Amy Madigan wins Oscar for 'Weapons,' 40 years after her first nomination

Amy Madigan was horror’s concealed limb this awards season, and present she has the golden to beryllium it.

Madigan won the Academy Award for supporting histrion for her crook arsenic the ginger wig-donning witch Aunt Gladys successful Zach Cregger’s “Weapons.” She was the supernatural film’s sole nominee and bushed retired contenders Teyana Taylor (“One Battle After Another”), Wunmi Mosaku (“Sinners”), Elle Fanning (“Sentimental Value”) and Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas (“Sentimental Value”) for the award.

“This is great!” Madigan exclaimed arsenic she accepted the grant Sunday evening. She added with a laughter that she’d brainstormed code worldly the erstwhile nighttime portion shaving her legs, contempt the information that she was outfitted successful slacks astatine the ceremony.

The histrion said that the property has repeatedly asked her what’s antithetic astir this information from her archetypal respective decades ago.

“What’s antithetic is I person this small golden guy,” she quipped.

Madigan went connected to convey Cregger for penning her a “dream part,” and histrion Ed Harris, her hubby of 40-plus years, for his support.

“He’s been with maine forever, and that’s a long-ass time,” she said. “None of this would mean thing if helium wasn’t by my side.”

Madigan’s relation successful “Weapons” was truthful iconic that ceremonial big Conan O’Brien parodied her quality successful his opening monologue, moving with a way of children down him done assorted Oscar-nominated movies — from “Sinners” to “KPop Demon Hunters” (in animated form).

With her information for “Weapons,” Madigan acceptable a caller grounds for the longest spread betwixt Oscar nominations for an actress. She earned her past motion 40 years agone for her show arsenic Sunny successful 1985’s “Twice successful a Lifetime,” directed by Bud Yorkin and starring Gene Hackman.

Madigan’s triumph connected Sunday marked the archetypal supporting histrion triumph for a fearfulness movie since Ruth Gordon’s triumph for “Rosemary’s Baby” successful 1969.

Back successful the property country aft her win, Madigan said she loved Cregger’s script, and the quality of Gladys, from the jump.

“As soon arsenic I work it, I knew I knew this woman. I knew a batch astir her. I conscionable knew that I could drawback it by the throat,” she said.

The histrion added that an Aunt Gladys sequel is successful precocious request and highly apt to travel to fruition.

“[Cregger] says, ‘Yes, this is going to happen,’” Madigan said. “But we cognize however agelong worldly takes. We cognize what this concern is like, and nothing’s existent ‘til it is.”

This awards season, Madigan besides received nominations from the Golden Globe Awards, Critics Choice Awards and Actor Awards, the second 2 of which she turned into wins.

The histrion referenced her decades-long vocation arsenic she dedicated her Actor Award triumph to her chap SAG-AFTRA members earlier this month: “It’s specified an grant to beryllium here. I’ve been doing this a long-ass time.”

“Gladys has amazed me. She’s getting a batch of emotion back,” Madigan said. “I didn’t cognize y’all privation to bent retired with her.”

The seasoned performer expressed akin astonishment astir her “Weapons” character’s accelerated emergence to icon presumption successful a caller occurrence of The Times’ Envelope podcast.

“I thought radical would truly person a bully clip with Aunt Gladys,” she said. “But the nighttime that we opened it was, ‘Boom.’ So this was each a astonishment to me.”