Acting · New York City, New York, USA · Born November 16, 1970
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".
MovieThis Ordinary Thing
2025
as Self (voice)
TVTask
2025
as Kathleen McGinty
MovieSovereign
2025
as Lesley Anne
TVPrime Target
2025
as Jane Torres
MovieSardinia
2024
as Judith
TVA Town Called Malice
2023
as Mint Ma Lord
TVSprung
2022
as Barb
TVThe Man Who Fell to Earth
2022
as Intake Officer K. Faraday
MovieMass
2021
as Gail
TVGenera+ion
2021
as Megan
MoviePitch Black Panacea
2020
as Amy (voice)
TVReunited Apart
2020
as Self
MovieFrozen II
2019
as Yelena (voice)
TVFlack
2019
as Clara
TVThe Shivering Truth
2018
as (voice)
MovieHoney Bee
2018
as Louise
TVMinecraft: Story Mode
2018
as Olivia (voice)
MovieHello Again
2017
as Ruth
TVThe Guest Book
2017
as Shelley
TVBrockmire
2017
as Shirley
TVBaroness von Sketch Show
2016
as Margo
TVTo Tell the Truth
2016
as Self - Panelist
TVThe Real O'Neals
2016
as Eileen O'Neal
TVYounger
2015
as Cheryl Sussman
TVThe Blacklist
2013
as Dr. Sharon Fulton
MovieCompany
2011
as Sarah
MovieAdventures in Plymptoons!
2011
as Self
TVRaising Hope
2010
as Virginia Chance
MovieSmall Town Murder Songs
2010
as Sam
MovieRemember Me
2010
as Alyssa Craig's Mom (uncredited)
TVHow to Make It in America
2010
TVThe Good Wife
2009
as Patti Nyholm
TVWatch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
as Self - Guest
TVFringe
2008
as Sheriff Ann Mathis
MovieMarvelous
2008
as Gwen
MovieDante's Inferno
2007
as Celia / Lobbyist Singer / Lizzie Borden (voice)
TVSurface
2005
as Mr. Big
TVGrey's Anatomy
2005
as Pam Michaelson
TVMedium
2005
as Rosemary Widdick
TVThe Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
2005
as Self
MovieHair High
2004
as Miss Crumbles (voice)
TVKaren Sisco
2003
TVThe Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
as Self
TVJimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
as Self
TVHack
2002
as Louise O'Connor
MovieSearching for Debra Winger
2002
as Self
TVLaw & Order: Criminal Intent
2001
as Jo Gage
MovieThe Sleepy Time Gal
2001
as Rebecca
TVLaw & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
as Claire Rinato
Movie200 Cigarettes
1999
as Monica
TVFamily Guy
1999
as Stephanie (voice)
MovieThe Defenders: Taking the First
1998
as MJ Preston
MoviePecker
1998
as Tina
MovieMusic from Another Room
1998
as Karen Swan
MovieThe Defenders: Choice of Evils
1998
as Mary Jane Preston
MovieIndependent's Day
1998
as Self
MovieEye of God
1997
as Ainsley DuPree
MovieThe Defenders: Payback
1997
as M.J. Preston
MovieWho Is Henry Jaglom?
1997
as Self
MovieColin Fitz
1997
as Ann
MovieI'm Not Rappaport
1996
as Laurie Campbell
TV7th Heaven
1996
as Venus
MovieI Shot Andy Warhol
1996
as Stevie
MovieBeautiful Girls
1996
as Jan
MovieLast Summer in the Hamptons
1995
as Chloe Garfield
MovieThe Beans of Egypt, Maine
1994
as Earlene Pomerleau
TVER
1994
as Meg Corwin
MovieMrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle
1994
as Jane Grant
MovieMy Life's in Turnaround
1994
as Herself
MovieJosh & S.A.M.
1993
as Alison (The Liberty Maid)
The Perfect Woman
1993
MovieChantilly Lace
1993
as Ann
MovieDaybreak
1993
as Laurie
MovieSamantha
1992
as Samantha
MovieInside Monkey Zetterland
1992
as Sofie
A Blink of Paradise
1992
as Mother
MovieA Woman at War
1991
as Helene Moszkiewiez
MovieStanley & Iris
1990
as Kelly King
MovieParenthood
1989
as Julie Buckman-Lampkin Higgins
MovieSilence Like Glass
1989
as Claudia Jacoby
MovieAnother Woman
1988
as Laura
MovieRunning on Empty
1988
as Lorna Phillips
MovieStars & Bars
1988
as Bryant
MovieShy People
1987
as Grace
MovieThe Mosquito Coast
1986
as Emily Spellgood
MovieThe Goonies
1985
as Stef
MovieThe River Rat
1984
as Jonsy
TVFamily Ties
1982
as Jessie Blake
TVAmerican Playhouse
1982
as Earlene Pomerleau
MovieRollover
1981
as Fewster's Older Daughter
TVThe Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
TVTony Awards
1956
as Self - Nominee
The Custom of the Country
TVEast of Eden
as Faye
