Person
Martha Plimpton
Acting · Born 1970-11-16 · 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
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Claire Rinato
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest
Grey's Anatomy
Pam Michaelson
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
Family Guy
Stephanie (voice)
The Blacklist
Dr. Sharon Fulton
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Self
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Jo Gage
ER
Meg Corwin
The Good Wife
Patti Nyholm
Filmography
- 2025This Ordinary ThingSelf (voice)
- 2025TaskKathleen McGinty
- 2025SovereignLesley Anne
- 2025Prime TargetJane Torres
- 2024SardiniaJudith
- 2023A Town Called MaliceMint Ma Lord
- 2022SprungBarb
- 2022The Man Who Fell to EarthIntake Officer K. Faraday
- 2021MassGail
- 2021Genera+ionMegan
- 2020Pitch Black PanaceaAmy (voice)
- 2020Reunited ApartSelf
- 2019Frozen IIYelena (voice)
- 2019FlackClara
- 2018The Shivering Truth(voice)
- 2018Honey BeeLouise
- 2018Minecraft: Story ModeOlivia (voice)
- 2017Hello AgainRuth
- 2017The Guest BookShelley
- 2017BrockmireShirley
- 2016Baroness von Sketch ShowMargo
- 2016To Tell the TruthSelf - Panelist
- 2016The Real O'NealsEileen O'Neal
- 2015YoungerCheryl Sussman
- 2013The BlacklistDr. Sharon Fulton
- 2013Sparrows DanceThanks
- 2011CompanySarah
- 2011Adventures in Plymptoons!Self
- 2010Raising HopeVirginia Chance
- 2010Small Town Murder SongsSam
- 2010Remember MeAlyssa Craig's Mom (uncredited)
- 2010How to Make It in America
- 2009The Good WifePatti Nyholm
- 2009Watch What Happens Live with Andy CohenSelf - Guest
- 2008FringeSheriff Ann Mathis
- 2008MarvelousGwen
- 2007Dante's InfernoCelia / Lobbyist Singer / Lizzie Borden (voice)
- 2005SurfaceMr. Big
- 2005Grey's AnatomyPam Michaelson
- 2005MediumRosemary Widdick
- 2005The Late Late Show with Craig FergusonSelf
- 2004Hair HighMiss Crumbles (voice)
- 2003Karen Sisco
- 2003The Ellen DeGeneres ShowSelf
- 2003Jimmy Kimmel Live!Self
- 2002HackLouise O'Connor
- 2002Searching for Debra WingerSelf
- 2001Law & Order: Criminal IntentJo Gage
- 2001The Sleepy Time GalRebecca
- 1999Law & Order: Special Victims UnitClaire Rinato
- 1999200 CigarettesMonica
- 1999Family GuyStephanie (voice)
- 1998The Defenders: Taking the FirstMJ Preston
- 1998PeckerTina
- 1998Music from Another RoomKaren Swan
- 1998The Defenders: Choice of EvilsMary Jane Preston
- 1998Independent's DaySelf
- 1997Eye of GodAinsley DuPree
- 1997The Defenders: PaybackM.J. Preston
- 1997Who Is Henry Jaglom?Self
- 1997Colin FitzAnn
- 1996I'm Not RappaportLaurie Campbell
- 19967th HeavenVenus
- 1996I Shot Andy WarholStevie
- 1996Beautiful GirlsJan
- 1995Last Summer in the HamptonsChloe Garfield
- 1994The Beans of Egypt, MaineEarlene Pomerleau
- 1994ERMeg Corwin
- 1994Mrs. Parker and the Vicious CircleJane Grant
- 1994My Life's in TurnaroundHerself
- 1993Josh & S.A.M.Alison (The Liberty Maid)
- 1993The Perfect Woman
- 1993Chantilly LaceAnn
- 1993DaybreakLaurie
- 1992SamanthaSamantha
- 1992Inside Monkey ZetterlandSofie
- 1992A Blink of ParadiseMother
- 1991A Woman at WarHelene Moszkiewiez
- 1990Stanley & IrisKelly King
- 1989ParenthoodJulie Buckman-Lampkin Higgins
- 1989Silence Like GlassClaudia Jacoby
- 1988Another WomanLaura
- 1988Running on EmptyLorna Phillips
- 1988Stars & BarsBryant
- 1987Shy PeopleGrace
- 1986The Mosquito CoastEmily Spellgood
- 1985The GooniesStef
- 1984The River RatJonsy
- 1982Family TiesJessie Blake
- 1982American PlayhouseEarlene Pomerleau
- 1981RolloverFewster's Older Daughter
- 1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonSelf
- 1956Tony AwardsSelf - Nominee
- —The Custom of the Country
- —East of EdenFaye
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