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), ''

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'' (1991), ''

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'' (1994), and '' The Hunger Games: Catching Fire'' (2013). Plummer won a

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in 1982 for her performance in '' Agnes of God''. She most recently appeared in the third season of '' Star Trek: Picard'' (2023).

Early life

Plummer was born on March 23, 1957, in New York City, the only child of American actress Tammy Grimes and Canadian actor

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. Her father said that they named their daughter Amanda Michael after Amanda Prynne, a character from the play ''

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'', and the actress

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. She attended the elite Trinity School before graduating from the United Nations International School (UNIS). She attended

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for two and a half years, and as a young adult, studied acting at the

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in New York City.

Career

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 ''

'', for which she received a

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film nomination (1992), a Chicago Film Critics Association Award nomination (1992), and a Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award (1992). Her other films include ''

'', for which she received an American Comedy Award nomination, '' Girlfriend'', '' Butterfly Kiss'', '' My Life Without Me'', ''

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'', 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

nomination, a

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, 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

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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

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in '' Pygmalion'' (1987, for which she received her third Tony Award nomination, this time for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play). Her off-Broadway plays include as Beth in

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's '' A Lie of the Mind'', and ''Killer Joe'', written by Tracy Letts. She has performed in many of

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' 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

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for her guest appearance on the episode " A 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 woman with schizophrenia. She was nominated for a

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and received another Emmy Award for her performance in '' Miss Rose White'', a Hallmark made-for-television film about a

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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 ''

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'', 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 film adaptation of the second novel of ''The Hunger Games'' trilogy, by

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. Plummer starred alongside Brad Dourif in the critically acclaimed

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revival of Tennessee Williams' '' The Two-Character Play'' at New World Stages in 2013. In 2020, Plummer was featured in the

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drama series '' Ratched''. Plummer plays Vadic, the main villain of the third and final season of '' Star Trek: Picard'', in 2023.

Personal life

Plummer dated screenwriter and director Paul Chart in the late 1990s. The two lived together in Los Angeles and worked together on Chart's film '' American Perfekt''.

Filmography

Film

Television

Video games

Stage

Awards and nominations

Notes

References

External links

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playbill.com, October 20, 2004. Retrieved May 6, 2014.
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hollywood.com (archived). Retrieved May 6, 2014.

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''New York Times'' Arts Blog on ''The Two-Character Play''
June 2013. Retrieved May 5, 2014.
The Two-Character Play Off-Broadway 2013
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