Martha Plimpton is an American actress. She was born in 1970 to parents Shelley Plimpton and Keith Carradine in New York City.http://movies.nytimes.com/person/57088/Martha-Plimpton/biography The couple split up before Plimpton was born and she was raised by her mother.
She began her acting career at the age of 8, and was cast in her debut film role in the movie, Rollover, at the age of 10. Plimpton attended the Professional Children's School in New York.http://www.pcs-nyc.org/subpage.cfm?tbl=1&sct=26 The school is dedicated to preparing children for careers in the arts.http://www.pcs-nyc.org/subpage.cfm?tbl=1 Plimpton also modeled for designer Calvin Klein during the early 1980s.
Career
Martha Plimpton has starred in several movies, plays and television series. In 1985, she played Stef, opposite Corey Feldman, Josh Brolin and Sean Astin in The Goonies, written by Steven Spielberg.http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089218/
In 2010, Plimpton began a starring role in the FOX comedy series, Raising Hope. The show was the first debut series of the season to receive a network extension. Plimpton plays the role of Virginia Chance in the comedy. Virginia is the mother of Jimmy, who just found out he was a father and is now enlisting the help of his parents to raise the baby.http://www.fox.com/raisinghope/about/
Career Timeline
Raising Hope—series, 2010
How to Make it in America—series, 2010
Grey's Anatomy—series, 2009
The End of Steve—TV movie, 2008
Surface—series, 2006
The Defenders: Taking the First—TV movie, 1998
The Defenders: Choice of Evils—TV movie, 1998
The Defenders: Payback—TV movie, 1997
Beautiful Girls—movie, 1996
Stanley & Iris—movie, 1989
Parenthood—movie, 1989
The Mosquito Coast —movie, 1986
The Goonies—movie, 1985
The River Rat —movie, 1984
Rollover—movie, 1981http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000588/
Martha Plimpton Quotes
"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 an option." — Martha Plimpton, on her view of famehttp://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000588/bio
Raising Hope - Meet Virginia Chance
This featured video gives viewers a look at the Raising Hope character, Virginia Chance, played by Martha Plimpton. Virginia Chance is the mother of Jimmy Chance. Jimmy had a fling with a felon and later found out she was pregnant. Plimpton and the other actors from the show talk about the character, Virginia Chance.
80's Trailers: "The Goonies" (1985)
The Goonies is an 80s movie that was written by Steven Spielberg. The movie trailer introduces you to the characters that make up the gang of kids known as, The Goonies. The kids go on a treasure hunting adventure. They are trying to find the treasure buried by a pirate named One-Eyed Willie.
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Fast Facts
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Full name
Martha Campbell Plimpton
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Born
November 16, 1970
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Birth place
New York City, New York
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Dated
River Phoenix and Jon Patrick Walker
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Attended
Professional Children's School in New York City
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Debut role
A political thriller with Jane Fonda and Kris Kristofferson titled, Rollover.
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Awards
2007 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play
