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."

Most Known For

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

as Miranda Cole

The Blacklist

as Tracy Solobotkin

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

as Self

Phineas and Ferb

as Poofenplotz (voice)

Battlestar Galactica

as Oracle

Miami Vice

as Lisa Madsen

Star Trek: Picard

as Captain Vadic

The Outer Limits

as Dr. Theresa Givens

Pulp Fiction

as Honey Bunny

Tales from the Crypt

as Peggy

The Equalizer

as Jill O'Connor

L.A. Law

as Alice Hackett

Moonlighting

as Jackie Wilbourne

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

as Wiress

Hercules

as Clotho (voice)

Duckman

as Princess Fallopia (voice)

Ratched

as Louise

Needful Things

as Nettie Cobb

Dark Skies

Butterfly Kiss

as Eunice