Acting
Martha Plimpton
Acting · Born 1970-11-16 · New York City, New York, USA
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".
Credits · 91
East of Eden
2026 · Faye
Task
2025 · Kathleen McGinty
FilmSovereign
2025 · Lesley Anne
Prime Target
2025 · Jane Torres
FilmSardinia
2024 · Judith
A Town Called Malice
2023 · Mint Ma Lord
Sprung
2022 · Barb
The Man Who Fell to Earth
2022 · Intake Officer K. Faraday
FilmMass
2021 · Gail
Genera+ion
2021 · Megan
FilmPitch Black Panacea
2020 · Amy (voice)
Reunited Apart
2020 · Self
FilmFrozen II
2019 · Yelena (voice)
Flack
2019 · Clara
The Shivering Truth
2018 · (voice)
FilmHoney Bee
2018 · Louise
Minecraft: Story Mode
2018 · Olivia (voice)
FilmHello Again
2017 · Ruth
The Guest Book
2017 · Shelley
Brockmire
2017 · Shirley
Baroness von Sketch Show
2016 · Margo
To Tell the Truth
2016 · Self - Panelist
The Real O'Neals
2016 · Eileen O'Neal
Younger
2015 · Cheryl Sussman
The Blacklist
2013 · Dr. Sharon Fulton
FilmSparrows Dance
2013 · Thanks
FilmCompany
2011 · Sarah
FilmAdventures in Plymptoons!
2011 · Self
Raising Hope
2010 · Virginia Chance
FilmSmall Town Murder Songs
2010 · Sam
FilmRemember Me
2010 · Alyssa Craig's Mom (uncredited)
How to Make It in America
2010
The Good Wife
2009 · Patti Nyholm
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009 · Self - Guest
Fringe
2008 · Sheriff Ann Mathis
FilmDante's Inferno
2007 · Celia / Lobbyist Singer / Lizzie Borden (voice)
Surface
2005 · Mr. Big
Grey's Anatomy
2005 · Pam Michaelson
Medium
2005 · Rosemary Widdick
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
2005 · Self
FilmHair High
2004 · Miss Crumbles (voice)
Karen Sisco
2003
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003 · Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003 · Self
Hack
2002 · Louise O'Connor
FilmSearching for Debra Winger
2002 · Self
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001 · Jo Gage
FilmThe Sleepy Time Gal
2001 · Rebecca
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999 · Claire Rinato
Film200 Cigarettes
1999 · Monica
Family Guy
1999 · Stephanie (voice)
FilmThe Defenders: Taking the First
1998 · MJ Preston
FilmPecker
1998 · Tina
FilmMusic from Another Room
1998 · Karen Swan
FilmThe Defenders: Choice of Evils
1998 · Mary Jane Preston
FilmIndependent's Day
1998 · Self
FilmEye of God
1997 · Ainsley DuPree
FilmThe Defenders: Payback
1997 · M.J. Preston
FilmWho Is Henry Jaglom?
1997 · Self
FilmColin Fitz
1997 · Ann
FilmI'm Not Rappaport
1996 · Laurie Campbell
7th Heaven
1996 · Venus
FilmI Shot Andy Warhol
1996 · Stevie
FilmBeautiful Girls
1996 · Jan
FilmLast Summer in the Hamptons
1995 · Chloe Garfield
FilmThe Beans of Egypt, Maine
1994 · Earlene Pomerleau
ER
1994 · Meg Corwin
FilmMrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle
1994 · Jane Grant
FilmMy Life's in Turnaround
1994 · Herself
FilmJosh & S.A.M.
1993 · Alison (The Liberty Maid)
FilmChantilly Lace
1993 · Ann
FilmDaybreak
1993 · Laurie
FilmSamantha
1992 · Samantha
FilmInside Monkey Zetterland
1992 · Sofie
A Blink of Paradise
FilmA Blink of Paradise
1992 · Mother
FilmA Woman at War
1991 · Helene Moszkiewiez
FilmStanley & Iris
1990 · Kelly King
FilmParenthood
1989 · Julie Buckman-Lampkin Higgins
FilmSilence Like Glass
1989 · Claudia Jacoby
FilmAnother Woman
1988 · Laura
FilmRunning on Empty
1988 · Lorna Phillips
FilmStars & Bars
1988 · Bryant
FilmShy People
1987 · Grace
FilmThe Mosquito Coast
1986 · Emily Spellgood
FilmThe Goonies
1985 · Stef
FilmThe River Rat
1984 · Jonsy
Family Ties
1982 · Jessie Blake
American Playhouse
1982 · Earlene Pomerleau
FilmRollover
1981 · Fewster's Older Daughter
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962 · Self
Tony Awards
1956 · Self - Nominee