Martha Plimpton

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1970-11-16 (55 years old)

Place of Birth

New York City, New York, USA

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".

Acting

1989

Parenthood

as Julie Buckman-Lampkin Higgins

1986

The Mosquito Coast

as Emily Spellgood

1988

1998

Pecker

as Tina

1996

1985

1999

1997

Eye of God

as Ainsley DuPree

1981

Rollover

as Fewster's Older Daughter

1993

Daybreak

as Laurie

1984

1998

1988

Running on Empty

as Lorna Phillips

1993

Josh and S.A.M.

as Alison (The Liberty Maid)

1987

Shy People

as Grace

1997

2010

Remember Me

as Alyssa Craig's Mom (uncredited)

2011

Company

as Sarah

2001

1988

Stars & Bars

as Bryant

1992

Samantha

as Samantha

1995

1993

1997

The Defenders: Payback

as M.J. Preston

1991

A Woman at War

as Helene Moszkiewiez

1994

The Beans of Egypt, Maine

as Earlene Pomerleau

1989

Silence Like Glass

as Claudia Jacoby

2004

Hair High

as Miss Crumbles (voice)

1998

The Defenders: Choice of Evils

as Mary Jane Preston

1990

Stanley & Iris

as Kelly King

1992

1996

2025

Sovereign

as Lesley Ann

2008

Marvelous

as Gwen

2017

2018

Honey Bee

as Louise

2007

Dante's Inferno

as Celia / Lobbyist Singer / Lizzie Borden (voice)

1996

I'm Not Rappaport

as Laurie Campbell

2019

Frozen II

as Yelena (voice)

2020

Pitch Black Panacea

as Amy (voice)

2021

Mass

as Gail

2024

Sardinia

as Judith

Production

2004

Hair High

as Associate Producer

2013

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