Life and career

Plummer was born in New York City, the only child of actors Christopher Plummer and Tammy Grimes.

Plummer has received critical acclaim for her film work, including such films as Cattle Annie and Little Britches (1981), The World According to Garp (1982), Daniel (1983), and The Hotel New Hampshire (1984). Other films of note include The Fisher King, for which she received a BAFTA film nomination (1992), a Chicago Film Critics Association Award nomination (1992), and a Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award (1992). 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 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 as Eliza Doolittle in Pygmalion (1987; for which she received her third Tony Award nomination) for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play.

Off-Broadway plays include 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 "Stitch in Time" of The Outer Limits, In 2005, she won an Emmy as Miranda Cole in the Law & Order: Special Victims Unit episode "Weak", in which she played a schizophrenic.

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. Other awards include the Hollywood Drama Critics Award for her performance in the title female role in Romeo and Juliet, the Saturn Award 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 The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013), 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.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1981	Cattle Annie and Little Britches	Annie
1982	The World According to Garp	Ellen James
1983	Daniel	Susan Isaacson
1984	The Hotel New Hampshire	Miss Miscarriage
1984	The Dollmaker	Mamie	Television film
1986	Static	Julia Purcell
1987	Courtship	Laura Vaughn
1987	Made in Heaven	Wiley Foxx
1988	Gryphon	Ms Ferenczi	Television film
1989	Prisoners of Inertia	Sam
1990	Joe Versus the Volcano	Dagmar
1991	The Fisher King	Lydia	Nominated—BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role Nominated—Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress
1992	Freejack	Nun
1992	Sands of Time	Sister Graziella	Television film
1992	Miss Rose White	Lusia Burke	Television film Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress - Series, Miniseries or Television Film
1993	So I Married an Axe Murderer	Rose Michaels
1993	Last Light	Lillian Burke	Television film
1993	Needful Things	Nettie Cobb	Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress
1993	Whose Child Is This? The War for Baby Jessica	Cara Clausen	Television film
1994	Pulp Fiction	Honey Bunny/Yolanda	Nominated—American Comedy Award for Funniest Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture
1994	Pax	Franny
1995	Butterfly Kiss	Eunice
1995	Nostradamus	Catherine De Medici
1995	The Final Cut	Rothstein
1995	The Prophecy	Rachael
1995	Drunks	Shelley
1996	Dead Girl	Frida
1996	Freeway	Ramona Lutz
1996	The Right To Remain Silent	Paulina Marcos	Television film CableACE Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie
1996	Don't Look Back	Bridget	Television film
1996	Under the Piano	Franny Basilio	Television film
1997	American Perfekt	Sandra Thomas
1997	Hercules	Clotho	Voice
1997	A Simple Wish	Boots
1998	You Can Thank Me Later	Susan Cooperbeg
1998	L.A. Without a Map	Red Pool Owner
1998	Hysteria	Myrna Malloy
1998	October 22	Denise
1999	8½ Women	Beryl
1999	The Apartment Complex	Miss Chenille	Television film
2000	The Million Dollar Hotel	Vivien
2000	Seven Days to Live	Ellen Shaw
2002	The Gray in Between	Jalyn
2002	The Last Angel	The Last Angel	Short film
2002	Triggermen	Penny Archer
2002	Get a Clue	Miss Dawson	Television film
2002	Ken Park	Claude's mother
2003	My Life Without Me	Laurie
2003	The Cruelest Day	Karin
2003	Mimic 3: Sentinel	Simone Montrose	Direct-to-video
2004	Satan's Little Helper	Merrill Whooly
2008	Inconceivable	Lesley Banks
2008	Red	Mrs. Doust
2008	Affinity	Miss Ridley
2008	45 R.P.M.	Caralee Lucas
2009	Samurai Avenger: The Blind Wolf	Lady in the Car
2009	First Time Long Time	Maggie	Short film
2010	The Making of Plus One	Kim Owens
2010	Girlfriend	Celeste
2010	1001 Ways to Enjoy the Missionary Position	Nora
2011	Vampire	Helga
2011	Dr. Ketel	Louise
2011	Today's Headline	Amy	Short film
2012	Sophomore	Miss Hultz
2012	Small Apartments	Mrs. Ballisteri
2012	Abigail Harm	Abigail Harm
2012	I Have to Buy New Shoes	Joanne
2013	The Hunger Games: Catching Fire	Wiress
2014	Strangely in Love	Sister Sarah
2016	The Dancer	Lili

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1982	ABC Afterschool Special	Angela Dunoway	Episode: "The Unforgivable Secret"
1987	Moonlighting	Jackie Wilbourne	Episode: "Take a Left at the Altar"
1988	The Equalizer	Jill O'Connor	Episode: "A Dance on the Dark Side"
1989	Miami Vice	Lisa Madsen	Episode: "Fruit of the Poison Tree"
1989	Tales from the Crypt	Peggy	Episode: "Lover Come Hack to Me"
1989	True Blue	Susan Lizar	Episode: "Pilot: Part 1"
1989-1990	L.A. Law	Alice Hackett	6 episodes Nominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
1990	Kojak	Phyllis	Episode: "None So Blind"
1991	The Hidden Room	Sarah Cole	Episode: "A Type of Love Story" Nominated—CableACE Award for Best Guest Actress in a Dramatic Series
1996-2000	The Outer Limits	Dr. Theresa Givens	2 episodes Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series
1996	Duckman	Princess Fallopia (voice)	Episode: "The Road to Dendron"
1998	Stories from My Childhood	The Queen (voice)	Episode: "The Twelve Months & The Snow Girl"
2002	Night Visions	Music Professor	Episode: "The Maze"
2004	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Miranda Cole	Episode: "Weak" Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series
2006	Battlestar Galactica	Oracle Selloi	Episode: "Exodus"
2007	WordGirl	Lady Redundant Woman (voice)	Episode: "Lady Redundant Woman"
2009-2013	Phineas and Ferb	Professor Poofenplotz / Additional voices	4 episodes
2014	Hannibal	Katherine Pims	Episode: "Takiawase"
2015	The Blacklist	Tracy Solobotkin	Episode: "The Deer Hunter"

Stage

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1979	A Month in the Country	Vera
1981	A Taste of Honey	Josephine	Nominated—Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play Nominated—Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Play
1982	Agnes of God	Agnes	Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play
1983	The Glass Menagerie	Laura
1985	A Lie of the Mind	Beth
1986	You Never Can Tell	Dolly Clandon
1987	Pygmalion	Eliza Doolittle	Nominated—Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play
1990	Abundance	Bess
1998	Killer Joe	Sharla
2005	The Lark	Joan of Arc
2006-2007	Summer and Smoke	Alma Winemiller
2013	The Two-Character Play	Clare

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