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Amanda Plummer
Actor, Additional Credits
Born March 23, 1957 (67 years)
Amanda Michael Plummer (born March 23, 1957) is an American actress. Plummer was born in New York City, New York, the daughter of actors Tammy Grimes and Christopher Plummer. Plummer attended Middlebury College in Vermont and acting classes at the Neighborhood Playhouse in New York. Early in life, her interest was in riding and tending to horses on the East Coast and in Ireland.
Plummer began appearing in small to mid size roles in television and films in the early 1980s. Her first successes came from her stage work. She made her Broadway debut as Josephine in the 1981 revival of A Taste of Honey. She won a Tony Award nomination and Theatre World Award for her portrayal. The following year, she won a Tony Award for Featured Actress and a Drama Desk Award for her portrayal of Sister Agnes in the play Agnes of God.
Following her successes on the stage, Plummer began appearing in major roles on television and in film. One of her most recognized appearances was on L.A. Law as Alice Hackett, a developmentally disabled girlfriend of Benny Stulwitz, played by Larry Drake, for which she received an Emmy Award nomination. Two other well-known roles were Yolanda (a.k.a. "Honey Bunny") in Pulp Fiction and Rose in So I Married An Axe Murderer.
Her film roles have been described as "spooky, kooky, half-mad characters."
Plummer began appearing in small to mid size roles in television and films in the early 1980s. Her first successes came from her stage work. She made her Broadway debut as Josephine in the 1981 revival of A Taste of Honey. She won a Tony Award nomination and Theatre World Award for her portrayal. The following year, she won a Tony Award for Featured Actress and a Drama Desk Award for her portrayal of Sister Agnes in the play Agnes of God.
Following her successes on the stage, Plummer began appearing in major roles on television and in film. One of her most recognized appearances was on L.A. Law as Alice Hackett, a developmentally disabled girlfriend of Benny Stulwitz, played by Larry Drake, for which she received an Emmy Award nomination. Two other well-known roles were Yolanda (a.k.a. "Honey Bunny") in Pulp Fiction and Rose in So I Married An Axe Murderer.
Her film roles have been described as "spooky, kooky, half-mad characters."
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Filmography
| 2022 | Showing Up · as Dorothy |
| 2021 | Night Raiders · as Roberta |
| 2020 | Ratched (TV Series) · as Louise |
| 2020 | Star Trek: Picard (TV Series) · as Captain Vadic |
| 2019 | |
| 2018 | We Are Boats · as Jimmie |
| 2018 | A Young Man with High Potential · as Ketura Stantz |
| 2018 | Freaks of Nurture · as The Mother |
| 2016 | The Dancer · as Lili |
| 2015 | Reversion · as Elizabeth |
| 2015 | Honeyglue · as Alice |
| 2014 | Strangely in Love · as Sister Sarah |
| 2013 | The Hunger Games: Catching Fire · as Wiress |
| 2013 | The Blacklist (TV Series) · as Tracy Solobotkin |
| 2013 | Hannibal (TV Series) · as Katherine Pimms |
| 2012 | Abigail Harm · as Abigail Harm |
| 2012 | I Have to Buy New Shoes · as Joanne |
| 2012 | Small Apartments · as Mrs. Ballisteri |
| 2012 | Sophomore · as Miss Hutz |
| 2011 | |
| 2011 | Dr. Ketel · as Louise |
| 2010 | |
| 2010 | Girlfriend · as Celeste |
| 2010 | The Making of Plus One · as Kim Owens - The Production Accountant |
| 2009 | Samurai Avenger: The Blind Wolf · as Lady In The Car |
| 2008 | |
| 2008 | 45 R.P.M. · as Caralee Lucas |
| 2008 | |
