Martha Plimpton
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1970-11-16 (54 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
(2025)
Sovereign
as Lesley Ann
(2024)
Sardinia
as Judith
(2021)
Mass
as Gail
(2020)
Pitch Black Panacea
as Amy (voice)
(2019)
Frozen II
as Yelena (voice)
(2018)
Honey Bee
as Louise
(2017)
Hello Again
as Ruth
(2011)
Company
as Sarah
(2011)
Adventures in Plymptoons!
as Herself
(2010)
Remember Me
as Alyssa Craig's Mom (uncredited)
(2010)
Small Town Murder Songs
as Sam
(2008)
Marvelous
as Gwen
(2007)
Dante's Inferno
as Celia / Lobbyist Singer / Lizzie Borden (voice)
(2004)
Hair High
as Miss Crumbles (voice)
(2002)
Searching for Debra Winger
as Self
(2001)
The Sleepy Time Gal
as Rebecca
(1999)
200 Cigarettes
as Monica
(1998)
Pecker
as Tina
(1998)
Music from Another Room
as Karen Swan
(1998)
The Defenders: Taking the First
as MJ Preston
(1998)
The Defenders: Choice of Evils
as Mary Jane Preston
(1998)
Independent's Day
as Self
(1997)
Eye of God
as Ainsley DuPree
(1997)
Who Is Henry Jaglom?
as Self
(1997)
Colin Fitz
as Ann
(1997)
The Defenders: Payback
as M.J. Preston
(1996)
Beautiful Girls
as Jan
(1996)
I'm Not Rappaport
as Laurie Campbell
(1996)
I Shot Andy Warhol
as Stevie
(1995)
Last Summer in the Hamptons
as Chloe Garfield
(1994)
Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle
as Jane Grant
(1994)
The Beans of Egypt, Maine
as Earlene Pomerleau
(1994)
My Life's in Turnaround
as Herself
(1993)
Daybreak
as Laurie
(1993)
Josh and S.A.M.
as Alison (The Liberty Maid)
(1993)
Chantilly Lace
as Ann
(1993)
(1992)
Samantha
as Samantha
(1992)
Inside Monkey Zetterland
as Sofie
(1992)
A Blink of Paradise
as Mother
(1991)
A Woman at War
as Helene Moszkiewiez
(1990)
Stanley & Iris
as Kelly King
(1989)
Parenthood
as Julie Buckman-Lampkin Higgins
(1989)
Silence Like Glass
as Claudia Jacoby
(1988)
Running on Empty
as Lorna Phillips
(1988)
Another Woman
as Laura
(1988)
Stars & Bars
as Bryant
(1987)
Shy People
as Grace
(1986)
The Mosquito Coast
as Emily Spellgood
(1985)
The Goonies
as Stephanie "Stef" Steinbrenner
(1984)
The River Rat
as Jonsy
(1981)
Rollover
as Fewster's Older Daughter
Crew
(2013)
Sparrows Dance
Thanks
(2004)
Hair High
Associate Producer