Martha Plimpton
Acting • Born 1970-11-16
Biography
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".
Filmography
92 credits
Parenthood
Movie • 1989
Julie Buckman-Lampkin Higgins
The Mosquito Coast
Movie • 1986
Emily Spellgood
Another Woman
Movie • 1988
Laura
Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle
Movie • 1994
Jane Grant
Pecker
Movie • 1998
Tina
I Shot Andy Warhol
Movie • 1996
Stevie
The Goonies
Movie • 1985
Stef
200 Cigarettes
Movie • 1999
Monica
Eye of God
Movie • 1997
Ainsley DuPree
Rollover
Movie • 1981
Fewster's Older Daughter
Daybreak
Movie • 1993
Laurie
The River Rat
Movie • 1984
Jonsy
Music from Another Room
Movie • 1998
Karen Swan
Running on Empty
Movie • 1988
Lorna Phillips
Josh & S.A.M.
Movie • 1993
Alison (The Liberty Maid)
Shy People
Movie • 1987
Grace
Small Town Murder Songs
Movie • 2010
Sam
My Life's in Turnaround
Movie • 1994
Herself
Colin Fitz
Movie • 1997
Ann
Remember Me
Movie • 2010
Alyssa Craig's Mom (uncredited)
Company
Movie • 2011
Sarah
The Sleepy Time Gal
Movie • 2001
Rebecca
Stars & Bars
Movie • 1988
Bryant
Samantha
Movie • 1992
Samantha
Inside Monkey Zetterland
Movie • 1992
Sofie
Last Summer in the Hamptons
Movie • 1995
Chloe Garfield
Chantilly Lace
Movie • 1993
Ann
The Defenders: Payback
Movie • 1997
M.J. Preston
A Woman at War
Movie • 1991
Helene Moszkiewiez
The Beans of Egypt, Maine
Movie • 1994
Earlene Pomerleau
Silence Like Glass
Movie • 1989
Claudia Jacoby
The Perfect Woman
Movie • 1993
Hair High
Movie • 2004
Miss Crumbles (voice)
The Defenders: Choice of Evils
Movie • 1998
Mary Jane Preston
Stanley & Iris
Movie • 1990
Kelly King
Adventures in Plymptoons!
Movie • 2011
Self
A Blink of Paradise
Movie • 1992
Mother
Beautiful Girls
Movie • 1996
Jan
Sovereign
Movie • 2025
Lesley Anne
Marvelous
Movie • 2008
Gwen
Hello Again
Movie • 2017
Ruth
Independent's Day
Movie • 1998
Self
Honey Bee
Movie • 2018
Louise
Dante's Inferno
Movie • 2007
Celia / Lobbyist Singer / Lizzie Borden (voice)
I'm Not Rappaport
Movie • 1996
Laurie Campbell
Frozen II
Movie • 2019
Yelena (voice)
The Defenders: Taking the First
Movie • 1998
MJ Preston
Pitch Black Panacea
Movie • 2020
Amy (voice)
Searching for Debra Winger
Movie • 2002
Self
Mass
Movie • 2021
Gail
Who Is Henry Jaglom?
Movie • 1997
Self
Sardinia
Movie • 2024
Judith
This Ordinary Thing
Movie • 2025
Self (voice)
Custom of the Country
Movie
Medium
TV • 2005
Rosemary Widdick
Family Ties
TV • 1982
Jessie Blake
Karen Sisco
TV • 2003
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
TV • 1999
Claire Rinato
Surface
TV • 2005
Mr. Big
Genera+ion
TV • 2021
Megan
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
TV • 2001
Jo Gage
7th Heaven
TV • 1996
Venus
ER
TV • 1994
Meg Corwin
Hack
TV • 2002
Louise O'Connor
Brockmire
TV • 2017
Shirley
How to Make It in America
TV • 2010
Raising Hope
TV • 2010
Virginia Chance
Family Guy
TV • 1999
Stephanie (voice)
Younger
TV • 2015
Cheryl Sussman
The Real O'Neals
TV • 2016
Eileen O'Neal
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
TV • 2005
Self
Grey's Anatomy
TV • 2005
Pam Michaelson
Minecraft: Story Mode
TV • 2018
Olivia (voice)
The Good Wife
TV • 2009
Patti Nyholm
A Town Called Malice
TV • 2023
Mint Ma Lord
Fringe
TV • 2008
Sheriff Ann Mathis
The Man Who Fell to Earth
TV • 2022
Intake Officer K. Faraday
The Shivering Truth
TV • 2018
(voice)
Sprung
TV • 2022
Barb
The Guest Book
TV • 2017
Shelley
Flack
TV • 2019
Clara
Prime Target
TV • 2025
Jane Torres
Baroness von Sketch Show
TV • 2016
Margo
To Tell the Truth
TV • 2016
Self - Panelist
Reunited Apart
TV • 2020
Self
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
TV • 2009
Self - Guest
The Blacklist
TV • 2013
Dr. Sharon Fulton
East of Eden
TV
Faye
Task
TV • 2025
Kathleen McGinty
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV • 2003
Self
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
TV • 2003
Self
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV • 1962
Self