Martha Plimpton

Premiere: Martha Plimpton at the Century City premiere of New Line's 15 Minutes - 3/1/2001 Photo by Steve Granitz/Wireimage.com

Biography

Born 11/16/1970

An effervescent, square-jawed blonde performer, Plimpton made her mark playing the estranged daughter of Tommy Lee Jones in "The River Rat" (1984) and gave a fine performance as the girlfriend of River Phoenix in Sidney Lumet's "Running on Empty" (1988). Her early roles as appealing tomboys in such...
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Highlights

  • In 2008, Appeared in the Broadway play, "Top Girls"; received a Tony award nomination for Featured Actress in a Play
  • In 2006, Cast in the play "The Coast of Utopia," a trilogy by Tom Stoppard; earned a Tony award nomination
  • In 2004, Guest-starred on an episode of "7th Heaven" (WB); also received her first writing credit for a different episode that year entitled "Red Socks"

Family & Companions

  • River Phoenix: deceased

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