Amanda Plummer
Born March 23, 1957 (Age: 69)
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New York City, New York, USA
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."
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."
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Filmography
Showing Up
2023
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as Dorothy
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Age: 66
The Dancer
2016
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as Lili
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Age: 59
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
2013
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as Wiress
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Age: 56
1,001 Ways to Enjoy the Missionary Position
2010
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as Nora
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Age: 53
The Making of Plus One
2010
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as Kim Owens - the production accountant
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Age: 52
My Life Without Me
2003
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as Laurie
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Age: 45
Ken Park
2003
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as Claude's Mother
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Age: 45
Christopher Plummer: A Man For All Stages
2002
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as Self
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Age: 45
Pulp Fiction: The Facts
2002
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 45
Shadow Realm
2002
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as Prof. Tracy
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Age: 45
Triggermen
2002
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as Penny Archer
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Age: 45
Get a Clue
2002
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as Miss Dawson
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Age: 45
The Gray in Between
2002
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as Jalyn
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Age: 44
7 Days to Live
2000
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as Ellen Shaw
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Age: 43
The Million Dollar Hotel
2000
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as Vivien
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Age: 42
8 ½ Women
1999
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as Beryl
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Age: 42
October 22
1998
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as Denise
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Age: 41
You Can Thank Me Later
1998
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as Susan Cooperberg
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Age: 41
Hysteria
1997
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as Myrna Malloy
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Age: 40
A Simple Wish
1997
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as Boots
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Age: 40
Hercules
1997
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as Clotho (voice)
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Age: 40
American Perfekt
1997
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as Sandra
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Age: 40
Drunks
1997
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as Shelley
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Age: 39
Under The Piano
1996
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as Franny Basilio
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Age: 39
Dead Girl
1996
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as Frieda
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Age: 39
Freeway
1996
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as Ramona Lutz
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Age: 39
Don't Look Back
1996
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as Bridget
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Age: 39
The Right to Remain Silent
1996
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as Paulina Marcos
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Age: 38
The Vampyre Wars
1996
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as
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Age: 38
The Final Cut
1995
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as Rothstein
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Age: 38
The Prophecy
1995
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as Rachael
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Age: 38
Pulp Fiction
1994
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as Honey Bunny
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Age: 37
No Image
Pax
1994
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as Franny
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Age: 36
No Image
Whose Child Is This? The War for Baby Jessica
1993
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as Cara Clausen
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Age: 36
Needful Things
1993
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as Nettie Cobb
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Age: 36
Last Light
1993
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as Lillian Burke
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Age: 36
So I Married an Axe Murderer
1993
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as Rose Michaels
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Age: 36
The Sands of Time
1992
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as Sister Graciella
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Age: 35
Phone
1992
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as Persimmon
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Age: 35
Miss Rose White
1992
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as Lusia
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Age: 35
Freejack
1992
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as Nun
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Age: 34
The Lounge People
1992
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as Sabrina
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Age: 34
The Fisher King
1991
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as Lydia
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Age: 34
Gryphon
1990
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as Miss Ferenczi
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Age: 33
Kojak: None So Blind
1990
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as Phyllis
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Age: 33
Joe Versus the Volcano
1990
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as Dagmar
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Age: 32
Prisoners of Inertia
1989
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as Sam
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Age: 31
The Story of the Dancing Frog
1989
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as Narrator (voice)
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Age: 31
Made in Heaven
1987
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as Wiley Foxx
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Age: 30
Courtship
1987
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as Laura Vaughn
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Age: 29
The Hotel New Hampshire
1984
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as Miss Miscarriage
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Age: 26
The World According to Garp
1982
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as Ellen James
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Age: 25
Cattle Annie and Little Britches
1981
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as Cattle Annie
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Age: 24