All About Amy Madigan and Ed Harris’ Daughter, Lily Dolores Harris
Amy Madigan and Ed Harris raised a fellow actor: their daughter Lily Dolores, born a decade after the couple married. Lily’s path from a private childhood into formal theater training and early screen work has unfolded quietly alongside her parents’ careers. Madigan in January 2026 said there’s no special trick to their family’s longevity, and praised her husband’s support and their daughter’s role in her life.
Early Life and Education
Lily Dolores spent much of her childhood and early adulthood out of the spotlight. She first appeared with her father at a major engagement when she was 12 years old, attending his honor with the Peter J. Owens award at the 2006 San Francisco International Film Festival. Two years later, she made a red carpet appearance with both parents at the Los Angeles premiere of Appaloosa.
She pursued higher education at Reed College, where she graduated with an English degree before shifting focus to formal acting training. Lily was accepted into the American Conservatory Theater’s MFA program and joined the 2020 cohort, calling the program “an amazing, supportive community” in a student profile.
Ed Harris’ Public Moments With Lily Dolores
Public appearances with Ed Harris have been occasional touchpoints in Lily’s otherwise private life. She has been photographed on the red carpet three times since 2015, the year her father was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. In September 2021, Lily attended the New York Film Festival premiere of The Lost Daughter alongside Ed Harris, who starred in that film with Dakota Johnson, Olivia Colman and Paul Mescal.
Madigan has highlighted the couple’s mutual support: “He’s known me a long time and he saw all the parts of myself melded into Aunt Gladys. So, I have a very supportive family, my daughter also, so I’m very lucky. ” That remark came as Madigan accepted the Best Supporting Actress award at the New York Film Critics Circle Awards for her role as the antagonist Aunt Gladys in Weapons.
Stage Training and Screen Debut
Lily’s transition from academia to acting was driven by a love of Shakespeare and a desire to develop onstage work. After learning about the A. C. T. program from a friend, she auditioned and was accepted. The training helped her shed self-consciousness and commit more fully to character work; she said, “I am so much more confident in sharing myself with others. I think I started acting because I felt it gave me permission to show parts of myself I didn’t feel comfortable sharing in everyday life. “
Following her A. C. T. graduation, Lily made her professional screen debut in November 2021 with a guest role on Chicago Med as Astrid Meadows, a patient experiencing hallucinations. She has since joined the cast of the movie Skillhouse, produced and starred in the short film The Garden Will Not Crumble, and directed the short film Salty — credits that mark a steady, multi‑disciplinary start to her career.
While Lily remains low-profile compared with her parents, her trajectory from Reed College to the A. C. T. MFA program and into screen and short-film work shows a deliberate course toward a life in performance. Her parents’ steady presence — and Madigan’s recent public praise of the family’s support — frames her emergence as an actor who trained formally and is building experience across stage and screen.
