Amanda Plummer
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| Born | Amanda Michael Plummer March 23, 1957 New York City, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1979–present |
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| Relatives | Elaine Taylor (stepmother) |
Amanda Michael Plummer (born March 23, 1957) is an American actress. She is known for her work on stage and for her roles in such films as Joe Versus the Volcano (1990), The Fisher King (1991), Pulp Fiction (1994), and The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013). Plummer won a Tony Award in 1982 for her performance in Agnes of God. She currently plays Vadic in the third season of Star Trek: Picard (2023).
Early life
Plummer was born on March 23, 1957, in New York City, the only child of American actress Tammy Grimes and Canadian actor Christopher Plummer.[1][2] Her father said that they named their daughter Amanda Michael after Amanda Prynne, a character from the play Private Lives, and the actress Michael Learned.[3] She attended the elite Trinity School before graduating from the United Nations International School (UNIS). She attended Middlebury College for two and a half years and, as a young adult, studied acting at the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre in New York City.[4]
Career
Plummer has received critical acclaim for her film work, including such films as Cattle Annie and Little Britches (1981), The World According to Garp (1982), Daniel (1983), and The Hotel New Hampshire (1984). Other films of note include The Fisher King, for which she received a BAFTA film nomination (1992), a Chicago Film Critics Association Award nomination (1992), and a Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award (1992).
Other films include Pulp Fiction, for which she received an American Comedy Award nomination; Girlfriend; Butterfly Kiss, My Life Without Me; Vampire, and Ken Park. She made her Broadway debut as Jo in the 1981 revival of A Taste of Honey, which ran for almost a year with Valerie French playing Helen, Jo's mother. She received a Tony Award nomination, a Theatre World, a Drama Desk, and an Outer Critics Circle Awards for her portrayal.
She won a Tony Award for Featured Actress and the Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle and Boston Critics Circle Awards for her portrayal of Agnes in Agnes of God, with Geraldine Page and Elizabeth Ashley.[5] In 1983, she portrayed Laura Wingfield in a Broadway revival of The Glass Menagerie. Other Broadway performances include Dolly Clandon in You Never Can Tell (1986), and as Eliza Doolittle in Pygmalion (1987; for which she received her third Tony Award nomination, this time for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play.)[6]
Off-Broadway plays include Beth in Sam Shepard's A Lie of the Mind, and Killer Joe, written by Tracy Letts. She has performed in many of Tennessee Williams' plays, including Summer and Smoke, The Gnädiges Fräulein, The Milk Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore, and the world premiere of The One Exception.[7]
In 1996, Plummer won an Emmy Award for her guest appearance on the episode "A Stitch in Time" of The Outer Limits.[8] In 2005, she won an Emmy as Miranda Cole in the Law & Order: Special Victims Unit episode "Weak", in which she played a woman with schizophrenia.
She was nominated for a Golden Globe Award and received another Emmy Award for her performance in Miss Rose White, a Hallmark made-for-television film about a Holocaust survivor, for which she received the Anti-Defamation League Award. For her performance in Last Light (1993), she received a Cable Ace Award nomination. Other awards include the Hollywood Drama Critics Award for her performance in the title female role in Romeo and Juliet, the Saturn Award for her performance as Nettie in Needful Things (1993), and a Cable Ace Award for her performance in The Right To Remain Silent (1996).
Plummer played Wiress, a former "tribute" who won the Hunger Games, in The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013), the film adaptation of the second novel of The Hunger Games trilogy, by Suzanne Collins.[9] Plummer starred alongside Brad Dourif in the critically acclaimed Off Broadway revival of Tennessee Williams' The Two-Character Play at New World Stages in 2013.[10][11]
In 2020, Plummer was featured in the Netflix drama series Ratched.[12] Plummer plays Vadic, the main villain of the third and final season of Star Trek: Picard, in 2023.[13]
Personal life
Plummer dated screenwriter and director Paul Chart in the late 1990s.[14] The two lived together in Los Angeles[15] and worked together on Chart's film American Perfekt.[16]
Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | Cattle Annie and Little Britches | Anna "Cattle Annie" McDoulet | |
| 1982 | The World According to Garp | Ellen James | |
| 1983 | Daniel | Susan Isaacson | |
| 1984 | The Hotel New Hampshire | Miss Dawn Miscarriage | |
| The Dollmaker | Mamie Childers | Television film | |
| 1985 | Static | Julia Purcell | |
| 1987 | Courtship | Laura Vaughn | |
| Made in Heaven | Wiley Foxx | ||
| 1988 | Gryphon | Ms. Annette Ferenczi | Television film |
| 1989 | Prisoners of Inertia | Sam | |
| 1990 | Joe Versus the Volcano | Dagmar | |
| 1991 | The Fisher King | Lydia Sinclair | Nominated—BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role Nominated—Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress |
| 1992 | Freejack | Nun | |
| Sands of Time | Sister Graziella | Television film | |
| Miss Rose White | Lusia Burke | Television film Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film | |
| The Lounge People | Sabrina | ||
| 1993 | So I Married an Axe Murderer | Rose Michaels | |
| Last Light | Lillian Burke | Television film | |
| Needful Things | Nettie Cobb | Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress | |
| Whose Child Is This? The War for Baby Jessica | Cara Clausen | Television film | |
| 1994 | Pulp Fiction | Honey Bunny/Yolanda | Nominated—American Comedy Award for Funniest Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture |
| Pax | Franny | ||
| 1995 | Butterfly Kiss | Eunice | |
| Nostradamus | Catherine de' Medici | ||
| The Final Cut | Rothstein | ||
| The Prophecy | Rachael | ||
| Drunks | Shelley | ||
| 1996 | Dead Girl | Frida | |
| Freeway | Ramona Lutz | ||
| The Right To Remain Silent | Paulina Marcos | Television film CableACE Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie | |
| Don't Look Back | Bridget | Television film | |
| Under the Piano | Franny Basilio | Television film | |
| 1997 | American Perfekt | Sandra Thomas | |
| Hercules | Clotho | Voice | |
| A Simple Wish | Boots | ||
| Hysteria | Myrna Malloy | ||
| 1998 | You Can Thank Me Later | Susan Cooperbeg | |
| L.A. Without a Map | Red Pool Owner | ||
| October 22 | Denise | ||
| 1999 | 8½ Women | Beryl | |
| The Apartment Complex | Miss Chenille | Television film | |
| 2000 | The Million Dollar Hotel | Vivien | |
| Seven Days to Live | Ellen Shaw | ||
| 2002 | The Gray in Between | Jalyn | |
| The Last Angel | The Last Angel | Short film | |
| Triggermen | Penny Archer | ||
| Get a Clue | Miss Kim Dawson | Television film | |
| Ken Park | Claude's mother | ||
| 2003 | My Life Without Me | Laurie | |
| The Cruelest Day | Karin | ||
| Mimic 3: Sentinel | Simone Montrose | Direct-to-video | |
| 2004 | Satan's Little Helper | Merrill Whooly | |
| 2008 | Inconceivable | Lesley Banks | |
| Red | Mrs. Diane Doust | ||
| Affinity | Miss Helena Ridley | ||
| 45 R.P.M. | Caralee Lucas | ||
| 2009 | Samurai Avenger: The Blind Wolf | Lady in the Car | |
| First Time Long Time | Maggie | Short film | |
| 2010 | The Making of Plus One | Kim Owens | |
| Girlfriend | Celeste | ||
| 1001 Ways to Enjoy the Missionary Position | Nora | ||
| 2011 | Vampire | Helga | |
| Dr. Ketel | Louise | ||
| Today's Headline | Amy | Short film | |
| 2012 | Sophomore | Miss June Hultz | |
| Small Apartments | Mrs. Luigiana Ballisteri | ||
| Abigail Harm | Abigail Harm | ||
| I Have to Buy New Shoes | Joanne | ||
| 2013 | The Hunger Games: Catching Fire | Wiress | |
| 2014 | Strangely in Love | Sister Sarah | |
| 2015 | Reversion | Elizabeth | |
| 2016 | The Dancer | Lili | |
| Honeyglue | Alice | ||
| 2018 | We Are Boats | Jimmie | |
| A Young Man with High Potential | Ketura Stantz | ||
| Freaks of Nurture | Mom (voice) | Short film | |
| 2019 | Spiral Farm | Dianic | |
| 2021 | Night Raiders | Roberta | |
| 2022 | Showing Up | Dorothy |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | ABC Afterschool Special | Angela Dunoway | Episode: "The Unforgivable Secret" |
| 1987 | Moonlighting | Jackie Wilbourne | Episode: "Take a Left at the Altar" |
| 1988 | The Equalizer | Jill O'Connor | Episode: "A Dance on the Dark Side" |
| 1989 | Miami Vice | Lisa Madsen | Episode: "Fruit of the Poison Tree" |
| 1989 | Tales from the Crypt | Peggy | Episode: "Lover Come Hack to Me" |
| 1989 | HBO Storybook Musicals | Narrator | Episode: "The Story of the Dancing Frog" |
| 1989 | True Blue | Susan Lizar | Episode: "Pilot: Part 1" |
| 1989–1990 | L.A. Law | Alice Hackett | 6 episodes Nominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series |
| 1990 | Kojak | Phyllis | Episode: "None So Blind" |
| 1991 | The Hidden Room | Sarah Cole | Episode: "A Type of Love Story" Nominated—CableACE Award for Best Guest Actress in a Dramatic Series |
| 1996–2000 | The Outer Limits | Dr. Theresa Givens | 2 episodes Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series |
