Amanda Plummer

Amanda Michael Plummer (born March 23, 1957) is an American actress. She is known for her work on stage and in film, typically cast in strong female parts or eccentric roles. She made her film debut playing the title role in Cattle Annie and Little Britches and continued portraying supporting roles in films such as George Roy Hill's The World According to Garp (1982), Sidney Lumet's Daniel (1983), and Joe Versus the Volcano (1990). Plummer was nominated for a BAFTA Award for her role in Terry Gilliam's The Fisher King (1991) and gained further recognition for her role in Quentin Tarantino's Pulp Fiction (1994). Other film credits include So I Married an Axe Murderer (1993), The Prophecy (1995), Freeway (1996), A Simple Wish (1997), The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013), and Showing Up (2022).

Plummer also has had an extensive stage career, making her Broadway debut in 1981, as Josephine in A Taste of Honey, for which she was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play. She won a Tony Award in 1982 for her performance in Agnes of God. She has also appeared extensively in productions of the works of Tennessee Williams and starred in the original Off-Broadway production of Killer Joe in 1998.

On television, Plummer was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for her recurring role on L.A. Law (1989–1990). Later, she won the award three times, once for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Special for the television film Miss Rose White (1992), and twice for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series for her guest roles in The Outer Limits (1996) and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (2005). She was most recently nominated for a Saturn Award for Best Guest Starring Role on Television for her recurring role in 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. 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. 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.

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).

Her 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. 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 Eliza Doolittle in Pygmalion (1987, with Peter O'Toole and Osmund Bullock, for which she received her third Tony Award nomination, this time for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play).

Her off-Broadway plays include as 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.

In 1996, Plummer won an Emmy Award for her guest appearance on the episode "A Stitch in Time" of The Outer Limits. 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. Her 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. 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.

In 2020, Plummer was featured in the Netflix drama series Ratched. Plummer plays Vadic, the main villain of the third and final season of Star Trek: Picard, in 2023.

Personal life Plummer dated screenwriter and director Paul Chart in the late 1990s. The two lived together in Los Angeles and worked together on Chart's film American Perfekt.

Acting credits 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 1985 Static Julia Purcell 1987 Courtship Laura Vaughn Made in Heaven Wiley Foxx 1989 Prisoners of Inertia Sam 1990 Joe Versus the Volcano Dagmar 1991 The Fisher King Lydia Sinclair 1992 Freejack Nun The Lounge People Sabrina 1993 So I Married an Axe Murderer Rose Michaels Needful Things Nettie Cobb 1994 Pulp Fiction Honey Bunny/Yolanda 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 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 2000 The Million Dollar Hotel Vivien Ellen Shaw 2002 The Gray in Between Jalyn The Last Angel The Last Angel Short film Triggermen Penny Archer 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 2025 The Mastermind Louise Run Anna

Television Year Title Role Notes 1982 ABC Afterschool Special Angela Dunoway Episode: "The Unforgivable Secret" 1984 The Dollmaker Mamie Childers Television film 1987 Moonlighting Jackie Wilbourne Episode: "Take a Left at the Altar" 1988 The Equalizer Jill O'Connor Episode: "A Dance on the Dark Side" 1988 Gryphon Ms. Annette Ferenczi Television film 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" 1989–90 L.A. Law Alice Hackett 6 episodes 1990 Kojak Phyllis Episode: "None So Blind" 1991 The Hidden Room Sarah Cole Episode: "A Type of Love Story" 1992 Sands of Time Sister Graziella Television film 1992 Miss Rose White Lusia Burke Television film 1993 Last Light Lillian Burke Television film 1993 Whose Child Is This? The War for Baby Jessica Cara Clausen Television film 1996–2000 The Outer Limits Dr. Theresa Givens 2 episodes 1996 Duckman Princess Fallopia Voice, episode: "The Road to Dendron" 1996 The Right To Remain Silent Paulina Marcos Television film 1996 Don't Look Back Bridget Television film 1996 Under the Piano Franny Basilio Television film 1998 Stories from My Childhood The Queen Voice, episode: "The Twelve Months & The Snow Girl" 1999 The Apartment Complex Miss Chenille Television film 2002 Night Visions Music Professor Episode: "The Maze" 2002 Get a Clue Miss Kim Dawson Television film 2004 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Miranda Cole Episode: "Weak" 2006 Battlestar Galactica Oracle Selloi Episode: "Exodus" 2007 WordGirl Lady Redundant Woman Voice, episode: "Lady Redundant Woman" 2009–13 Phineas and Ferb Professor Poofenplotz Voice, 3 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 6 episodes

Theater

Video games Year Title Role Notes 1997 Hercules Clotho Best Featured Actress in a Play Agnes of God 1987 Best Actress in a Play Pygmalion 1981Drama Desk Awards Outstanding Actress in a Play A Taste of Honey 1982 Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play Agnes of God 1981 Theatre World Awards A Taste of Honey