Martha Plimpton
Highest Rated: 100% Honey Bee (2018)
Lowest Rated: 25% Josh and S.A.M. (1993)
Birthday: Nov 16, 1970
Birthplace: New York, New York, USA
Actress Martha Plimpton rose from a brief tenure as a teen star to become one of the most respected stage actresses on the New York theater scene, as well as a versatile character performer in films and on television. The daughter of actor Keith Carradine, she made her theater debut at age nine before vaulting to film a few years later; though she was cemented in the minds of many young viewers for her sassy turn in "The Goonies" (1985), she quickly developed into a cagey, complex supporting actress with critically acclaimed turns in "Another Woman" (1988), "Running on Empty" (1988) and "I Shot Andy Warhol" (1996). In the late 1990s, she devoted her attention to plays and musicals, earning several Tony nominations and the respect of the formidable theater community. Over the next decade, Plimpton appeared regularly as a guest star on dozens of television series before joining the cast of the family sitcom "Raising Hope" (Fox, 2010-14). As Virginia Chance, mother of a twenty-something son raising a child of his own, Plimpton showcased her spiky blend of heart, humor and brittle charm that had long made her a favorite with audiences of all ages. She followed that up with another endearingly complex matriarch, conservative Catholic Eileen O'Neal on "The Real O'Neals" (ABC 2016- ).
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Martha Plimpton
Filmography
Movies
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95% |
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Mass | Gail (Character) | $145.0K | 2021 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Pitch Black Panacea | Amy (Voice) | - | 2020 |
77% |
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Frozen II | Yelana (Voice) | $477.4M | 2019 |
100% | No Score Yet | Honey Bee | Louise (Character) | - | 2018 |
29% |
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Hello Again | Ruth (Character) | - | 2017 |
No Score Yet |
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Company | Sarah (Character) | - | 2011 |
79% |
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Small Town Murder Songs | Sam (Character) | $30.9K | 2010 |
No Score Yet |
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Dante's Inferno | Celia (Voice) | - | 2007 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Marvelous | Gwen (Character) | - | 2006 |
83% |
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The Sleepy Time Gal | Rebecca (Character) | - | 2001 |
30% |
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200 Cigarettes | Monica (Character) | $6.9M | 1999 |
43% |
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Music From Another Room | Karen Swan (Character) | $63.0K | 1998 |
52% |
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Pecker | Tina (Character) | $2.3M | 1998 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Defenders: Taking the First | Mary Jane "M.J." Preston (Character) | - | 1998 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Defenders: Choice of Evils | Mary Jane Preston (Character) | - | 1998 |
75% |
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Eye of God | Ainsley DuPree (Character) | $85.7K | 1997 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Defenders: Payback | M.J. Preston (Character) | - | 1997 |
No Score Yet |
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Colin Fitz | Ann (Character) | - | 1997 |
38% |
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I'm Not Rappaport | Laurie Campbell (Character) | $266.2K | 1996 |
77% |
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I Shot Andy Warhol | Stevie (Character) | $1.8M | 1996 |
78% |
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Beautiful Girls | Jan (Character) | $10.6M | 1996 |
64% |
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Last Summer in the Hamptons | Chloe Garfield (Character) | - | 1995 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A Woman at War | Helene Moszkiewiez (Character) | - | 1995 |
76% |
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Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle | Jane Grant (Character) | $2.1M | 1994 |
No Score Yet |
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The Beans of Egypt, Maine | Earlene Pomerleau (Character) | $6.5K | 1994 |
25% |
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Josh and S.A.M. | Alison (Character) | $1.5M | 1993 |
No Score Yet |
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Daybreak | Laurie (Character) | - | 1993 |
No Score Yet |
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Chantilly Lace | Ann (Character) | - | 1993 |
75% |
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Inside Monkey Zetterland | Sofie (Character) | - | 1992 |
No Score Yet |
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Samantha | Samantha (Character) | - | 1991 |
29% |
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Stanley & Iris | Kelly King (Character) | $5.5M | 1990 |
92% |
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Parenthood | Julie Buckman (Character) | $99.6M | 1989 |
No Score Yet |
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Silence Like Glass | Claudia Jacoby (Character) | - | 1989 |
59% |
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Another Woman | Laura (Character) | $499.5K | 1988 |
81% |
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Running on Empty | Lorna Phillips (Character) | $1.8M | 1988 |
No Score Yet |
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Stars and Bars | Bryant (Character) | $14.9K | 1988 |
64% |
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Shy People | Grace (Character) | $7.4K | 1987 |
78% |
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The Mosquito Coast | Emily Spellgood (Character) | $12.9M | 1986 |
77% |
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The Goonies | Stefanie "Stef" Steinbrenner (Character) | $935.0K | 1985 |
No Score Yet |
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The River Rat | Jonsy (Character) | - | 1984 |
70% |
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Rollover | Fewster's Older Daughter (Character) | - | 1981 |
TV
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51% | 53% | The Regime | Judith Holt (Character) | 2024 |
40% | 81% | A Town Called Malice | Mint Ma Lord (Character) | 2023 |
No Score Yet | 64% | Family Guy | Stephanie (Guest Voice) | 2023 |
82% | 96% | Sprung | Barb (Character) | 2021-2022 |
75% | 84% | Genera+ion | Megan (Character) | 2021 |
98% | 84% | Brockmire | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2019 |
97% | 78% | Younger | Cheryl Sussman (Guest Star) | 2015-2016 2018 |
91% | 79% | The Blacklist | Dr. Fulton (Guest Star) | 2018 |
67% | 88% | The Real O'Neals | Eileen (Character) | 2016-2017 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | To Tell the Truth | Guest | 2017 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Harry | Guest | 2016 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Chew | Guest | 2016 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Rachael Ray | Guest | 2016 |
No Score Yet | 41% | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Guest | 2011 2016 |
96% | 90% | Raising Hope | Virginia Chance (Character) | 2010-2014 |
No Score Yet | 100% | The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson | Guest | 2014 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Great Performances | Unknown (Character) | 2013 |
93% | 91% | The Good Wife | Patti Nyholm (Guest Star) | 2009-2013 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Ellen DeGeneres Show | Guest | 2012 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen | Guest | 2012 |
66% | 70% | How to Make It in America | Edie Weitz (Character) | 2010-2011 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Late Night With Jimmy Fallon | Guest | 2011 |
90% | 80% | Fringe | Sheriff Ann Mathis (Guest Star) | 2010 |
No Score Yet | 78% | Medium | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2009 |
84% | 72% | Grey's Anatomy | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2009 |
No Score Yet | 72% | Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Jo Gage (Guest Star) | 2006 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | 7th Heaven |
Unknown (Guest Star), Writer |
2004-2005 |
95% | No Score Yet | Karen Sisco | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2003 |
20% | No Score Yet | Hack | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2003 |
78% | 83% | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Claire Rinato (Guest Star) | 2002 |
No Score Yet | 85% | ER | Meg Corwin (Guest Star) | 1999 |
No Score Yet | 88% | Family Ties | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1985 |