudson - Song Sung Blue
Renate Reinsve - Sentimental Value
Emma Stone - Bugonia
Actor in a Leading Role
Timothée Chalamet - Marty Supreme
Leonardo DiCaprio - One Battle After Another
Ethan Hawke - Blue Moon
Michael B. Jordan - Sinners
Wagner Moura - The Secret Agent
Actress in a Supporting Role
Elle Fanning - Sentimental Value
Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas - Sentimental Value
WINNER: Amy Madigan - Weapons
Wunmi Mosaku- Sinners
Teyana Taylor - One Battle After Another
Actor in a Supporting Role
Benecio Del Toro - One Battle After Another
Jacob Elordi - Frankenstein
Delroy Lindo - Sinners
Sean Penn - One Battle After Another
Stellan Skarsgård - Sentimental Value
Director
Chloé Zhao - Hamnet
Josh Safdie - Marty Supreme
Paul Thomas Anderson - One Battle After Another
Joachim Trier - Sentimental Value
Ryan Coogler - Sinners
Original Screenplay
Blue Moon
It Was Just An Accident
Marty Supreme
Sentimental Value
Sinners
Costume Design
Avatar: Fire and Ash
WINNER: Frankenstein
Hamnet
Marty Supreme
Sinners
Original Song
"Dear Me" from Diane Warren: Relentless
"Golden" from KPop Deamon Hunters
"I Lied to You" from Sinners
"Sweet Dreams of Joy" from Viva Verdii
"Train Dreams" from Train Dreams
International Feature Film
The Secret Agent
It Was Just an Accident
Sentimental Value
Sirat
The Voice of Hind Rajab
Live Action Short Film
Butcher's Stain
A Friend of Dorothy
Jane Austen's Period Drama
The Singers
Two People Exchanging Saliva
Documentary Short Film
All the Empty Tooms
Armed Only With A Camera: The Life and Death of Brent Renaud
Children No More: "Were and Are Gone"
The Devil Is Busy
Perfectly a Strangeness
Original Score
Bugonia
Frankenstein
Hamnet
One Battle After Another
Sinners
Visual Effects
Avatar: Fire and Ash
F1
Jurassic World Rebirth
The Lost Bus
Sinners
Cinematography
Frankenstein
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
Sinners
Train Dreams
Film Editing
F1
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
Sentimental Value
Sinners
Production Design
Frankenstein
Hamnet
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
Sinners
Adapted Screenplay
Bugonia
Frankenstein
Hamnet
One Battle After Another
Train Dreams
Documentary Feature Film
The Alabama Solution
Come See Me in the Good Light
Cutting Through Rocks
Mr. Nobody Against Putin
The Perfect Neighbor
Casting
Hamnet
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
The Secret Agent
Sinners
Animated Short Film
Butterfly
Forevergreen
WINNER: The Girl Who Cried Pearls
Retirement Plan
The Three Sisters
Makeup & Hairstyling
WINNER: Frankenstein
Kokuho
Sinners
The Smashing Machine
The Ugly Stepsister
Animated Feature Film
Arco
Elio
WINNER: Kpop Demon Hunters
Little Amélie or the Character of Rain
Zootopia 2
Sound
F1
Frankenstein
One Battle After Another
Sinners
Sirat
Watch the Oscars 2026 Sunday, March 15, at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT on ABC and streaming on Hulu.
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