Amanda Plummer
| Amanda Plummer | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Amanda Michael Plummer March 23, 1957 New York City, NY, U.S. |
| Nationality | American / Canadian |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1979–present |
| Parent(s) |
Christopher Plummer (father) Tammy Grimes (mother) |
Amanda Michael Plummer[1] (born March 23, 1957)[2] is an American actress best known for her work on stage and for her roles in such films as The Fisher King (1991), Pulp Fiction (1994), and The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013).
Life and career
Plummer was born in New York City, the only child of actors Christopher Plummer and Tammy Grimes.[3]
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.[4] 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) for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play.[5]
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.[6]
In 1996 Plummer won an Emmy Award for her guest appearance on the episode "Stitch in Time" of The Outer Limits,[7] In 2005, she won an Emmy as Miranda Cole in the Law & Order: Special Victims Unit episode "Weak", in which she played a schizophrenic.[8]
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).[8]
Plummer played Wiress, a former "tribute" who won the Hunger Games, in The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013), 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]
Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | Cattle Annie and Little Britches | Annie | ||
| 1982 | The World According to Garp | Ellen James | ||
| 1983 | Daniel | Susan Isaacson | ||
| 1984 | The Hotel New Hampshire | Miss Miscarriage | ||
| 1984 | The Dollmaker | Mamie | Television movie | |
| 1986 | Static | Julia Purcell | ||
| 1987 | Courtship | Laura Vaughn | ||
| 1987 | Made in Heaven | Wiley Foxx | ||
| 1988 | Gryphon | Ms Ferenczi | Television movie | |
| 1989 | Prisoners of Inertia | Sam | ||
| 1990 | Joe Versus the Volcano | Dagmar | ||
| 1991 | The Fisher King | Lydia | Nominated—BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role Nominated—Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress | |
| 1992 | Freejack | Nun | ||
| 1992 | Miss Rose White | Lusia Burke | Television movie 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 | |
| 1993 | So I Married an Axe Murderer | Rose Michaels | ||
| 1993 | Needful Things | Nettie Cobb | Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress | |
| 1994 | Pulp Fiction | Honey Bunny/Yolanda | Nominated—American Comedy Award for Funniest Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture | |
| 1994 | Pax | Franny | ||
| 1995 | Butterfly Kiss | Eunice | ||
| 1995 | Nostradamus | Catherine De Medici | ||
| 1995 | The Final Cut | Rothstein | ||
| 1995 | The Prophecy | Rachael | ||
| 1995 | Drunks | Shelley | ||
| 1996 | Dead Girl | Frida | ||
| 1996 | Freeway | Ramona Lutz | ||
| 1996 | The Right To Remain Silent | Paulina Marcos | Television movie CableACE Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie | |
| 1996 | Don't Look Back | Bridget | Television movie | |
| 1997 | American Perfekt | Sandra Thomas | ||
| 1997 | Hercules | Clotho | ||
| 1997 | A Simple Wish | Boots | ||
| 1998 | You Can Thank Me Later | Susan Cooperbeg | ||
| 1998 | L.A. Without a Map | Red Pool Owner | ||
| 1998 | Hysteria | Myrna Malloy | ||
| 1998 | October 22 | Denise | ||
| 1999 | 8½ Women | Beryl | ||
| 1999 | The Apartment Complex | Miss Chenille | Television movie | |
| 2000 | The Million Dollar Hotel | Vivien | ||
| 2000 | Seven Days to Live | Ellen Shaw | ||
| 2002 | The Gray in Between | Jalyn | ||
| 2002 | Triggermen | Penny Archer | ||
| 2002 | Get a Clue | Miss Dawson | Television movie | |
| 2002 | Ken Park | Claude's mother | ||
| 2003 | My Life Without Me | Laurie | ||
| 2003 | The Cruelest Day | Karin | ||
| 2003 | Mimic 3: Sentinel | Simone Montrose | ||
| 2004 | Satan's Little Helper | Merrill Whooly | ||
| 2008 | Inconceivable | Lesley Banks | ||
| 2008 | Red | Mrs. Doust | ||
| 2008 | Affinity | Miss Ridley | ||
| 2008 | 45 R.P.M. | Caralee Lucas | ||
| 2009 | The Making of Plus One | Kim Owens | ||
| 2009 | Sophomore | Miss Hutz | ||
| 2010 | Girlfriend | Celeste | ||
| 2011 | Vampire | Helga | ||
| 2011 | Dr. Ketel | Louise | ||
| 2012 | Small Apartments | Mrs. Ballisteri | ||
| 2012 | I Have to Buy New Shoes | Unknown | ||
| 2013 | The Hunger Games: Catching Fire | Wiress | ||
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" |
| 1989-1990 | L.A. Law | Alice Hackett | 6 episodes Nominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series |
| 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 |
| 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 | Episode: "Lady Redundant Woman" |
| 2009-2013 | Phineas and Ferb | Professor Poofenplotz | 3 episodes |
| 2014 | Hannibal | Katherine Pims | Episode: "Takiawase" |
| 2015 | The Blacklist | Tracy Solobotkin | Episode: "The Deer Hunter" |
Stage
- A Month in the Country (off-Broadway; 1979)
- A Taste of Honey (1981; Tony Award nominee-Best Actress)
- Agnes of God (1982; Tony Award winner-Best Featured Actress)
- The Glass Menagerie (revival; 1983)
- A Lie of the Mind (off-Broadway; 1985)
- You Never Can Tell (revival; 1986)
- Pygmalion (revival; 1987 Tony Award nominee-Best Actress)
- Abundance (off-Broadway; 1990)
- Killer Joe (off-Broadway; 1998)
- The Lark (Stratford Shakespeare Festival; 2005)
- Summer and Smoke (Hartford/Paper Mill; 2006–07)
- The Two-Character Play (New World Stages NYC; 2013)
References
- ↑ Plummer, Christopher (October 6, 2009). In Spite of Myself: A Memoir. Random House Digital, Inc. ISBN 978-0-307-39680-8. Retrieved August 29, 2012.
- ↑ "Amanda Plummer profile at". FilmReference.com. Retrieved July 17, 2012.
- ↑ Christopher Plummer biography, thebiographychannel.co.uk; accessed May 6, 2014.
- ↑ Amanda Plummer wins Tony Award for Agnes of God, tonyawards.com; accessed May 6, 2014.
- ↑ Amanda Plummer at the Internet Broadway Database
- ↑ Amanda Plummer profile, 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.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Amanda Plummer at the Internet Movie Database
- ↑ McNary, Dave (July 17, 2012). "Amanda Plummer joins Catching Fire". Variety. Archived from the original on July 17, 2012. Retrieved July 17, 2012.
- ↑ Piepenburg, Erik (April 1, 2013). "Amanda Plummer, Brad Dourif To Star in Tennessee Williams's ‘Two-Character Play’". New York Times.
- ↑ Amanda Plummer & Brad Dourif in Tennessee Williams' The Two Character Play on YouTube
External links
- Amanda Plummer at the Internet Movie Database
- playbill article, October 20, 2004; accessed May 6, 2014.
- Profile, hollywood.com (archived); accessed May 6, 2014.
- NewYork 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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