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Amanda Plummer

Known for: Acting

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."

Filmography 53

Hercule 1997Movie Disney Plus as Clotho (voice)
Get a Clue 2002Movie as Miss Dawson
Freeway 1996Movie Plex as Ramona Lutz
Red 2008Movie as Mrs. Doust
Daniel 1983Movie as Susan Isaacson
Nostradamus 1994Movie Plex as Catherine De Medici
Triggermen 2002Movie as Penny Archer
Hysteria 1997Movie as Myrna Malloy
Affinity 2008Movie as Miss Ridley
The Making of Plus One 2010Movie as Kim Owens - the production accountant
Gryphon 1990Movie as Miss Ferenczi