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Martha Plimpton
Born: 16th Nov 1970 New York City, New York, USA
Dept: Acting
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".
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Film and Tv Credits
Total number of credits listed: 93
Film: 54 (58%)
Television: 39 (42%)
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Filmography
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In the farmlands of the Salinas Valley in California, successive generations of two families, the Trasks and the Hamiltons, are destined to reenact th ... view
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Faye (7 ep.)
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Based on the Edith Wharton classic of the same name, Undine Spragg, a fiercely ambitious woman from the Midwest, strives for the social heights of tur ... view
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2025
A film about non-Jews who saved Jews during the Holocaust. ... view
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Self (voice)
Sep 2025 (first aired)
In the working-class suburbs of Philadelphia, an FBI agent heads a task force assembled to put an end to a string of violent robberies led by an unsus ... view
Character:
Kathleen McGinty (7 ep.)
2025
Struggling single father Jerry indoctrinates his son Joe into the sovereign citizen movement, teaching him that laws are mere illusions and freedom is ... view
Character:
Lesley Anne
Jan 2025 (first aired)
A brilliant math student is on the verge of a major breakthrough when a shadowy enemy tries to stop him. Fighting for answers—and his life—he team ... view
Character:
Jane Torres (8 ep.)
2024
A serious man tries to avoid catching a deadly laughing plague in a growingly polarized and dystopian society. ... view
Character:
Judith
Mar 2023 (first aired)
Set amongst the beach clubs and palm trees of the Costa del Sol in the early 80s, A Town Called Malice follows the Lords, a crime family of petty thie ... view
Character:
Mint Ma Lord (8 ep.)
Aug 2022 (first aired)
A convicted criminal is determined to turn his life around after serving more than two decades in prison. When he is released unexpectedly from prison ... view
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Barb (9 ep.)
Apr 2022 (first aired)
An extraterrestrial alien arrives on Earth at a turning point in human evolution and must confront his own past to determine our future. ... view
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Intake Officer K. Faraday (1 ep.)
2021
Two couples meet for a painful and raw conversation in the aftermath of a violent tragedy. ... view
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Gail
Mar 2021 (first aired)
A group of high school students whose exploration of modern sexuality (devices and all) tests deeply entrenched beliefs about life, love and the natur ... view
Character:
Megan (16 ep.)
2020
Amy and Carl both have lazy eyes. Amy’s left and Carl’s right. They are strangers, volunteers for an unusual, life-altering treatment in which the ... view
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Amy (voice)
Apr 2020 (first aired)
Josh Gad reunites the cast and crews of various classic movies, and discusses the the films in hilarious yet heartfelt conversations. ... view
Character:
Self (1 ep.)
2019
Elsa, Anna, Kristoff and Olaf head far into the forest to learn the truth about an ancient mystery of their kingdom. ... view
Character:
Yelena (voice)
Feb 2019 (first aired)
Robyn, the sharp and witty publicity maven, is an expert at her craft but a complete self-saboteur when it comes to her personal life. Robyn’s work ... view
Character:
Clara (1 ep.)
Dec 2018 (first aired)
A miniature propulsive omnibus clusterbomb of painfully riotous daymares all dripping with the orange goo of dream logic. A series of loosely linked e ... view
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(voice) (1 ep.)
2018
Follows the journey of Natalie "Honey Bee" Sorensen, an underage truck stop prostitute trapped in a human trafficking ring until she is transplanted i ... view
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Louise
Nov 2018 (first aired)
Take control of an adventure set in the Minecraft universe. The future of the world is at stake, and your decisions shape the story -- so choose wisel ... view
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Olivia (voice) (5 ep.)
2017
Ten lost souls slip in and out of one another's arms in a daisy-chained musical exploration of love's bittersweet embrace. A film adaptation of Michae ... view
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Ruth
Aug 2017 (first aired)
Guests bring their baggage and own special brand of crazy to a vacation cottage and record their confessions, alibis and farewells in the cottage’s ... view
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Shelley (1 ep.)
Apr 2017 (first aired)
A famed major league baseball announcer who suffers an embarrassing and very public meltdown live on the air after discovering his beloved wife's seri ... view
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Shirley (4 ep.)
