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Martha Plimpton

Actor, Producer, Additional CreditsBorn November 16, 1970 (54 years)
Martha 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".

Movies & Shows on Plex

  • Remember Me
  • Small Town Murder Songs

Known For

  • The Goonies
  • Mass
  • Raising Hope
  • Frozen II
  • Parenthood
  • The Mosquito Coast
  • The Real O'Neals
  • Running on Empty
  • Sprung
  • Beautiful Girls
  • Pecker
  • I Shot Andy Warhol
  • Stanley & Iris
  • Another Woman
  • Prime Target
  • The Good Wife
  • Small Town Murder Songs
  • The Regime
  • Music from Another Room
  • Eye of God
  • Daybreak
  • Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle
  • Genera+ion
  • Shy People

Featured Videos

    Filmography

    2025
    Sovereign · as Lesley Anne
    2025
    Prime Target (TV Series) · as Jane Torres
    2024
    The Regime (TV Series) · as Judith Holt
    2023
    A Town Called Malice (TV Series) · as Mint Ma Lord
    2022
    Sprung (TV Series) · as Barb
    2022
    The Man Who Fell to Earth (TV Series) · as Intake Officer K. Faraday
    2021
    Mass · as Gail
    2021
    Genera+ion (TV Series) · as Megan
    2019
    Frozen II · as Yelena (voice)
    2019
    Flack (TV Series) · as Clara
    2018
    The Shivering Truth (TV Series) · as (voice)
    2018
    Honey Bee · as Louise
    2017
    Hello Again · as Ruth
    2017
    At Home with Amy Sedaris (TV Series) · as Debbie Jo Jo
    2017
    Vampirina (TV Series) · as Briana
    2017
    The Guest Book (TV Series) · as Shelley
    2017
    Brockmire (TV Series) · as Shirley
    2016
    Baroness von Sketch Show (TV Series) · as Margo
    2016
    The Real O'Neals (TV Series) · as Eileen O'neal
    2016
    Minecraft: Story Mode (TV Series) · as Olivia (voice)
    2015
    Younger (TV Series) · as Cheryl Sussman
    2013
    The Blacklist (TV Series) · as Dr. Sharon Fulton
    2012
    Doc McStuffins (TV Series) · as Duchess Of Bedazzle
    2011
    Company · as Sarah
    2010
    2010
    Raising Hope (TV Series) · as Virginia Chance
    2010
    Remember Me · as Alyssa Craig's Mom (uncredited)
    2010
    2009
    The Good Wife (TV Series) · as Patti Nyholm
    2008
    Fringe (TV Series) · as Sheriff Ann Mathis
    2008
    The End of Steve · as Lydia
    2007
    Dante's Inferno · as Celia / Lobbyist Singer / Lizzie Borden (voice)
    2006
    Marvelous · as Gwen
    2005
    Surface (TV Series) · as Mr. Big
    2005
    Grey's Anatomy (TV Series) · as Pam Michaelson
    2005
    Medium (TV Series) · as Rosemary Widdick
    2004
    Hair High · as Miss Crumbles (voice)
    2003
    Karen Sisco (TV Series)
    2002
    Hack (TV Series) · as Louise O'connor
    2001
    Law & Order: Criminal Intent (TV Series) · as Jo Gage
    2001
    The Sleepy Time Gal · as Rebecca
    1999
    Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV Series) · as Claire Rinato
    1999
    200 Cigarettes · as Monica
    1999
    Family Guy (TV Series) · as Stephanie (voice)
    1998
    Music from Another Room · as Karen Swan
    1998
    1998
    Pecker · as Tina
    1998
    The Defenders: Choice of Evils · as Mary Jane Preston
    1997
    Eye of God · as Ainsley Dupree
    1997
    The Defenders: Payback · as M.j. Preston
    1997
    1996
    I'm Not Rappaport · as Laurie Campbell
    1996
    7th Heaven (TV Series) · as Venus
    1996
    I Shot Andy Warhol · as Stevie
    1996
    Beautiful Girls · as Jan
    1995
    Last Summer in the Hamptons · as Chloe Garfield
    1994
    The Beans of Egypt, Maine · as Earlene Pomerleau
    1994
    ER (TV Series) · as Meg Corwin
    1994
    1993
    Josh and S.A.M. · as Alison (the Liberty Maid)
    1993
    Chantilly Lace · as Ann
    1993
    Daybreak · as Laurie
    1993
    1992
    1991
    Samantha · as Samantha
    1991
    A Woman at War · as Helene Moszkiewiez
    1990
    Stanley & Iris · as Kelly King
    1989
    Parenthood · as Julie Buckman-Lampkin Higgins
    1989
    Silence Like Glass · as Claudia Jacoby
    1988
    Another Woman · as Laura
    1988
    Running on Empty · as Lorna Phillips
    1988
    Stars and Bars · as Bryant
    1987
    Shy People · as Grace
    1986
    The Mosquito Coast · as Emily Spellgood
    1985
    The Goonies · as Stef
    1984
    The River Rat · as Jonsy
    1982
    Family Ties (TV Series) · as Jessie Blake
    1981
    Rollover · as Fewster's Older Daughter
    1972
    The ABC Afterschool Special (TV Series) · as Rhona

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