Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
March 23, 1957
Place of Birth:
New York City, New York, USA
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Amanda Plummer
Biography
Amanda Michael Plummer (born March 23, 1957) is an American actress. Plummer was born in New York City, New York, the daughter of actors Tammy Grimes and Christopher Plummer. Plummer attended Middlebury College in Vermont and acting classes at the Neighborhood Playhouse in New York. Early in life, her interest was in riding and tending to horses on the East Coast and in Ireland.
Plummer began appearing in small to mid size roles in television and films in the early 1980s. Her first successes came from her stage work. She made her Broadway debut as Josephine in the 1981 revival of A Taste of Honey. She won a Tony Award nomination and Theatre World Award for her portrayal. The following year, she won a Tony Award for Featured Actress and a Drama Desk Award for her portrayal of Sister Agnes in the play Agnes of God.
Following her successes on the stage, Plummer began appearing in major roles on television and in film. One of her most recognized appearances was on L.A. Law as Alice Hackett, a developmentally disabled girlfriend of Benny Stulwitz, played by Larry Drake, for which she received an Emmy Award nomination. Two other well-known roles were Yolanda (a.k.a. "Honey Bunny") in Pulp Fiction and Rose in So I Married An Axe Murderer.
Her film roles have been described as "spooky, kooky, half-mad characters."
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | The Mastermind | |
| 2023 | Showing Up | Dorothy |
| 2021 | Oleg: The Oleg Vidov Story | Self |
| 2021 | Night Raiders | Roberta |
| 2020 | Wim Wenders, Desperado | Self |
| 2019 | QT8: The First Eight | Self (archive footage) |
| 2019 | Spiral Farm | |
| 2019 | We Are Boats | Jimmie |
| 2019 | A Young Man With High Potential | Ketura Stantz |
| 2019 | Momster | Momster |
| 2018 | Freaks of Nurture | The Mother |
| 2017 | Bird | Sam |
| 2016 | Honeyglue | Alice |
| 2016 | The Dancer | Lili |
| 2015 | Reversion | Elizabeth |
| 2014 | Strangely in Love | Sister Sarah |
| 2013 | The Hunger Games: Catching Fire | Wiress |
| 2013 | Abigail Harm | Abigail Harm |
| 2012 | Sophomore | Miss Hutz |
| 2012 | I Have To Buy New Shoes | Joanne |
| 2012 | Small Apartments | Mrs. Ballisteri |
| 2011 | Vampire | Helga |
| 2011 | Dr. Ketel - Der Schatten von Neukölln | Louise |
| 2010 | Girlfriend | Celeste |
| 2010 | 1,001 Ways to Enjoy the Missionary Position | Nora |
| 2010 | The Making of Plus One | Kim Owens - the production accountant |
| 2009 | Samurai Avenger: The Blind Wolf | Lady in the Car |
| 2008 | Red | Mrs. Doust |
| 2008 | Affinity | Miss Ridley |
| 2008 | Inconceivable | Lesley Banks |
| 2005 | Satan's Little Helper | Merrill Whooly |
| 2003 | My Life Without Me | Laurie |
| 2003 | Ken Park | Claude's Mother |
| 2003 | Mimic: Sentinel | Simone Montrose |
| 2002 | Shadow Realm | Prof. Tracy |
| 2002 | Triggermen | Penny Archer |
| 2002 | Get a Clue | Miss Dawson |
| 2002 | The Outer Limits: The New Series - Time Travel and Infinity | Dr. Theresa Givens |
| 2002 | Christopher Plummer: A Man For All Stages | Self |
| 2002 | The Gray in Between | Jalyn |
| 2002 | Pulp Fiction: The Facts | Self (archive footage) |
| 2000 | The Million Dollar Hotel | Vivien |
| 2000 | Seven Days to Live | Ellen Shaw |
| 1999 | L.A. Without a Map | Red Pool Owner |
| 1999 | 8 ½ Women | Beryl |
| 1999 | The Apartment Complex | Miss Chenille |
| 1998 | October 22 | Denise |
| 1998 | You Can Thank Me Later | Susan Cooperberg |
| 1997 | Hercules | Clotho (voice) |
| 1997 | A Simple Wish | Boots |
| 1997 | American Perfekt | Sandra |
| 1997 | Drunks | Shelley |
| 1997 | Hysteria | Myrna Malloy |
| 1996 | Freeway | Ramona |
| 1996 | Dead Girl | Frieda |
| 1996 | The Right to Remain Silent | Paulina Marcos |
| 1996 | The Vampyre Wars | |
| 1996 | Don't Look Back | Bridget |
| 1996 | Under The Piano | Franny Basilio |
| 1995 | Butterfly Kiss | Eunice |
| 1995 | The Prophecy | Rachael |
| 1995 | The Final Cut | Rothstein |
| 1994 | Pulp Fiction | Honey Bunny |
| 1994 | Nostradamus | Catherine De Medici |
| 1994 | Pax | Franny |
| 1993 | Needful Things | Netitia 'Nettie' Cobb |
| 1993 | So I Married an Axe Murderer | Rose Michaels |
| 1993 | Last Light | Lillian Burke |
| 1993 | Whose Child Is This? The War for Baby Jessica | Cara Clausen |
| 1992 | Freejack | Nun |
| 1992 | Phone | Persimmon |
| 1992 | Miss Rose White | Lusia |
| 1992 | The Sands of Time | Sister Graciella |
| 1992 | The Lounge People | Sabrina |
| 1991 | The Fisher King | Lydia |
| 1990 | Gryphon | Miss Ferenczi |
| 1990 | Gryphon | Wayne |
| 1990 | Joe Versus the Volcano | Dagmar |
| 1990 | Kojak: None So Blind | Phyllis |
| 1989 | Prisoners of Inertia | Sam |
| 1989 | The Story of the Dancing Frog | Narrator (voice) |
| 1987 | Made in Heaven | Wiley Foxx |
| 1987 | Courtship | Laura Vaughn |
| 1986 | Static | Julia Purcell |
| 1984 | The Dollmaker | Mamie |
| 1984 | The Hotel New Hampshire | Miss Miscarriage |
| 1983 | Daniel | Susan Isaacson |
| 1982 | The World According to Garp | Ellen James |
| 1981 | Cattle Annie and Little Britches | Cattle Annie |
| The Dream of the Guest | Mary |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Ratched | Louise |
| 2020 | Star Trek: Picard | Captain Vadic |
| 2013 | The Blacklist | Tracy Solobotkin |
| 2007 | Phineas and Ferb | Poofenplotz (voice) |
| 2004 | Battlestar Galactica | Oracle |
| 1999 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Miranda Cole |
| 1996 | Dark Skies | |
| 1995 | The Outer Limits | Dr. Theresa Givens |
| 1989 | Tales from the Crypt | Peggy |
| 1989 | True Blue | Susan Lizar |
| 1986 | L.A. Law | Alice Hackett |
| 1985 | Moonlighting | Jackie Wilbourne |
| 1985 | The Equalizer | Jill O'Connor |
| 1984 | Miami Vice | |
| 1962 | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Self |
| 1956 | Tony Awards | Self - Nominee |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Lusia |