Jun 2016 (first aired)
This all-female comedy satirizes modern life's everyday concerns, from the pretentiousness of ordering a fancy coffee to office and sexual politics. ... view
Character:
Margo (1 ep.)
Jun 2016 (first aired)
A modern reimagination of the classic game show. In each round, a celebrity panel will be presented with three people who all claim to be the same per ... view
Character:
Self - Panelist (1 ep.)
Mar 2016 (first aired)
A contemporary take on a seemingly perfect Catholic family, whose lives take an unexpected turn when surprising truths are revealed. Instead of ruinin ... view
Character:
Eileen O'Neal (29 ep.)
Mar 2015 (first aired)
Liza Miller, a suddenly single stay-at-home mother, tries to get back into the working world, only to find it’s nearly impossible to start at the bo ... view
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Cheryl Sussman (4 ep.)
Sep 2013 (first aired)
Raymond "Red" Reddington, one of the FBI's most wanted fugitives, surrenders in person at FBI Headquarters in Washington, D.C. He claims that he and t ... view
Character:
Dr. Sharon Fulton (2 ep.)
2011
Set in modern upper-crust Manhattan, an exploration of love and commitment as seen through the eyes of a charming perpetual bachelor questioning his s ... view
Character:
Sarah
2011
A documentary film about Oscar-nominated animator Bill Plympton. This is a portrait piece that includes interviews with family, friends, colleagues, c ... view
Character:
Self
Sep 2010 (first aired)
James "Jimmy" Chance is a clueless 24-year-old who impregnates a serial killer during a one-night-stand. Earning custody of his daughter after the mot ... view
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Virginia Chance (88 ep.)
2010
A modern, gothic tale of crime and redemption about an aging police officer from a small Ontario Mennonite town who hides a violent past until a local ... view
Character:
Sam
2010
Still reeling from a heartbreaking family event and his parents' subsequent divorce, Tyler Hawkins discovers a fresh lease on life when he meets Ally ... view
Character:
Alyssa Craig's Mom (uncredited)
Feb 2010 (first aired)
Trying to make a name for themselves in New York's competitive fashion scene, Ben Epstein and his friend and business partner Cam Calderon use their s ... view
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Unknown/various (2 ep.)
Sep 2009 (first aired)
Alicia Florrick boldly assumes full responsibility for her family and re-enters the workforce after her husband's very public sex and political corrup ... view
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Patti Nyholm (6 ep.)
Jul 2009 (first aired)
Bravo network executive Andy Cohen discusses pop culture topics with celebrities and reality show personalities. ... view
Character:
Self - Guest (1 ep.)
Sep 2008 (first aired)
FBI Special Agent Olivia Dunham, brilliant but formerly institutionalized scientist Walter Bishop and his scheming, reluctant son Peter uncover a dead ... view
Character:
Sheriff Ann Mathis (1 ep.)
2008
After her husband leaves her, Gwen goes to live with her sister Queenie. She discovers that she has suddenly acquired a special gift that enables her ... view
Character:
Gwen
2007
A darkly comedic travelogue of the underworld - set against an all-too-familiar urban backdrop of used car lots, gated communities, strip malls, and t ... view
Character:
Celia / Lobbyist Singer / Lizzie Borden (voice)
Sep 2005 (first aired)
A marine biologist, an insurance salesman and a teenage boy find their lives changed when a new and often dangerous sea life species emerges, while th ... view
Character:
Mr. Big (2 ep.)
Mar 2005 (first aired)
Follows the personal and professional lives of a group of doctors at Seattle's Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital. ... view
Character:
Pam Michaelson (2 ep.)
Jan 2005 (first aired)
Allison Dubois works in the District Attorney’s office using her natural intuition about people and her ability to communicate with the dead to help ... view
Character:
Rosemary Widdick (1 ep.)
Jan 2005 (first aired)
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson is an American late-night talk show hosted by Scottish American comedian Craig Ferguson, who is the third regul ... view
Character:
Self (1 ep.)
2004
Rod and Cherri are the unmistakable king and queen of Echo High. When new kid Spud arrives, he makes a faux pas so bad that Rod forces him to be his g ... view
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Miss Crumbles (voice)
Oct 2003 (first aired)
As a U.S. Deputy Marshal, based on Miami, Florida's Gold Coast, Karen must deal with the underbelly of South Beach nightlife and Palm Beach high life ... view
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Unknown/various (1 ep.)