| 1996 | Duckman | Princess Fallopia (voice) | Episode: "The Road to Dendron" |
| 1998 | Stories from My Childhood | The Queen (voice) | Episode: "The Twelve Months & The Snow Girl" |
| 2002 | Night Visions | Music Professor | Episode: "The Maze" |
| 2004 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Miranda Cole | Episode: "Weak" Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series |
| 2006 | Battlestar Galactica | Oracle Selloi | Episode: "Exodus" |
| 2007 | WordGirl | Lady Redundant Woman (voice) | Episode: "Lady Redundant Woman" |
| 2009–2013 | Phineas and Ferb | Professor Poofenplotz / Additional voices | 4 episodes |
| 2014 | Hannibal | Katherine Pims | Episode: "Takiawase" |
| 2015 | The Blacklist | Tracy Solobotkin | Episode: "The Deer Hunter" |
| 2020 | Ratched | Louise | 7 episodes |
| 2023 | Star Trek: Picard | Captain Vadic | 3 episodes |
Stage
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | A Month in the Country | Vera Aleksandrovna | |
| 1979 | Artichoke | Lily-Agnes | |
| 1981 | A Taste of Honey | Josephine | Nominated—Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play Nominated—Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Play Theatre World Award |
| 1982 | Agnes of God | Sister Agnes | Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play |
| 1983 | Lee Harvey Oswald | Marina | Bayview Playhouse, Toronto, Canada[17] |
| 1983 | The Glass Menagerie | Laura Wingfield | |
| 1985 | A Lie of the Mind | Beth | |
| 1986 | You Never Can Tell | Dolly Clandon | |
| 1987 | Pygmalion | Eliza Doolittle | Nominated—Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play |
| 1990 | Abundance | Bess | |
| 1998 | Killer Joe | Sharla Smith | |
| 2005 | The Lark | Joan of Arc | |
| 2006–2007 | Summer and Smoke | Alma Winemiller | |
| 2013 | The Two-Character Play | Clare | |
| 2017 | The Night of the Iguana | Hannah Jelkes |
References
- ^ Christopher Plummer biography Archived November 7, 2012, at the Wayback Machine, thebiographychannel.co.uk; accessed May 6, 2014.
- ^ "Christopher Plummer: Star of The Sound of Music dies at 91". BBC News. February 5, 2021. Retrieved February 5, 2021.
- ^ Plummer, Christopher (2008). In Spite of Myself: A Memoir. New York: Alfred A. Knopf. pp. 264–265. ISBN 978-0-307-39679-2. Retrieved October 29, 2012 – via Google Books.
- ^ Daaley, Suzanne. "A Theater Child Takes Center Stage" The New York Times, September 6, 1981
- ^ Amanda Plummer wins Tony Award for Agnes of God Archived August 31, 2016, at the Wayback Machine, tonyawards.com; accessed May 6, 2014.
- ^ Amanda Plummer at the Internet Broadway Database
- ^ Amanda Plummer profile Archived September 26, 2007, at the Wayback Machine, lortel.org/LLA_archive; accessed May 6, 2014.
- ^ The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows, 1946-Present. Ballantine Books. 2003. p. 1447. ISBN 0-345-45542-8.
- ^ McNary, Dave (July 17, 2012). "Amanda Plummer joins Catching Fire". Variety. Archived from the original on February 5, 2013. Retrieved July 17, 2012.
- ^ Piepenburg, Erik (April 1, 2013). "Amanda Plummer, Brad Dourif To Star in Tennessee Williams's Two-Character Play". The New York Times.
- ^ Amanda Plummer & Brad Dourif in Tennessee Williams' The Two Character Play on YouTube
- ^ Denise Petski (January 14, 2019). "Ratched: Sharon Stone, Cynthia Nixon Among 10 Cast In Ryan Murphy's Netflix Series". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved January 20, 2019.
- ^ Couch, Aaron (October 8, 2022). "'Star Trek: The Next Generation' Crew Is Hunted by New Villain in 'Picard' Trailer". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved October 8, 2022.
- ^ "Actress Amanda Plummer and boyfriend Paul Chart arrive for the..." Getty Images.
- ^ Diamond, Jamie (April 28, 1996). "For Amanda Plummer, It's Bring On The Eccentrics". The New York Times.
- ^ American Perfekt at Rotten Tomatoes
- ^ CZARNECKI, MARK. "Indicting a nation | Maclean's | APRIL 18, 1983". Maclean's | The Complete Archive.
External links
- Amanda Plummer at IMDb
- Amanda Plummer at the Internet Broadway Database
- Amanda Plummer at the Internet Off-Broadway Database
- Article, playbill.com, October 20, 2004; accessed May 6, 2014.
- Profile, hollywood.com (archived); accessed May 6, 2014.
- New York Times article referencing Amanda Plummer, April 28, 1996; accessed May 6, 2014.
- Stephen Capen Interview on Worldguide, Futurist Radio Hour, October 14, 1995.
- Amanda Plummer comments on camera on role in The Two Character Play, June 2013 on YouTube
- New York Times Arts Blog on The Two-Character Play, June 2013; accessed May 5, 2014.
- The Two-Character Play Off-Broadway 2013
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