Martha Plimpton
- Highest Rated: Rollover (1981)
- Lowest Rated: Josh and S.A.M. (1993)
- Birthday: Nov 16, 1970
- Birthplace: New York, New York, USA
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A lead and former juvenile actress, with a strong, intelligent, almost abrasive screen presence, she is the daughter of actors Keith Carradine and Shelley Plimpton, who never married and, in fact, broke up before she was born. At age eight she began working in a film-acting workshop; she made a series of Calvin Klein commercials at age 11. She debuted onscreen at the age of 13 in River Rat (1984), playing adolecents and teenagers in a string of films. By the early '90s she had broken out of the juvenile mode and started to establish herself as a mature actress. She had a close relationship with the late actor River Phoenix, with whom she appeared in The Mosquito Coast (1986) and Running on Empty (1988).
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Highest Rated Movies
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Rollover
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Parenthood
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Running on Empty
85%
Filmography
Movies
Rating |
Title |
Credit |
Box
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Year |
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| Honey Bee | Actor | — | 2019 | |
| 79% | Small Town Murder Songs | Sam | $31.4K | 2011 |
| Dante's Inferno | Celia | — | 2007 | |
| Colin Fitz Lives! | Ann | — | 2006 | |
| Marvelous | Gwen | — | 2006 | |
| 75% | Hair High | Miss Crumbles | — | 2004 |
| 80% | Searching for Debra Winger | Actor | — | 2002 |
| 81% | The Sleepy Time Gal | Rebecca | — | 2001 |
| 29% | 200 Cigarettes | Monica | — | 1999 |
| 52% | Pecker | Tina | — | 1998 |
| The Defenders Choice Of Evils | M.J. | — | 1998 | |
| The Defenders: Taking the First | M.J. Preston | — | 1998 | |
| 33% | Music From Another Room | Karen | — | 1997 |
| 75% | Eye of God | Ainsley | — | 1997 |
| The Defenders: Payback | M.J. `Mary Jane' Preston | — | 1997 | |
| 38% | I'm Not Rappaport | Laurie | — | 1996 |
| 78% | I Shot Andy Warhol | Stevie | — | 1996 |
| 79% | Beautiful Girls | Jan | — | 1996 |
| 64% | Last Summer in the Hamptons | Chloe | — | 1995 |
| 86% | Who Is Henry Jaglom? | Actor | — | 1995 |
| 74% | Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle (Mrs. Parker and the Round Table) | Jane Grant | — | 1994 |
| Woman At War, A | Helene Moszkiewicz | — | 1994 | |
| Forbidden Choices | Earlene Pomerleau | — | 1994 | |
| Daybreak | Laurie | — | 1993 | |
| 71% | Inside Monkey Zetterland | Sophie | — | 1993 |
| Chantilly Lace | Anne | — | 1993 | |
| 25% | Josh and S.A.M. | Alison | — | 1993 |
| Samantha | Samantha | — | 1992 | |
| 33% | Stanley & Iris | Kelly King | — | 1990 |
| 93% | Parenthood | Julie | — | 1989 |
| Silence Like Glass | Claudia Jacoby | — | 1989 | |
| 65% | Another Woman | Laura Post | — | 1988 |
| 85% | Running on Empty | Lorna Phillips | — | 1988 |
| My Life's in Turnaround | Herself | — | 1988 | |
| Stars and Bars | Bryant | — | 1988 | |
| 60% | Shy People | Grace Sullivan | — | 1987 |
| 76% | The Mosquito Coast | Emily Spellgood | — | 1986 |
| 71% | The Goonies | Stef Steinbrenner | — | 1985 |
| The River Rat | Jonsy | — | 1984 | |
| 100% | Rollover | Fewster's Older Daughter | — | 1981 |
TV
Rating |
Title |
Credit |
Year |
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| 100% |
At Home With Amy Sedaris
2017
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Guest |
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| 91% |
The Blacklist
2013
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Dr. Fulton |
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| 99% |
Younger
2015
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Guest |
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| 67% |
The Real O'Neals
2016-2017
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Eileen O'Neal |
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To Tell the Truth
2016
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Panelist |
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Harry
2016-2018
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Jimmy Kimmel Live
2003
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Rachael Ray
2015
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The Chew
2011-2018
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Guest |
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The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson
2005-2014
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Guest |
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| 96% |
Raising Hope
2010-2014
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Virginia Chance Virginia |
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Great Performances
2000
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Sarah |
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| 96% |
The Good Wife
2009-2016
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Patti Nyholm Patricia Nyholm |
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Chelsea Lately
2007-2014
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Guest |
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The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
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Guest |
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Late Night With Jimmy Fallon
2009-2014
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Guest |
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| 66% |
How to Make It in America
2010-2011
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Edie Weitz Edie |
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| 90% |
Fringe
2008-2013
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Sheriff Tracy Mathis Sheriff Ann Mathis |
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| 80% |
Grey's Anatomy
2005
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Pam |
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Medium
2005-2011
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Rosemary Widdick |
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Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001-2011
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Jo Gage |
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7th Heaven
1996-2007
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Venus |
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| 95% |
Karen Sisco
2003
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Chelsea Wentworth |
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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
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Claire Rinato |
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ER
1994-2009
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Meg Corwin Meg |
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Family Ties
1982-1989
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Jessie |
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QUOTES FROM Martha Plimpton CHARACTERS
- Julie
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If he thinks after this that I'm having his baby, he's crazy!
- Stef
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"Um Brand God put that rock there for a purpose and I'm not so sure you should um move it."
- Stef
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Brand, God put that rock there for a purpose... and, um... I'm not so sure you should, um... move it..
- Stef
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Bran, God put that rock their for a reason...and I don't think you should move it.
- Stef
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Bran, God put that rock their for a reason... and I don't think you should move it.