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Martha Plimpton

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Biography

Actress and singer Martha Plimpton is the daughter of the daughter of Keith Carradine and Shelley Plimpton, who met while performing in the original…more

Born

11/16/1970, New York City, New York, United States

Birth Name

Martha Campbell Plimpton

Gender

Female

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Star (2)

Role
- Raising Hope
  Virginia Chance
  - S 2: Ep 22 I Want My Baby Back, Baby Back, Baby Back
    4/17/12
  - S 2: Ep 21 Inside Probe
    4/10/12
  - S 2: Ep 20 Sabrina's New Jimmy
    4/3/12
  - S 2: Ep 19 Hogging All The Glory
    3/27/12
  - S 2: Ep 18 Poking Holes in the Story
    3/20/12
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- How to Make It in America
  Edie Weitz
Recurring Role (2)

Role
- The Good Wife
  Patti Nyholm
  - S 3: Ep 22 The Dream Team
    4/29/12
  - S 2: Ep 21 In Sickness
    5/3/11
- How to Make It in America
  Edie Weitz
  - S 1: Ep 8 Never Say Die
    4/4/10
  - S 1: Ep 7 Keep on Truck'n
    3/28/10
  - S 1: Ep 5 Big in Japan
    3/14/10
  - S 1: Ep 4 Unhappy Birthday
    3/7/10
  - S 1: Ep 3 Paper, Denim + Dollars
    2/28/10
Guest Star (22)

Role
- Live! with Kelly
  Herself
  - S 24: Ep 142 April 13, 2012
    4/13/12
  - S 23: Ep 151 April 27, 2011
    4/27/11
- The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
  Herself
  - S 8: Ep 105 Mark Harmon/Martha Plimpton
    2/6/12
- Fringe
  Sheriff Ann Mathis
  - S 2: Ep 21 Northwest Passage
    5/6/10
- The Good Wife
  Patti Nyholm
  - S 1: Ep 17 Heart
    3/16/10
- The Good Wife
  Patricia Nyholm
  - S 1: Ep 5 Crash
    10/20/09
- Medium
  Rosemary Widdick
  - S 6: Ep 3 Pain Killer
    10/9/09
- TMZ
  Herself
  - S 3: Ep 25 Episode #3.025
    10/5/09
  - S 1: Ep 179 April 4, 2008
    4/4/08
- Grey's Anatomy
  Pam
  - S 6: Ep 2 Goodbye (2)
    9/24/09
  - S 6: Ep 1 Good Mourning (1)
    9/24/09
- Law & Order: Criminal Intent
  Jo Gage
  - S 6: Ep 1 Blind Spot
    9/19/06
- Surface
  Dr. Samantha Morris
  - S 1: Ep 13 Episode 113
    1/23/06
- Surface
  "Mr. Big"
  - S 1: Ep 12 Episode 112
    1/9/06
- 7th Heaven
  Venus
  - S 9: Ep 7 Regret to Inform
    10/25/04
- Karen Sisco
  Chelsea Wentworth
  - S 1: Ep 3 The One That Got Away
    10/15/03
- Hack
  Louise O'Connor
  - S 1: Ep 16 Black Eye
    2/14/03
- Dinner For Five
  Herself
  - S 1: Ep 9 David Cross, Famke Janssen, Denis Leary, Martha Plimpton
    9/30/02
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
  Claire Rinato
  - S 3: Ep 21 Denial
    5/3/02
- ER
  Meg Corwin
  - S 6: Ep 7 Humpty Dumpty
    11/18/99
  - S 6: Ep 6 The Peace of Wild Things
    11/11/99
  - S 6: Ep 5 Truth & Consequences
    11/4/99
  - S 6: Ep 4 Sins of the Fathers
    10/21/99
- The Defenders (1961)
  Mary Jane Preston
  - S 5: Ep 3 The Defenders: Taking the First
    10/25/98
  - S 5: Ep 2 The Defenders: Choice of Evils
    1/18/98
- The Defenders (1961)
  M.J. Preston
  - S 5: Ep 1 The Defenders: Payback
    10/12/97
- Late Night With David Letterman
  Guest
  - S 8: Ep 113 Show #1198
    9/15/89
- The Pat Sajak Show
  Herself
  - S 1: Ep 135 August 2, 1989
    8/2/89
- Family Ties
  Jessie Black
  - S 4: Ep 15 You've Got a Friend
    12/19/85
Writer (1)

Role
- 7th Heaven
  Writer
  - S 9: Ep 15 Red Socks
    2/14/05

Martha Plimpton News

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Open Caption: The Good Wife Will Not Go Down with This Ship

By C. Killian, Apr 27, 2012

Before you get out there to celebrate your weekends, we've got some Open Captioning to do! read more
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What to Watch This Weekend: Fringe, The Good Wife, and Breakout Kings

By Price Peterson, Apr 27, 2012

Plus: Game of Thrones, Supernatural, and BBC America's The Thick of It read more

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- Martha strongly supports PETA.
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- Martha was nominated for the Young Artist Award 3 times in the mid-late 80's.
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- Martha dated the late actor River Phoenix.
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- Martha: I realized as I got older that I could choose to be an actor to a certain extent, but movie stardom is not something you choose. It chooses you. You have very little control over that. So I stopped considering that as an option.
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