Acting

Martha Plimpton

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

Newest first

East of Eden
as Faye
2026
This Ordinary Thing
as Self (voice)
2025
Task
as Kathleen McGinty
2025
Sovereign
as Lesley Anne
2025
Prime Target
as Jane Torres
2025
Sardinia
as Judith
2024
A Town Called Malice
as Mint Ma Lord
2023
Sprung
as Barb
2022
The Man Who Fell to Earth
as Intake Officer K. Faraday
2022
Mass
as Gail
2021
Genera+ion
as Megan
2021
Pitch Black Panacea
as Amy (voice)
2020
Reunited Apart
as Self
2020
Frozen II
as Yelena (voice)
2019
Flack
as Clara
2019
The Shivering Truth
as (voice)
2018
Honey Bee
as Louise
2018
Minecraft: Story Mode
as Olivia (voice)
2018
Hello Again
as Ruth
2017
The Guest Book
as Shelley
2017
Brockmire
as Shirley
2017
Baroness von Sketch Show
as Margo
2016
To Tell the Truth
as Self - Panelist
2016
The Real O'Neals
as Eileen O'Neal
2016
Younger
as Cheryl Sussman
2015
The Blacklist
as Dr. Sharon Fulton
2013
Sparrows Dance
Thanks
2013
Company
as Sarah
2011
Adventures in Plymptoons!
as Self
2011
Raising Hope
as Virginia Chance
2010
Small Town Murder Songs
as Sam
2010
Remember Me
as Alyssa Craig's Mom (uncredited)
2010
How to Make It in America
2010
The Good Wife
as Patti Nyholm
2009
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
as Self - Guest
2009
Fringe
as Sheriff Ann Mathis
2008
Marvelous
as Gwen
2008
Dante's Inferno
as Celia / Lobbyist Singer / Lizzie Borden (voice)
2007
Surface
as Mr. Big
2005
Grey's Anatomy
as Pam Michaelson
2005
Medium
as Rosemary Widdick
2005
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
as Self
2005
Hair High
as Miss Crumbles (voice)
2004
Hair High
Associate Producer
2004
Karen Sisco
2003
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
as Self
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self
2003
Hack
as Louise O'Connor
2002
Searching for Debra Winger
as Self
2002
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
as Jo Gage
2001
The Sleepy Time Gal
as Rebecca
2001
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Claire Rinato
1999
200 Cigarettes
as Monica
1999
Family Guy
as Stephanie (voice)
1999
The Defenders: Taking the First
as MJ Preston
1998
Pecker
as Tina
1998
Music from Another Room
as Karen Swan
1998
The Defenders: Choice of Evils
as Mary Jane Preston
1998
Independent's Day
as Self
1998
Eye of God
as Ainsley DuPree
1997
The Defenders: Payback
as M.J. Preston
1997
Who Is Henry Jaglom?
as Self
1997
Colin Fitz
as Ann
1997
I'm Not Rappaport
as Laurie Campbell
1996
7th Heaven
as Venus
1996
I Shot Andy Warhol
as Stevie
1996
Beautiful Girls
as Jan
1996
Last Summer in the Hamptons
as Chloe Garfield
1995
The Beans of Egypt, Maine
as Earlene Pomerleau
1994
ER
as Meg Corwin
1994
Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle
as Jane Grant
1994
My Life's in Turnaround
as Herself
1994
Josh & S.A.M.
as Alison (The Liberty Maid)
1993
The Perfect Woman
1993
Chantilly Lace
as Ann
1993
Daybreak
as Laurie
1993
Samantha
as Samantha
1992
Inside Monkey Zetterland
as Sofie
1992
A Blink of Paradise
as Mother
1992
A Woman at War
as Helene Moszkiewiez
1991