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Martha Plimpton

Martha Plimpton

ActorCrewProduction Nov 16 (age 55) New York City, New York, USA 1981–2025 (44 year career)
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Biography

Martha Campbell 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

Frozen II
Film

Frozen II

Yelena (voice)
The Goonies
Film

The Goonies

Stef
Remember Me
Film

Remember Me

Alyssa Craig's Mom (uncredited)
Parenthood
Film

Parenthood

Julie Buckman-Lampkin Higgins
Running on Empty
Film

Running on Empty

Lorna Phillips
Raising Hope
Film

Raising Hope

Virginia Chance
Mass
Film

Mass

Gail
The Mosquito Coast
Film

The Mosquito Coast

Emily Spellgood

Filmography

Acting (93)

·

Movies (54)

Sovereign

Sovereign

2025

as Lesley Anne

6.8
This Ordinary Thing

This Ordinary Thing

2025

as Self (voice)

Sardinia

Sardinia

2024

as Judith

7.7
Mass

Mass

2021

as Gail

7.4
Pitch Black Panacea

Pitch Black Panacea

2020

as Amy (voice)

6.3
Frozen II

Frozen II

2019

as Yelena (voice)

7.2
Honey Bee

Honey Bee

2018

as Louise

4.8
Hello Again

Hello Again

2017

as Ruth

5.9
Company

Company

2011

as Sarah

6.9
Adventures in Plymptoons!

Adventures in Plymptoons!

2011

as Self

2.0
Remember Me

Remember Me

2010

as Alyssa Craig's Mom (uncredited)

7.1
Small Town Murder Songs

Small Town Murder Songs

2010

as Sam

5.3
Marvelous

Marvelous

2008

as Gwen

Dante's Inferno

Dante's Inferno

2007

as Celia / Lobbyist Singer / Lizzie Borden (voice)

6.2
Hair High

Hair High

2004

as Miss Crumbles (voice)

6.4
Searching for Debra Winger

Searching for Debra Winger

2002

as Self

6.3
The Sleepy Time Gal

The Sleepy Time Gal

2001

as Rebecca

5.1
200 Cigarettes

200 Cigarettes

1999

as Monica

5.8
Pecker

Pecker

1998

as Tina

6.1
Music from Another Room

Music from Another Room

1998

as Karen Swan

5.6
Independent's Day

Independent's Day

1998

as Self

5.0
The Defenders: Taking the First

The Defenders: Taking the First

1998

as MJ Preston

4.7
The Defenders: Choice of Evils

The Defenders: Choice of Evils

1998

as Mary Jane Preston

3.4
The Defenders: Payback

The Defenders: Payback

1997

as M.J. Preston

2.7
Who Is Henry Jaglom?

Who Is Henry Jaglom?

1997

as Self

6.6
Eye of God

Eye of God

1997

as Ainsley DuPree

5.7
Colin Fitz

Colin Fitz

1997

as Ann

5.0
Beautiful Girls

Beautiful Girls

1996

as Jan

6.6
I'm Not Rappaport

I'm Not Rappaport

1996

as Laurie Campbell

5.6
I Shot Andy Warhol

I Shot Andy Warhol

1996

as Stevie

6.1
Last Summer in the Hamptons

Last Summer in the Hamptons

1995

as Chloe Garfield

5.5
Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle

Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle

1994

as Jane Grant

5.8
The Beans of Egypt, Maine

The Beans of Egypt, Maine

1994

as Earlene Pomerleau

5.0
My Life's in Turnaround

My Life's in Turnaround

1994

as Herself

4.0
Daybreak

Daybreak

1993

as Laurie

5.2
The Perfect Woman

The Perfect Woman

1993
Josh & S.A.M.

Josh & S.A.M.

