Martha Plimpton is known as an iconic ex-model, recording artist and actress who is best remembered for her work in the 1985 film, The Goonies. Her acting prowess has encompassed film, extended to television, and extended to the stage. She is a familiar face on Broadway, thanks to her appearances in various productions such as Top Girls, Shining City, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and A Delicate Balance.
Plimpton is a critically acclaimed performer who has received several awards for her phenomenal acting talent since she started her acting career. She rose to the top of the professional ladder, attracting millions of fans along the way. The actress is also an activist who very strongly supports and defends LGBTQI rights, family planning and women’s rights.
Biography of Martha Plimpton
The award-winning actress was born November 16, 1970, in New York City to Shelley Plimpton and Keith Carradine. Both of her parents were also actors, which inspired her to follow their path in seeking a career in show business. Martha Plimpton is an alumnus of the Professional Children’s School. She landed her first acting role at the age of eight, appearing on Broadway in a play called The Leaf People, followed by another called The Donkey and the Heart .
Martha’s modeling career began in the 1980s. Her tomboyish charm allowed her to easily land gigs, including a campaign for popular fashion brand Calvin Klein. Around the same time, she also began auditioning for film roles. She made her film debut in 1981 Rolling, at the age of eleven. She then appeared in The River Rat, which led to her breakthrough role in the 1985 classic, The Goonies. Since then, Martha has appeared in dozens of films, plays and television series. She remains a sought-after actress to this day.
Movies and TV series
Few actors and actresses can boast the number of acting credits Martha Plimpton has on her resume. Her most notable appearances on film include Shy People, Stars and Bars, Running Empty, Another Woman, Zwei Frauen, Parenthood, A Woman at War, Stanley & Iris, Samantha, and Inside the Zetterland Monkey. She has also starred in At Dawn, Chantilly Lace, Beans From Egypt, I Shot Andy Warhol, Maine, The Defenders: Payback, Pecker, 200 Cigarettes, The Time Gal, and Hair High. She also starred in the acclaimed documentary Finding Debra Winger.
TV buffs and fans of Martha’s work might also recognize her from her roles on the ER series, 7th Heaven, Surface, Giving Hope, The Good Wife, and The Real O’Neals. Martha has also done extensive work on stage, starring in plays like The Utopia Coast, Pal Joey, A Delicate Balance, The Glass Menagerie, Absolution, Hobson’s Choice, The Heidi Chronicles, Sweat, Others desert towns, and more. She has been featured on Broadway, Off-Broadway, as well as independent theater productions across the country. Martha Plimpton has landed several roles on big shows such asGrey’s Anatomy, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Average, Fringe, and The Blacklist. Martha has a reputation as one of Hollywood’s hardest-working performers.
Professional Achievements
Martha has had a very long and rewarding career lined with accomplishments and honors. It has been presented three times at the Young Artist Awards. Once for Outstanding Performance by a Young Actress for her role in Goonies, another for Best Young Actress in a Motion Picture for her performance in Running on Empty, and one for Best Young Female Superstar in Motion Pictures for her appearance in The mosquito casting. Young Martha won an Independent Spirit Award for Little Shy in 1987.
In 2002, she earned her first Emmy nomination for the character she portrayed in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. Martha’s electrifying performance in Raising Hope won her the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy in 2011. In 2012, she won her first Emmy for her portrayal of Patti Nyholm on the series dramatic. The good woman
Martha Plimpton’s other accomplishments include a 2001 Obie Award for Outstanding Performance, two Drama Desk Awards for Joey Pal and Utopia Coast, and a 2008 Outer Critic’s Award. She was nominated three times in a row for a Tony Award: Best actress in a drama for her performance in Top Girls and the play Coast for Utopia in 2007 and 2008; and in a musical for Joey Pal in 2009.
