Martha Plimpton

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Martha Plimpton (2009)

Martha Campbell Plimpton (born November 16, 1970 in New York City , New York ) is an American actress .

Life

Plimpton attended an acting class at the age of eight. Two years later, in 1981, she got a minor role in The Rollover Conspiracy and starred in a number of Calvin Klein commercials. She had her first major role in Only Death Is Free , followed by The Goonies , Mosquito Coast and The Flight into the Unknown . She has been nominated repeatedly at the Young Artist Awards .

Since the late 1990s, she has played mainly in television productions such as the Defenders series or television series such as Emergency Room and Criminal Intent . In 2002 she was nominated for an Emmy Award for her performance in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit . In 2005 she wrote an episode screenplay for the series A Heavenly Family , in which she also appeared in an episode in front of the camera in 2004.

Plimpton has also appeared repeatedly on the stage , making her debut in 1996 with the Steppenwolf Theater Company in The Libertine . As a member of this ensemble, she was awarded the National Medal of Arts in autumn 1998 . She has played on Broadway since 2004 and has been repeatedly nominated for a Tony Award for her performance .

From 2010 to 2014, Plimpton starred as Virginia Chance on the sitcom Raising Hope . For this role, she received an Emmy nomination for Best Actress in a Comedy Series in 2011 .

Plimpton's parents are actors Keith Carradine and Shelley Plimpton. Her grandfather is John Carradine . She is the niece of Michael Bowen , David Carradine and Robert Carradine, and the cousin of actresses Ever Carradine and Kansas Carradine.

Filmography (selection)

Feature films

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Video games

Animation films

Broadway

  • 2004: Sixteen Wounded
  • 2006: Shining City
  • 2007: The Coast of Utopia [Part 1 - Voyage]
  • 2007: The Coast of Utopia [Part 2 - Shipwreck]
  • 2007: The Coast of Utopia [Part 3 - Salvage]
  • 2008: Top Girls
  • 2008: Cymbeline
  • 2009: Pal Joey

Awards

  • 1986: Young Artist Awards nomination for The Goonies
  • 1988: Independent Spirit Award nomination for Shy People
  • 1988: Young Artist Awards nomination for Mosquito Coast
  • 1989: Young Artist Awards nomination for Escape into the Unknown
  • 2002: Emmy nomination for Law & Order: New York
  • 2007: Tony Award nomination for The Coast of Utopia [Part 1 - Voyage]
  • 2007: Tony Award nomination for The Coast of Utopia [Part 2 - Shipwreck]
  • 2007: Tony Award nomination for The Coast of Utopia [Part 3 - Salvage]
  • 2007: Drama Desk Award for The Coast of Utopia [Part 1 - Voyage]
  • 2007: Drama Desk Award for The Coast of Utopia [Part 2 - Shipwreck]
  • 2007: Drama Desk Award for The Coast of Utopia [Part 3 - Salvage]
  • 2008: Tony Award nomination for Top Girls
  • 2009: Tony Award nomination for Pal Joey
  • 2009: Drama Desk Award nomination for Pal Joey
  • 2011: Emmy nomination for Raising Hope

Web links

Commons : Martha Plimpton  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Entry at filmreference.com
personal data
SURNAME Plimpton, Martha
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Plimpton, Martha Campbell (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION US-american actress
DATE OF BIRTH November 16, 1970
PLACE OF BIRTH New York City , New York , United States