
Martha Plimpton
Known for Acting · 93 credits
- Born
- 1970-11-16 (age 55)
- Place of birth
- New York City, New York, USA
- Also known as
- Martha Campbell Plimpton
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
TV Shows (39)

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
as Claire Rinato

Grey's Anatomy
2005
as Pam Michaelson

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self

Family Guy
1999
as Stephanie (voice)

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
as Self - Guest

The Blacklist
2013
as Dr. Sharon Fulton

Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001
as Jo Gage

The Good Wife
2009
as Patti Nyholm

ER
1994
as Meg Corwin

Medium
2005
as Rosemary Widdick

The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
2005
as Self

Fringe
2008
as Sheriff Ann Mathis

Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
as Self

The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
as Self

Younger
2015
as Cheryl Sussman

Family Ties
1982
as Jessie Blake

Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Nominee / Self - Performer

7th Heaven
1996
as Venus

Raising Hope
2010
as Virginia Chance

To Tell the Truth
2016
as Self - Panelist

Hack
2002
as Louise O'Connor

Task
2025
as Kathleen McGinty

Brockmire
2017
as Shirley

Surface
2005
as Mr. Big

Reunited Apart
2020
as Self

Prime Target
2025
as Jane Torres

The Man Who Fell to Earth
2022
as Intake Officer K. Faraday

The Guest Book
2017
as Shelley

How to Make It in America
2010

The Real O'Neals
2016
as Eileen O'Neal

Minecraft: Story Mode
2018
as Olivia (voice)

Flack
2019
as Clara

The Shivering Truth
2018
as (voice)

Sprung
2022
as Barb

Genera+ion
2021
as Megan

Karen Sisco
2003

East of Eden
as Faye

Baroness von Sketch Show
2016
as Margo

A Town Called Malice
2023
as Mint Ma Lord
Movies (54)

Frozen II
2019
as Yelena (voice)

The Goonies
1985
as Stef

Remember Me
2010
as Alyssa Craig's Mom (uncredited)

Parenthood
1989
as Julie Buckman-Lampkin Higgins

Beautiful Girls
1996
as Jan

Sovereign
2025
as Lesley Anne

Pecker
1998
as Tina

Company
2011
as Sarah

The Mosquito Coast
1986
as Emily Spellgood

Stars & Bars
1988
as Bryant

Running on Empty
1988
as Lorna Phillips

Mass
2021
as Gail

200 Cigarettes
1999
as Monica

Stanley & Iris
1990
as Kelly King

Another Woman
1988
as Laura

Daybreak
1993
as Laurie

Music from Another Room
1998
as Karen Swan

Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle
1994
as Jane Grant

Searching for Debra Winger
2002
as Self

I Shot Andy Warhol
1996
as Stevie

The River Rat
1984
as Jonsy

Hair High
2004
as Miss Crumbles (voice)

Eye of God
1997
as Ainsley DuPree
Adventures in Plymptoons!
2011
as Self

The Defenders: Choice of Evils
1998
as Mary Jane Preston

Shy People
1987
as Grace

Small Town Murder Songs
2010
as Sam

The Defenders: Taking the First
1998
as MJ Preston

This Ordinary Thing
2025
as Self (voice)

Who Is Henry Jaglom?
1997
as Self

Colin Fitz
1997
as Ann

Josh & S.A.M.
1993
as Alison (The Liberty Maid)

The Defenders: Payback
1997
as M.J. Preston

I'm Not Rappaport
1996
as Laurie Campbell

Chantilly Lace
1993
as Ann

Samantha
1992
as Samantha

Rollover
1981
as Fewster's Older Daughter

Dante's Inferno
2007
as Celia / Lobbyist Singer / Lizzie Borden (voice)

Hello Again
2017
as Ruth

Last Summer in the Hamptons
1995
as Chloe Garfield

The Sleepy Time Gal
2001
as Rebecca

The Beans of Egypt, Maine
1994
as Earlene Pomerleau

Marvelous
2008
as Gwen

Inside Monkey Zetterland
1992
as Sofie

A Woman at War
1991
as Helene Moszkiewiez

Honey Bee
2018
as Louise

Silence Like Glass
1989
as Claudia Jacoby

My Life's in Turnaround
1994
as Herself

Sardinia
2024
as Judith
Custom of the Country

Independent's Day
1998
as Self
A Blink of Paradise
1992
as Mother

Pitch Black Panacea
2020
as Amy (voice)
The Perfect Woman
1993
About Martha Plimpton
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". With 93 credits spanning from 1956 to 2025, Martha Plimpton has appeared in 54 films and 39 TV shows.
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Most Popular Martha Plimpton Movies
- Frozen II (2019) — as Yelena (voice)
- The Goonies (1985) — as Stef
- Remember Me (2010) — as Alyssa Craig's Mom (uncredited)
- Parenthood (1989) — as Julie Buckman-Lampkin Higgins
- Beautiful Girls (1996) — as Jan
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