Martha Plimpton

Martha Plimpton

Known for
Acting
Born
November 16, 1970 (age 55)
Birthplace
New York City, New York, USA

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

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Filmography

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The Custom of the Country

The Custom of the Country

Movie

2026
East of Eden poster

East of Eden

TV · as Faye · 2 eps

2025
Sovereign poster

Sovereign

Movie · as Lesley Anne

2025
This Ordinary Thing poster

This Ordinary Thing

Movie · as Self (voice)

2025
Prime Target poster

Prime Target

TV · as Jane Torres · 8 eps

2025
Task poster

Task

TV · as Kathleen McGinty · 7 eps

2024
Sardinia poster

Sardinia

Movie · as Judith

2023
A Town Called Malice poster

A Town Called Malice

TV · as Mint Ma Lord · 8 eps

2022
The Man Who Fell to Earth poster

The Man Who Fell to Earth

TV · as Intake Officer K. Faraday · 1 ep

2022
Sprung poster

Sprung

TV · as Barb · 9 eps

2021
Mass poster

Mass

Movie · as Gail

2021
Genera+ion poster

Genera+ion

TV · as Megan · 16 eps

2020
Pitch Black Panacea poster

Pitch Black Panacea

Movie · as Amy (voice)

2020
Reunited Apart poster

Reunited Apart

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2019
Frozen II poster

Frozen II

Movie · as Yelena (voice)

2019
Flack poster

Flack

TV · as Clara · 1 ep

2018
Honey Bee poster

Honey Bee

Movie · as Louise

2018
Minecraft: Story Mode poster

Minecraft: Story Mode

TV · as Olivia (voice) · 5 eps

2018
The Shivering Truth poster

The Shivering Truth

TV · as (voice) · 1 ep

2017
Hello Again poster

Hello Again

Movie · as Ruth

2017
Brockmire poster

Brockmire

TV · as Shirley · 4 eps

2017
The Guest Book poster

The Guest Book

TV · as Shelley · 1 ep

2016
The Real O'Neals poster

The Real O'Neals

TV · as Eileen O'Neal · 29 eps

2016
Baroness von Sketch Show poster

Baroness von Sketch Show

TV · as Margo · 1 ep

2016
To Tell the Truth poster

To Tell the Truth

TV · as Self - Panelist · 1 ep

2015
Younger poster

Younger

TV · as Cheryl Sussman · 4 eps

2013
The Blacklist poster

The Blacklist

TV · as Dr. Sharon Fulton · 2 eps

2011
Company poster

Company

Movie · as Sarah

2011
Adventures in Plymptoons! poster

Adventures in Plymptoons!

Movie · as Self

2010
Small Town Murder Songs poster

Small Town Murder Songs

Movie · as Sam

2010
Remember Me poster

Remember Me

Movie · as Alyssa Craig's Mom (uncredited)

2010
How to Make It in America poster

How to Make It in America

TV · 2 eps

2010
Raising Hope poster

Raising Hope

TV · as Virginia Chance · 88 eps

2009
The Good Wife poster

The Good Wife

TV · as Patti Nyholm · 6 eps

2009
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen poster

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2008
Marvelous poster

Marvelous

Movie · as Gwen

2008
Fringe poster

Fringe

TV · as Sheriff Ann Mathis · 1 ep

2007
Dante's Inferno poster

Dante's Inferno

Movie · as Celia / Lobbyist Singer / Lizzie Borden (voice)

2005
Medium poster

Medium

TV · as Rosemary Widdick · 1 ep

2005
Surface poster

Surface

TV · as Mr. Big · 2 eps

2005
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson poster

The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2005
Grey's Anatomy poster

Grey's Anatomy

TV · as Pam Michaelson · 1 ep

2004
Hair High poster

Hair High

Movie · as Miss Crumbles (voice)

2003
Karen Sisco poster

Karen Sisco

TV · 1 ep

2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live! poster

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2003
The Ellen DeGeneres Show poster

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2002
Searching for Debra Winger poster

