Amanda Plummer
Acting · Born 1957-03-23 in 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…
Filmography
- My Life Without Me as Laurie
- The Fisher King as Lydia
- The Million Dollar Hotel as Vivien
- Pulp Fiction as Honey Bunny
- Showing Up as Dorothy
- Needful Things as Nettie Cobb
- Shadow Realm as Prof. Tracy
- So I Married an Axe Murderer as Rose Michaels
- Freeway as Ramona Lutz
- The World According to Garp as Ellen James