Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
November 16, 1970
Place of Birth:
New York City, New York, USA
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Martha Plimpton
Biography
Martha Plimpton (born November 16, 1970) is an American singer, stage and screen actress, best known for playing the lead role of Virginia Chance on the television sitcom "Raising Hope", and for guest starring as Patti Nyholm in the CBS legal drama "The Good Wife".
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Sovereign | Lesley Ann |
| 2024 | Sardinia | Judith |
| 2021 | Mass | Gail |
| 2020 | Pitch Black Panacea | Amy (voice) |
| 2019 | Frozen II | Yelena (voice) |
| 2018 | Honey Bee | Louise |
| 2017 | Hello Again | Ruth |
| 2011 | Company | Sarah |
| 2011 | Adventures in Plymptoons! | Herself |
| 2010 | Small Town Murder Songs | Sam |
| 2010 | Remember Me | Alyssa Craig's Mom (uncredited) |
| 2008 | Marvelous | Gwen |
| 2007 | Dante's Inferno | Celia / Lobbyist Singer / Lizzie Borden (voice) |
| 2004 | Hair High | Miss Crumbles (voice) |
| 2002 | Searching for Debra Winger | Self |
| 2001 | The Sleepy Time Gal | Rebecca |
| 1999 | 200 Cigarettes | Monica |
| 1998 | Pecker | Tina |
| 1998 | Music from Another Room | Karen Swan |
| 1998 | The Defenders: Choice of Evils | Mary Jane Preston |
| 1998 | Independent's Day | Self |
| 1998 | The Defenders: Taking the First | MJ Preston |
| 1997 | Eye of God | Ainsley DuPree |
| 1997 | Colin Fitz | Ann |
| 1997 | The Defenders: Payback | M.J. Preston |
| 1997 | Who Is Henry Jaglom? | Self |
| 1996 | I Shot Andy Warhol | Stevie |
| 1996 | Beautiful Girls | Jan |
| 1996 | I'm Not Rappaport | Laurie Campbell |
| 1995 | Last Summer in the Hamptons | Chloe Garfield |
| 1994 | Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle | Jane Grant |
| 1994 | My Life's in Turnaround | Herself |
| 1994 | The Beans of Egypt, Maine | Earlene Pomerleau |
| 1993 | Daybreak | Laurie |
| 1993 | Josh and S.A.M. | Alison (The Liberty Maid) |
| 1993 | Chantilly Lace | Ann |
| 1993 | The Perfect Woman | |
| 1992 | Samantha | Samantha |
| 1992 | Inside Monkey Zetterland | Sofie |
| 1992 | A Blink of Paradise | Mother |
| 1991 | A Woman at War | Helene Moszkiewiez |
| 1990 | Stanley & Iris | Kelly King |
| 1989 | Parenthood | Julie Buckman-Lampkin Higgins |
| 1989 | Silence Like Glass | Claudia Jacoby |
| 1988 | Another Woman | Laura |
| 1988 | Running on Empty | Lorna Phillips |
| 1988 | Stars & Bars | Bryant |
| 1987 | Shy People | Grace |
| 1986 | The Mosquito Coast | Emily Spellgood |
| 1985 | The Goonies | Stephanie "Stef" Steinbrenner |
| 1984 | The River Rat | Jonsy |
| 1981 | Rollover | Fewster's Older Daughter |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Prime Target | Jane Torres |
| 2023 | A Town Called Malice | Mint Ma Lord |
| 2022 | The Man Who Fell to Earth | Intake Officer K. Faraday |
| 2022 | Sprung | Barb |
| 2021 | Genera+ion | Megan |
| 2020 | Reunited Apart | Self |
| 2019 | Flack | Clara |
| 2018 | Minecraft: Story Mode | Olivia (voice) |
| 2018 | The Shivering Truth | (voice) |
| 2017 | Brockmire | Shirley |
| 2017 | The Guest Book | Shelley |
| 2016 | The Real O'Neals | Eileen O'Neal |
| 2016 | Baroness von Sketch Show | Margo |
| 2016 | To Tell the Truth | Self - Panelist |
| 2015 | Younger | Cheryl Sussman |
| 2013 | The Blacklist | Dr. Sharon Fulton |
| 2010 | How to Make It in America | |
| 2010 | Raising Hope | Virginia Chance |
| 2009 | The Good Wife | Patti Nyholm |
| 2009 | Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen | Self - Guest |
| 2008 | Fringe | Sheriff Ann Mathis |
| 2005 | Medium | Rosemary Widdick |
| 2005 | Surface | Mr. Big |
| 2005 | The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson | Self |
| 2005 | Grey's Anatomy | Pam Michaelson |
| 2003 | Karen Sisco | |
| 2002 | Hack | Louise O'Connor |
| 2001 | Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Jo Gage |
| 1999 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Claire Rinato |
| 1999 | Family Guy | Stephanie (voice) |
| 1996 | 7th Heaven | Venus |
| 1994 | ER | Meg Corwin |
| 1982 | Family Ties | Jessie Blake |
| 1956 | Tony Awards | Self - Performer |
| 1956 | Tony Awards | Self - Nominee |
| East of Eden | Faye |