Searching for Debra Winger

Movie · as Self

2002
Hack poster

Hack

TV · as Louise O'Connor · 1 ep

2001
The Sleepy Time Gal poster

The Sleepy Time Gal

Movie · as Rebecca

2001
Law & Order: Criminal Intent poster

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

TV · as Jo Gage · 1 ep

1999
200 Cigarettes poster

200 Cigarettes

Movie · as Monica

1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit poster

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

TV · as Claire Rinato · 1 ep

1999
Family Guy poster

Family Guy

TV · as Stephanie (voice) · 1 ep

1998
Pecker poster

Pecker

Movie · as Tina

1998
Music from Another Room poster

Music from Another Room

Movie · as Karen Swan

1998
The Defenders: Choice of Evils poster

The Defenders: Choice of Evils

Movie · as Mary Jane Preston

1998
Independent's Day poster

Independent's Day

Movie · as Self

1998
The Defenders: Taking the First poster

The Defenders: Taking the First

Movie · as MJ Preston

1997
Eye of God poster

Eye of God

Movie · as Ainsley DuPree

1997
Colin Fitz poster

Colin Fitz

Movie · as Ann

1997
The Defenders: Payback poster

The Defenders: Payback

Movie · as M.J. Preston

1997
Who Is Henry Jaglom? poster

Who Is Henry Jaglom?

Movie · as Self

1996
I Shot Andy Warhol poster

I Shot Andy Warhol

Movie · as Stevie

1996
Beautiful Girls poster

Beautiful Girls

Movie · as Jan

1996
I'm Not Rappaport poster

I'm Not Rappaport

Movie · as Laurie Campbell

1996
7th Heaven poster

7th Heaven

TV · as Venus · 1 ep

1995
Last Summer in the Hamptons poster

Last Summer in the Hamptons

Movie · as Chloe Garfield

1994
Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle poster

Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle

Movie · as Jane Grant

1994
My Life's in Turnaround poster

My Life's in Turnaround

Movie · as Herself

1994
The Beans of Egypt, Maine poster

The Beans of Egypt, Maine

Movie · as Earlene Pomerleau

1994
ER poster

ER

TV · as Meg Corwin · 4 eps

1993
Daybreak poster

Daybreak

Movie · as Laurie

1993
Josh & S.A.M. poster

Josh & S.A.M.

Movie · as Alison (The Liberty Maid)

1993
Chantilly Lace poster

Chantilly Lace

Movie · as Ann

1993
The Perfect Woman

The Perfect Woman

Movie

1992
Samantha poster

Samantha

Movie · as Samantha

1992
Inside Monkey Zetterland poster

Inside Monkey Zetterland

Movie · as Sofie

1992
A Blink of Paradise

A Blink of Paradise

Movie · as Mother

1991
A Woman at War poster

A Woman at War

Movie · as Helene Moszkiewiez

1990
Stanley & Iris poster

Stanley & Iris

Movie · as Kelly King

1989
Parenthood poster

Parenthood

Movie · as Julie Buckman-Lampkin Higgins

1989
Silence Like Glass poster

Silence Like Glass

Movie · as Claudia Jacoby

1988
Another Woman poster

Another Woman

Movie · as Laura

1988
Running on Empty poster

Running on Empty

Movie · as Lorna Phillips

1988
Stars & Bars poster

Stars & Bars

Movie · as Bryant

1987
Shy People poster

Shy People

Movie · as Grace

1986
The Mosquito Coast poster

The Mosquito Coast

Movie · as Emily Spellgood

1985
The Goonies poster

The Goonies

Movie · as Stef

1984
The River Rat poster

The River Rat

Movie · as Jonsy

1982
Family Ties poster

Family Ties

TV · as Jessie Blake · 1 ep

1982
American Playhouse poster

American Playhouse

TV · as Earlene Pomerleau · 1 ep

1981
Rollover poster

Rollover

Movie · as Fewster's Older Daughter

1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson poster

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1956
Tony Awards poster

Tony Awards

TV · as Self - Nominee, Self - Performer · 1 ep