Amanda Plummer

Biography

Amanda Michael Plummer (born March 23, 1957) is an American actress. Plummer was born in New York City, New York, the daughter of actors Tammy Grimes and Christopher Plummer. Plummer attended Middlebury College in Vermont and acting classes at the Neighborhood Playhouse in New York. Early in life, her interest was in riding and tending to horses on the East Coast and in Ireland.

Plummer began appearing in small to mid size roles in television and films in the early 1980s. Her first successes came from her stage work. She made her Broadway debut as Josephine in the 1981 revival of A Taste of Honey. She won a Tony Award nomination and Theatre World Award for her portrayal. The following year, she won a Tony Award for Featured Actress and a Drama Desk Award for her portrayal of Sister Agnes in the play Agnes of God.

Following her successes on the stage, Plummer began appearing in major roles on television and in film. One of her most recognized appearances was on L.A. Law as Alice Hackett, a developmentally disabled girlfriend of Benny Stulwitz, played by Larry Drake, for which she received an Emmy Award nomination. Two other well-known roles were Yolanda (a.k.a. "Honey Bunny") in Pulp Fiction and Rose in So I Married An Axe Murderer.

Her film roles have been described as "spooky, kooky, half-mad characters."

Known For

Star Trek: Picard 2020 ★ 7.2
Ratched 2020 ★ 7.6
The Blacklist 2013 ★ 7.6
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire 2013 ★ 7.4
Phineas and Ferb 2007 ★ 7.9
Battlestar Galactica 2004 ★ 8.2
Ken Park 2003 ★ 6.0
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit 1999 ★ 8.0
Hercules 1997 ★ 7.5
Dark Skies 1996 ★ 7.2
The Outer Limits 1995 ★ 7.7
Pulp Fiction 1994 ★ 8.5
Duckman 1994 ★ 7.2
Needful Things 1993 ★ 6.3
The Hidden Room 1991 ★ 6.0
The Fisher King 1991 ★ 7.3
Tales from the Crypt 1989 ★ 8.0
True Blue 1989 ★ 6.3
L.A. Law 1986 ★ 7.1
The Equalizer 1985 ★ 7.1
Moonlighting 1985 ★ 7.5
Screen Two 1985 ★ 7.1
Miami Vice 1984 ★ 7.4
American Playhouse 1982 ★ 6.6