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Amanda Michael Plummer (born March 23, 1957) is an American actress. She is known for her work on stage and for her film roles, including Joe Versus the Volcano (1990), The Fisher King (1991), Pulp Fiction (1994), and (2013). Plummer won a Tony Awards in 1982 for her performance in Agnes of God. She most recently appeared in the of (2023).
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 theatre 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,Frank Rich, "THEATER: O'TOOLE AND PLUMMER IN 'PYGMALION'", The New York Times, 27 April 1987,
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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. (2026). 9780345455420, Ballantine Books. ISBN 9780345455420 In 2005, she won an Emmy as Miranda Cole in the 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 Awards 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 (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 , in 2023.
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| Direct-to-video |
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| Short film |
| Voice, short film |
| Episode: "The Unforgivable Secret" |
| Television film |
| Episode: "Take a Left at the Altar" |
| Episode: "A Dance on the Dark Side" |
| Television film |
| Episode: "Fruit of the Poison Tree" |
| Episode: "Lover Come Hack to Me" |
| Episode: "The Story of the Dancing Frog" |
| Episode: "Pilot: Part 1" |
| 6 episodes |
| Episode: "None So Blind" |
| Episode: "A Type of Love Story" |
| Television film |
| Television film |
| Television film |
| Television film |
| 2 episodes |
| Episode: "The Road to Dendron" |
| Television film |
| Television film |
| Television film |
| Voice, episode: "The Twelve Months & The Snow Girl" |
| Television film |
| Episode: "The Maze" |
| Television film |
| Episode: "" |
| Episode: "Exodus" |
| Voice, episode: "Lady Redundant Woman" |
| Voice, 2 episodes A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information. |
| Episode: "Takiawase" |
| Episode: "The Deer Hunter" |
| 7 episodes |
| 6 episodes |
| Bayview Playhouse, Toronto, Canada |
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| 1982 | Tony Awards | Best Actress in a Play | A Taste of Honey | ||
| Best Featured Actress in a Play | Agnes of God | ||||
| 1987 | Best Actress in a Play | Pygmalion | |||
| 1981 | Drama 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 |
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| 1992 | BAFTA Awards | Best Actress in a Supporting Role | The Fisher King | ||
| 1993 | Golden Globe Awards | Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film | Miss Rose White | ||
| 1989 | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series | L.A. Law | ||
| 1992 | Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie | Miss Rose White | |||
| 1996 | Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series | The Outer Limits | |||
| 2005 | Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | |||
| 1991 | Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards | Best Supporting Actress | The Fisher King | ||
| 1992 | Chicago Film Critics Association Awards | Best Supporting Actress | The Fisher King | ||
| 1992 | Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards | Best Supporting Actress | The Fisher King | ||
| 1993 | Actress in a Dramatic Series | The Hidden Room | |||
| 1994 | Supporting Actress in a Movie or Miniseries | Last Light | |||
| 1996 | Supporting Actress in a Movie or Miniseries | The Right to Remain Silent | |||
| Actress in a Dramatic Special/Series | The Outer Limits | ||||
| 1994 | Awards Community Circuit Awards | Best Cast Ensemble | Pulp Fiction | ||
| 1994 | Fangoria Chainsaw Awards | Best Supporting Actress | Needful Things | ||
| 2006 | Best Supporting Actress | Satan's Little Helper | |||
| 1994 | Saturn Awards | Best Supporting Actress | Needful Things | ||
| 2024 | Best Guest Starring Role on Television | Star Trek: Picard | |||
| 1995 | American Comedy Awards | Funniest Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture | Pulp Fiction | ||
| 2003 | DVD Exclusive Awards | Best Actress in a DVD Premiere Movie | Mimic 3: Sentinel | ||
| 2016 | Oldenburg International Film Festival | German Independence Honorary Award (Tribute) | rowspan="2" | ||
| 2019 | Star of Excellence (Walk of Fame) | ||||
| 2022 | Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards | Best Supporting Actress (Canadian) | Night Raiders | ||
| 2024 | Independent Spirit Robert Altman Award | Showing Up | |||
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