Sep 2003 (first aired)
The Ellen DeGeneres Show, often shortened to just Ellen, is an American television talk show hosted by comedian/actress Ellen DeGeneres. ... view
Character:
Self (1 ep.)
Jan 2003 (first aired)
Jimmy Kimmel Live! is an American late-night talk show, created and hosted by Jimmy Kimmel and broadcast on ABC. ... view
Character:
Self (1 ep.)
Sep 2002 (first aired)
When corruption charges strip him of his job, his family and his pride, former cop Mike Olshansky forges a new identity as a Philadelphia cab driver, ... view
Character:
Louise O'Connor (1 ep.)
2002
Rosanna Arquette talks to various actresses about the pressures they face as women working in the entertainment industry. ... view
Character:
Self
Sep 2001 (first aired)
The third installment of the “Law & Order” franchise takes viewers deep into the minds of its criminals while following the intense psychological ... view
Character:
Jo Gage (1 ep.)
2001
A young woman learns of her adoption and eventually quits her law firm job and goes on a journey to find her birth mother. ... view
Character:
Rebecca
Sep 1999 (first aired)
In the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In New York City, the dedicated detectives who investigate ... view
Character:
Claire Rinato (1 ep.)
1999
In 1981 New York City, a collection of twentysomethings try to cope with relationships, loneliness, desire and their individual neuroses on New Years ... view
Character:
Monica
Jan 1999 (first aired)
Sick, twisted, politically incorrect and Freakin' Sweet animated series featuring the adventures of the dysfunctional Griffin family. Bumbling Peter a ... view
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Stephanie (voice) (1 ep.)
1998
A racist provokes four teens into beating a Latino youth to death after one of his fiery speeches on a college campus. The Prestons are first called u ... view
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MJ Preston
1998
A Baltimore teenager who picks up a second-hand camera starts snapping his way to stardom, soon turning into a nationwide sensation, with a fateful ch ... view
Character:
Tina
1998
Music From Another Room is a romantic comedy that follows the exploits of Danny, a young man who grew up believing he was destined to marry the girl h ... view
Character:
Karen Swan
1998
The Defenders are a crack team of lawyers dedicated to one principle - the accused is innocent untill proven guilty. This time, they defend a man wron ... view
Character:
Mary Jane Preston
1998
Filmmakers at the Sundance Film Festival discuss what it is like to be an independent filmmaker, and what Sundance has done for them. ... view
Character:
Self
1997
A small Oklahoma town is stripped of its innocence when one of its boys turns up mute and bloodied by the lakeside. Unable to tell his story, the loca ... view
Character:
Ainsley DuPree
1997
Television movie remake of the 1960s courtroom drama series, "The Defenders." After the death of his eldest son and his partner in the law firm of Pre ... view
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M.J. Preston
1997
Hailed by some as a cinematic genius, a feminist voice and a true maverick of American cinema, dismissed by others as a voyeuristic fraud and the "wor ... view
Character:
Self
1997
Two security guards, Paul and Grady, are hired to guard the grave of dead rock legend, Colin Fitz. Through the course of one bizarre night, these two ... view
Character:
Ann
1996
Old Nat Moyer is a talker, a philosopher, and a troublemaker with a fanciful imagination. His companion is Midge Carter, who is half-blind, but still ... view
Character:
Laurie Campbell
Aug 1996 (first aired)
Reverend Eric Camden and his wife Annie have always had their hands full caring for seven children, not to mention the friends, sweethearts and spouse ... view
Character:
Venus (1 ep.)
1996
Based on the true story of Valerie Solanas who was a 1960s radical preaching hatred toward men in her "Scum" manifesto. She wrote a screenplay for a f ... view
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Stevie
1996
During a snowy winter in the small fictional town of Knight's Ridge, Massachusetts, a group of lifelong buddies hang out, drink and struggle to connec ... view
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Jan
1995
Helena Mora, the head of an eccentric theatrical family, has decided to sell her large estate in the Hamptons because of her recent money troubles. Be ... view
Character:
Chloe Garfield
1994
The Beans are poor, proud, hated by all, but alive in the sense that they struggle against their lot and support each other in time of trouble. Earlen ... view
Character:
Earlene Pomerleau
Sep 1994 (first aired)
ER explores the inner workings of an urban teaching hospital and the critical issues faced by the dedicated physicians and staff of its overburdened e ... view
Character:
Meg Corwin (4 ep.)