1993

as Alison (The Liberty Maid)

4.7
Chantilly Lace

Chantilly Lace

1993

as Ann

10.0
Inside Monkey Zetterland

Inside Monkey Zetterland

1992

as Sofie

3.0
A Blink of Paradise

A Blink of Paradise

1992

as Mother

Samantha

Samantha

1992

as Samantha

4.0
A Woman at War

A Woman at War

1991

as Helene Moszkiewiez

4.0
Stanley & Iris

Stanley & Iris

1990

as Kelly King

6.5
Parenthood

Parenthood

1989

as Julie Buckman-Lampkin Higgins

6.7
Silence Like Glass

Silence Like Glass

1989

as Claudia Jacoby

6.6
Another Woman

Another Woman

1988

as Laura

6.8
Running on Empty

Running on Empty

1988

as Lorna Phillips

7.4
Stars & Bars

Stars & Bars

1988

as Bryant

4.3
Shy People

Shy People

1987

as Grace

6.3
The Mosquito Coast

The Mosquito Coast

1986

as Emily Spellgood

6.4
The Goonies

The Goonies

1985

as Stef

7.5
The River Rat

The River Rat

1984

as Jonsy

6.2
Rollover

Rollover

1981

as Fewster's Older Daughter

5.1
Custom of the Country

Custom of the Country

Television (39)

Task

Task

2025

as Kathleen McGinty

6.8
Prime Target

Prime Target

2025

as Jane Torres

6.8
A Town Called Malice

A Town Called Malice

2023

as Mint Ma Lord

5.7
The Man Who Fell to Earth

The Man Who Fell to Earth

2022

as Intake Officer K. Faraday

7.4
Sprung

Sprung

2022

as Barb

7.7
Genera+ion

Genera+ion

2021

as Megan

7.2
Reunited Apart

Reunited Apart

2020

as Self

5.5
Flack

Flack

2019

as Clara

6.8
Minecraft: Story Mode

Minecraft: Story Mode

2018

as Olivia (voice)

8.2
The Shivering Truth

The Shivering Truth

2018

as (voice)

7.5
Brockmire

Brockmire

2017

as Shirley

6.8
The Guest Book

The Guest Book

2017

as Shelley

7.0
To Tell the Truth

To Tell the Truth

2016

as Self - Panelist

6.2
Baroness von Sketch Show

Baroness von Sketch Show

2016

as Margo

7.2
The Real O'Neals

The Real O'Neals

2016

as Eileen O'Neal

7.1
Younger

Younger

2015

as Cheryl Sussman

6.8
The Blacklist

The Blacklist

2013

as Dr. Sharon Fulton

7.6
Raising Hope

Raising Hope

2010

as Virginia Chance

7.4
How to Make It in America

How to Make It in America

2010
7.4
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

2009

as Self - Guest

5.1
The Good Wife

The Good Wife

2009

as Patti Nyholm

7.6
Fringe

Fringe

2008

as Sheriff Ann Mathis

8.1
Grey's Anatomy

Grey's Anatomy

2005

as Pam Michaelson

8.2
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson

The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson

2005

as Self

6.7
Medium

Medium

2005

as Rosemary Widdick

7.5
Surface

Surface

2005

as Mr. Big

7.1
Jimmy Kimmel Live!

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

2003

as Self

5.4
The Ellen DeGeneres Show

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

2003

as Self

5.6
Karen Sisco

Karen Sisco

2003
7.0
Hack

Hack

2002

as Louise O'Connor

7.7
Law & Order: Criminal Intent

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

2001

as Jo Gage

7.6
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

1999

as Claire Rinato

7.9
Family Guy

Family Guy

1999

as Stephanie (voice)

7.4
7th Heaven

7th Heaven

1996

as Venus

6.4
ER

ER

1994

as Meg Corwin

7.8
Family Ties

Family Ties

1982

as Jessie Blake

7.2
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962

as Self

7.4
Tony Awards

Tony Awards

1956

as Self - Nominee

5.9
East of Eden

East of Eden

as Faye