Martha Plimpton
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Martha Plimpton is an American actress. She started her career as a teen actress in film before transitioning to adult roles on stage and screen. She has received several awards including a Primetime Emmy Award as well as nominations for three Tony Awards. Her feature-film debut was a supporting role in the political thriller Rollover (1981), and she rose to prominence in the adventure film The Goonies (1985). She later took roles in The Mosquito Coast (1986), Shy People (1987), Running on Empty (1988), Parenthood (1989), Samantha (1991), Beautiful Girls (1996), Small Town Murder Songs (2011), Frozen 2 (2019), and Mass (2021). She is a member of the Carradine family.
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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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- East of Eden — Faye2026
- Sovereign — Lesley Anne2025
- This Ordinary Thing — Self (voice)2025
- Prime Target — Jane Torres2025
- Task — Kathleen McGinty2025
- Sardinia — Judith2024
- A Town Called Malice — Mint Ma Lord2023
- The Man Who Fell to Earth — Intake Officer K. Faraday2022
- Sprung — Barb2022
- Mass — Gail2021
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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Martha
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- New York City
- Father
- Keith Carradine
- Mother
- Shelley Plimpton
- Sibling
- Sorel Carradine
- Occupation
- model
- Family
- Carradine family
- Official website
- www.marthaplimpton.com
- Image
- Martha Plimpton 2015.jpg
- Residence
- London
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- Martha Plimpton
- date of birth
- 1970-11-16
- nominated for
- Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play
- birth name
- Martha Campbell Carradine
- start of work period
- 1981-00-00
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