Martha Plimpton

Martha Plimpton is an American actress; she works on stage, television and films too. She is also a singer and a former model. Martha Plimpton was born on 16th November 1970 in New York Click to look into! >> Read More... City, New York, US. Her parents, Keith Carradine and Shelley Plimpton, are also actors. Her paternal grandfather, John Carradine was also an actor. George Plimpton, writer and editor, is a cousin of Martha Plimpton. In 1995, Martha was engaged to Jon Patrick Walker, a stage actor. But unfortunately, they dismissed their engagement later on. In early 1980, she started her career as a model and was featured in the campaign of Calvin Klein; she made the impression of a tomboyish girl. In 1981, Martha made her debut in films; she was eleven when she played a small part in the movie ‘Rollover’.

In 1985, she acted in the movie ‘The Goonies’ which established her image as a tomboy. In 1986, she appeared in the film ‘The Mosquito Coast’ which starred Harrison Ford “Get-off my plane!” This may perhaps one of his su >> Read More... . She was nominated for a Young Artist Award for the Academy Award nominated movie ‘Running on Empty’. In the late 1980’s she began to appear in big-budget films in the supporting roles. In 1990, she appeared in a German film, ‘Zwei Frauen’, for which she shaved her head to play the role of a cancer patient; the film received the nomination at the German Film Awards for Outstanding Feature Film. ‘Parenthood’ is also a successful film of Plimpton; the movie was nominated for two Academy Awards. In 1993, she played the role of an activist in the movie ‘Inside Monkey Zetterland’. In this period, she also appeared in the TV movies like ‘Daybreak’, ‘The Defenders: Payback ’ and ‘Chantilly Lace’.

In 1999, she also appeared on NBC in the show ‘ER’, a medical drama; Martha featured in the sixth season of the show playing the role of Meg Corwyn. Martha featured in a documentary, ‘Searching for Debra Winger’, in the year 2002; the documentary received the nomination for a Primetime Emmy Award. She has received the Drama Desk Award and earned a nomination for Tony Award, Featured Actress in a Play for the theatre act, ‘The Coast of Utopia’, by Tom Stoppard.In 2008, Martha was nominated for a second time for a Tony Award and Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a play for her performance in the ‘Top Girls’. For ‘That Terrific Rainbow’ she received her third back to back nomination for a Tony Award, Best Featured Actress. Martha Plimpton is a co-founder of a production company named ‘Everything is Horrible’. In 2010, Martha appeared in ‘Raising Hope’, a sitcom for the Fox; she received positive reviews for her role, Virginia Chance, in the TV show and earned a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series. In 2010, she received Best Actress Award from Whistler Film Festival for her performance in ‘Small Town Murder Songs’. Martha is avidly active in the abortion rights campaigns; she speaks at various campuses and rallies since her teenage time.