Oscars 2026: Amy Madigan wins her first award at the 2026 Oscars

Amy Madigan was "flummoxed and overwhelmed" after winning her first Oscar, 40 years after her first nomination.

The 75-year-old actress was stunned to take the Best Supporting Actress Academy Award on Sunday (15.03.26) for her work on Weapons, after previously being nominated for the same award for Twice in a Lifetime in 1986.

Speaking on stage at Los Angeles' Dolby Theatre, she laughed and said: "This is great!

"Everyone has been asking me, 'It's been 40 years, what is different about this time?' It's different is this little gold guy!

"I was in the shower last night trying to think of something to say while I was shaving my legs - and I've got pants on, so I didn't have to think about that - but we were kind of advised that, 'Don't say all these names because nobody knows who the hell they are', but you're not rattling them off, they're people that mean something to you, that you couldn't be here without them.

"First and foremost I have to thank Zach Cregger, our writer and director, he just wrote a dream part and let me grab it by the throat, we had a ball.

"I want to thank Murray, who was on set all the time, our producer, and Warner Bros. and New Line, and Pam and Mike, it's all the people who helped me get here... As you can tell, I'm a little flummoxed."

Amy went on to pay tribute to fellow nominees, Sentimental Value stars Elle Fanning and Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, Sinners' Wunmi Mosaku, and Teyana Taylor of One Battle After Another.

She said: "I also wanted to pay tribute to Elle and Inga, Wunmi and Teyana. Oh my legs are shaking, when I was doing all the Weapons stuff I was travelling on my own and people from One Battle and Sinners, and all the films, they gave me a hug and said, 'Yeah, come on in, let us know you and you know us.' "

Amy ended her speech with a shoutout for her husband Ed Harris and their daughter Lily.

She added: "Most of all I want to thank my beautiful daughter Lily, her husband Sean and all the dogs, but the most important is my beloved Ed, who has been with me forever, and that's a long-ass time and none of this would mean anything if he wasn'y by my side.

"So thank you very much, I'm very overwhelmed."