1994
Dorothy Parker remembers the heyday of the Algonquin Round Table, a circle of friends whose barbed wit, like hers, was fueled by alcohol and flirted w ... view
Character:
Jane Grant
1994
Two Manhattan slackers want to make a movie about their lives. One drives a cab, the other tends bar; neither has a clue how to make a movie. Things l ... view
Character:
Herself
1993
Josh and Sam are two brothers facing change, their mother is about to marry a French accountant and the kids are sent to go live with their father in ... view
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Alison (The Liberty Maid)
1993
The camera focuses up close on a series of unnamed women as they talk to their men. In every case, even though we don't hear what the men are saying, ... view
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1993
A group of middle-aged women get together at a secluded house to learn about themselves. ... view
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Ann
1993
When a substantial portion of the nation's populace falls victim to a deadly plague, the tyrannical government quarantines them in camps, offering no ... view
Character:
Laurie
1992
A young woman sets out to find her birth parents when she finds out that she is adopted. ... view
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Samantha
1992
An off beat comedy about an out of work screen writing/artist that complains about being too cool, too talented and way too gay. ... view
Character:
Sofie
1992
"A Blink of Paradise" is a twelve minute investigation into the event that caused one woman's first memory. Obsessed by past images of herself as a ba ... view
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Mother
1991
Helene Moskiewicz, a young Jewish woman living in pre-World War II Belgium, is forced to suffer through German occupation by watching her parents arre ... view
Character:
Helene Moszkiewiez
1990
An illiterate cook at a company cafeteria tries for the attention of a newly widowed woman. As they get to know one another, she discovers his inabili ... view
Character:
Kelly King
1989
The story of the Buckman family and friends, attempting to bring up their children. They suffer/enjoy all the events that occur: estranged relatives, ... view
Character:
Julie Buckman-Lampkin Higgins
Original title: Zwei Frauen
1989
True story of two diametrically opposed young women dealing with terminal illness. ... view
Character:
Claudia Jacoby
1988
Marion is a woman who has learned to shield herself from her emotions. She rents an apartment to work undisturbed on her new book, but by some acousti ... view
Character:
Laura
1988
The Popes are a family who haven't been able to use their real identity for years. In the late sixties, the parents set a weapons lab afire in an effo ... view
Character:
Lorna Phillips
1988
A British art expert leaves New York to buy a long-lost Renoir from a Georgia eccentric. ... view
Character:
Bryant
1987
A Cosmo Magazine journalist and her daughter leave New York City to visit their distant relatives deep in the bayous of Louisiana. ... view
Character:
Grace
1986
An inventor spurns his city life and moves his family into the jungles of Central America to make a utopia. ... view
Character:
Emily Spellgood
1985
Young teen Mikey Walsh and his friends set off on a quest to find Pirate One-Eyed Willie's treasure in hopes of saving their homes from demolition. Ho ... view
Character:
Stef
1984
On the lazy banks of the Mississippi, a young girl is reunited with her time-served but innocent father. But the reunion is tainted with the whereabou ... view
Character:
Jonsy
Sep 1982 (first aired)
Former 1960s flower children Steven and Elyse Keaton raise their conservative son Alex, daughters Mallory and Jennifer, and later, youngest child Andr ... view
Character:
Jessie Blake (1 ep.)
1981
The wife of a murdered petrochemical company chairman and a banker investigating the liquidity of his new bank stumble upon an international financial ... view
Character:
Fewster's Older Daughter
Oct 1962 (first aired)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson is a talk show hosted by Johnny Carson under The Tonight Show franchise from 1962 to 1992. It originally aired ... view
Character:
Self (1 ep.)
Apr 1956 (first aired)
The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as a Tony Award, recognizes achievement in live Broadway theatre. The awards ... view
Character:
Self - Nominee (1 ep.)
Self - Performer (1 ep.)