| 2008 | Inconceivable · as Lesley Banks |
| 2007 | WordGirl (TV Series) · as Lady Redundant Woman |
| 2007 | Phineas and Ferb (TV Series) · as Poofenplotz (voice) |
| 2004 | Battlestar Galactica (2003) (TV Series) · as Oracle |
| 2004 | Satan's Little Helper · as Merrill Whooly |
| 2003 | Mimic: Sentinel · as Simone Montrose |
| 2003 | Ilaria Alpi - Il più crudele dei giorni · as Gionalista Abc |
| 2003 | My Life Without Me · as Laurie |
| 2002 | Ken Park · as Claude's Mother |
| 2002 | Shadow Realm · as Prof. Tracy |
| 2002 | Triggermen · as Penny Archer |
| 2002 | For the People (TV Series) · as Ruth Wright |
| 2002 | Get a Clue · as Miss Dawson |
| 2002 | The Gray in Between · as Jalyn |
| 2001 | Night Visions (TV Series) · as Music Professor |
| 2000 | |
| 2000 | The Million Dollar Hotel · as Vivien |
| 1999 | The Apartment Complex · as Miss Chenille |
| 1999 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV Series) · as Miranda Cole |
| 1999 | |
| 1998 | October 22 · as Denise |
| 1998 | L.A. Without a Map · as Red Pool Owner |
| 1998 | You Can Thank Me Later · as Susan Cooperberg |
| 1998 | Mikhail Baryshnikov's Stories from My Childhood (TV Series) · as The Queen |
| 1997 | Hysteria · as Myrna Malloy |
| 1997 | American Perfekt · as Sandra |
| 1997 | A Simple Wish · as Boots |
| 1997 | Hercules · as Clotho (voice) |
| 1996 | Under the Piano · as Franny Basilio |
| 1996 | Dead Girl · as Frieda |
| 1996 | Dark Skies (TV Series) |
| 1996 | |
| 1996 | Don't Look Back · as Bridget |
| 1996 | The Right to Remain Silent · as Paulina Marcos |
| 1995 | Drunks · as Shelley |
| 1995 | The Final Cut · as Rothstein |
| 1995 | The Prophecy · as Rachael |
| 1995 | Butterfly Kiss · as Eunice |
| 1995 | The Outer Limits (1995) (TV Series) · as Dr. Theresa Givens |
| 1994 | Pulp Fiction · as Honey Bunny |
| 1994 | Nostradamus · as Catherine De Medici |
| 1994 | Duckman (TV Series) · as Princess Fallopia |
| 1993 | Whose Child Is This? The War for Baby Jessica · as Cara Clausen |
| 1993 | Needful Things · as Netitia 'nettie' Cobb |
| 1993 | Last Light · as Lillian Burke |
| 1993 | So I Married an Axe Murderer · as Rose Michaels |
| 1993 | Phone · as Persimmon |
| 1992 | The Sands of Time · as Sister Graciella |
| 1992 | Miss Rose White · as Lusia |
| 1992 | Freejack · as Nun |
| 1991 | The Lounge People · as Sabrina |
| 1991 | The Fisher King · as Lydia |
| 1991 | The Hidden Room (TV Series) · as Sarah Cole |
| 1990 | Kojak: None So Blind · as Phyllis |
| 1990 | Joe Versus the Volcano · as Dagmar |
| 1989 | True Blue (TV Series) · as Susan Lizar |
| 1989 | The Story of the Dancing Frog · as Narrator (voice) |
| 1989 | Tales from the Crypt (TV Series) · as Peggy |
| 1989 | Prisoners of Inertia · as Sam |
| 1988 | Gryphon · as Miss Ferenczi |
| 1987 | Made in Heaven · as Wiley Foxx |
| 1987 | Courtship · as Laura Vaughn |
| 1986 | L.A. Law (TV Series) · as Alice Hackett |
| 1985 | Static · as Julia Purcell |
| 1985 | The Equalizer (TV Series) · as Jill O'connor |
| 1985 | Moonlighting (TV Series) · as Jackie Wilbourne |
| 1984 | Miami Vice (TV Series) |
| 1984 | The Dollmaker · as Mamie |
| 1984 | The Hotel New Hampshire · as Miss Miscarriage |
| 1983 | Daniel · as Susan Isaacson |
| 1982 | The World According to Garp · as Ellen James |
| 1980 | American Playhouse (TV Series) · as Laura Vaugh |
| 1980 | Cattle Annie and Little Britches · as Cattle Annie |
| 1972 | The ABC Afterschool Special (TV Series) · as Angela Dunoway |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall Of Fame (TV Series) · as Lusia |