Martha Plimpton

Acting

Martha Plimpton

Born 16 November 1970 · New York City, New York, USA · 55

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

Highlights

Grey's Anatomy2005 · Series · Pam Michaelson
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit1999 · Series · Claire Rinato
Frozen II2019 · Film · Yelena (voice)
The Goonies1985 · Film · Stef
Fringe2008 · Series · Sheriff Ann Mathis
Family Guy1999 · Series · Stephanie (voice)

Filmography

Movies

45 films

Sovereign2025 · Film · Lesley Anne
Sardinia2024 · Film · Judith
Mass2021 · Film · Gail
Pitch Black Panacea2020 · Film · Amy (voice)
Frozen II2019 · Film · Yelena (voice)
Honey Bee2018 · Film · Louise
Hello Again2017 · Film · Ruth
Company2011 · Film · Sarah
Small Town Murder Songs2010 · Film · Sam
Remember Me2010 · Film · Alyssa Craig's Mom (uncredited)
Marvelous2008 · Film · Gwen
Dante's Inferno2007 · Film · Celia / Lobbyist Singer / Lizzie Borden (voice)
Hair High2004 · Film · Miss Crumbles (voice)
The Sleepy Time Gal2001 · Film · Rebecca
200 Cigarettes1999 · Film · Monica
The Defenders: Taking the First1998 · Film · MJ Preston
Pecker1998 · Film · Tina
Music from Another Room1998 · Film · Karen Swan
The Defenders: Choice of Evils1998 · Film · Mary Jane Preston
Eye of God1997 · Film · Ainsley DuPree
The Defenders: Payback1997 · Film · M.J. Preston
Colin Fitz1997 · Film · Ann
I'm Not Rappaport1996 · Film · Laurie Campbell
I Shot Andy Warhol1996 · Film · Stevie
Beautiful Girls1996 · Film · Jan
Last Summer in the Hamptons1995 · Film · Chloe Garfield
The Beans of Egypt, Maine1994 · Film · Earlene Pomerleau
Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle1994 · Film · Jane Grant
Josh & S.A.M.1993 · Film · Alison (The Liberty Maid)
Chantilly Lace1993 · Film · Ann
Daybreak1993 · Film · Laurie
Samantha1992 · Film · Samantha
Inside Monkey Zetterland1992 · Film · Sofie
A Woman at War1991 · Film · Helene Moszkiewiez
Stanley & Iris1990 · Film · Kelly King
Parenthood1989 · Film · Julie Buckman-Lampkin Higgins
Silence Like Glass1989 · Film · Claudia Jacoby
Another Woman1988 · Film · Laura
Running on Empty1988 · Film · Lorna Phillips
Stars & Bars1988 · Film · Bryant
Shy People1987 · Film · Grace
The Mosquito Coast1986 · Film · Emily Spellgood
The Goonies1985 · Film · Stef
The River Rat1984 · Film · Jonsy
Rollover1981 · Film · Fewster's Older Daughter

Filmography

Series

32 shows

East of Eden2026 · Series · Faye
Task2025 · Series · Kathleen McGinty
Prime Target2025 · Series · Jane Torres
A Town Called Malice2023 · Series · Mint Ma Lord
Sprung2022 · Series · Barb
The Man Who Fell to Earth2022 · Series · Intake Officer K. Faraday
Genera+ion2021 · Series · Megan
Flack2019 · Series · Clara
The Shivering Truth2018 · Series · (voice)
Minecraft: Story Mode2018 · Series · Olivia (voice)
The Guest Book2017 · Series · Shelley
Brockmire2017 · Series · Shirley
Baroness von Sketch Show2016 · Series · Margo
The Real O'Neals2016 · Series · Eileen O'Neal
Younger2015 · Series · Cheryl Sussman
The Blacklist2013 · Series · Dr. Sharon Fulton
Raising Hope2010 · Series · Virginia Chance
How to Make It in America2010 · Series
The Good Wife2009 · Series · Patti Nyholm
Fringe2008 · Series · Sheriff Ann Mathis
Surface2005 · Series · Mr. Big
Grey's Anatomy2005 · Series · Pam Michaelson
Medium2005 · Series · Rosemary Widdick
Karen Sisco2003 · Series
Hack2002 · Series · Louise O'Connor
Law & Order: Criminal Intent2001 · Series · Jo Gage
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit1999 · Series · Claire Rinato
Family Guy1999 · Series · Stephanie (voice)
7th Heaven1996 · Series · Venus
ER1994 · Series · Meg Corwin
Family Ties1982 · Series · Jessie Blake
American Playhouse1982 · Series · Earlene Pomerleau