Biography
Actress Martha Plimpton rose from a brief tenure as a teen star to become one of the most respected stage actresses on the New York theater scene, as well as a versatile character performer in films and on television. The daughter of actor Keith Carradine, she made her theater debut at age nine before vaulting to film a few years later; though she was cemented in the minds of many young viewers for her sassy turn in "The Goonies" (1985), she …
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Career Milestones
2011 | Nominated for the 2011 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series | |
2010 | Returned to TV to star in the FOX comedy "Raising Hope" | |
2010 | Performed a one-woman show called "Martha Plimpton Sings?" | |
2009 | Earned her third consecutive Tony nomination for her role in "Pal Joey" | |
2008 | Appeared in the Broadway play, "Top Girls"; received a Tony award nomination for Featured Actress in a Play | |
| Formed a production company called, Everything is Horrible; produced a number of short films for the internet | ||
2006 | Cast in the play "The Coast of Utopia," a trilogy by Tom Stoppard; earned a Tony award nomination | |
2004 | Guest-starred on an episode of "7th Heaven" (WB); also received her first writing credit for a different episode that year entitled "Red Socks" | |
2002 | Nominated for an Emmy Award for her guest appearance on the television drama "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" (NBC) | |
2001 | Made stage directorial debut with "Absolution," performed at Chicago's Steppenwolf Theatre Company | |
2001 | Starred in a Chicago stage production of "Hedda Gabler" | |
1999 | Had a recurring role in the television drama "ER" (NBC) as Meg Corwyn | |
1999 | Appeared in the ensemble film "200 Cigarettes" | |
1998 | Donned a dark wig to play Edward Furlong's sister in John Waters' "Pecker" | |
1997 | Won praise for leading role in "Eye of God" | |
1997 | Appeared in "The Defenders: Payback", the first of a projected series of TV-movies for Showtime | |
1996 | Portrayed the lesbian lover of radical feminist Valerie Solanas in the indie film "I Shot Andy Warhol" | |
1992 | First feature starring role, "Samantha" | |
1991 | Co-starred with Campbell Scott in Shakespeare's "Pericles, Prince of Tyre" at the Public Theater | |
1989 | Played the indignant teenage daughter of Dianne Wiest in "Parenthood" | |
1988 | Second film with River Phoenix, the Academy Award-nominated film, "Running on Empty" | |
1987 | Co-starred in the critically praised but commercially unsuccessful feature, "Shy People" | |
1986 | Critically lauded performance as the Reverend Spellgood's daughter in "The Mosquito Coast" starring Harrison Ford and her future real-life love interest, River Phoenix | |
1985 | Breakthrough performance as Stef Steinbrenner in "The Goonies" | |
1985 | First substantial film role, "The River Rat" | |
1983 | TV acting debut, "The Hand-Me-Down Kid" | |
1982 | Appeared in a Calvin Klein jeans commercial at age 11 | |
1981 | Made film acting debut in a bit part in "Rollover" | |
1979 | Stage debut at age eight in "The Haggadah" at New York Public Theater | |
Awards
2012 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress In a Drama Series in The Good Wife |
2011 | Critics' Choice TV Award for BEST ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES in Raising Hope |
2011 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series in Raising Hope |
2002 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress In a Drama Series in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit |
1988 | Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Female in Shy People |