About
| Birth Name: | Amanda Michael Plummer |
| Birth Notes: | 23 March 1957, New York City, New York, USA |
| Height: | 5' 5" |
| Biography: | The daughter of Christopher Plummer and Tammy Grimes, Amanda Plummer was born in New York City on March 23, 1957. Her breakthrough role came when she starred opposite Robin Williams in The Fisher King (1991). However, Plummer may be best remembered for her work in the Quentin Tarantino classic Pulp Fiction (1994). Tarantino wrote the parts of two robbers who hold up a restaurant specifically for Plummer and her partner-in-screen-crime Tim Roth . Since that stand-out role, Plummer has continued to appear in a wide variety of films, including The Prophecy (1995), Freeway (1996), and My Life Without Me (2003). Amanda Plummer last appeared as Alma in Tennessee Williams's "Summer and Smoke" with Kevin Anderson , directed by Michael Wilson. At the Stratford Theater in Ontario, she was Joan of Arc in an original adaptation of "The Lark" by Jean Anouilh, directed by Michael Lindsay-Hogg. She appeared as Polly in "The Gnadiges Fraulein" with Elizabeth Ashley , and as Kyra in the world premiere of "One Exception", both by by Tennessee Williams, at the Hartford Stage. On Broadway: "A Taste of Honey" as Jo (nominated for a Tony Award, and Drama Desk Award, and received the Outer Critics Circle, and Theatre World Awards); as Agnes in "Agnes of God" with Geraldine Page (Tony Award, Drama Desk Award, Outer Critics Circle, and Boston Critics Awards); as Eliza in "Pygmalion" with Peter O'Toole and John Mills (Tony Award nomination); as Laura in "The Glass Menagerie" with Jessica Tandy; as Dolly in "You Never Can Tell" by George Bernard Shaw. Among her off-Broadway shows are "A Lie of the Mind" as Beth, directed and written by Sam Shepard with Harvey Keitel, Aidan Quinn and Geraldine Page, "Killer Joe" by Tracy Letts, "The Milk Train Doesn't Stop Here Any More" by Tennessee Williams, and "A Taste of Honey" with Valerie French . In England, at the Guilford Theatre she appeared as Eliza Doolittle in "Pygmalion," and at the Royal Court Theatre did "This Is a Chair", directed by Stephen Daldry and written by Carol Churchill. Her regional work includes Juliet in "Romeo & Juliet" (Hollywood Dramalogue Award) and Sonya in "Uncle Vanya," Frankie in "A Member of the Wedding," "Two Rooms," and "The Wake of Jamey Foster" by Beth Henley. Amanda's film work includes Quentin Tarantino's Pulp Fiction (1994) (American Comedy Award nomination), Terry Gilliam's The Fisher King (1991) (BAFTA nomination), Michael Winterbottom's Butterfly Kiss (1995), Peter Greenaway's 8 ½ Women (1999)' Larry Clark 's Ken Park (2002), Wim Wenders' The Million Dollar Hotel (2000), Sidney Lumet's Daniel (1983), Lamont Johnson 's Cattle Annie and Little Britches (1981), and Isabel Coixet's My Life Without Me (2003), and Needful Things (1993) (Saturn Award). In television she is the recipient of three Emmy Awards, one Emmy nomination, a Cable Ace Award, and a Golden Globe nomination. In 1988 she was honored with the Anti-Defamation League Award for Woman of Achievement. She will be appearing as Lucky in the filmed workshop, "Core Sample - Goli Otok" with Vanessa Redgrave and Lynn Redgrave, directed by Lenka Udovicki, the artistic director of The Ulysses Theater in the former Yugoslavia, and also in Lucky McKee's film Red (2008). Amanda Plummer has appeared in a wide variety of films, including "The Fisher King" by Terry Gilliam [the British Film Academy Award nomination for her performance as Lydia], Pulp Fiction by Quentin Tarrantino [American Comedy Award nomination for her performance as Honey Bunny], Butterfly Kiss as Eunice by Michael Winterbottom, and in My Life Without Me by Isabel Coixet, Pax by Eduardo Guedes, Daniel by Sidney Lumet, "Ken Park" by Larry Clark and lately "The Making of Plus One" and "Inconceivable" both by Mary Mcguckian, among others. Her highly acclaimed work on Broadway has garnered her a Tony award and Two Tony Award nominations as well as the Outer Critics Circle Award and Drama Desk Award. She was honored with three Emmy awards, and one Emmy nomination, a Saturn Award, and DVDX nomination, CableAce Award and Golden Globe nomination. She is the recipient of the Anti- defamation League award. |
Filmography
| 45 R.P.M. (2008) as Caralee Lucas |
| A Simple Wish (1997) as Boots |
| Affinity (2008) as Miss Ridley |
| Freejack (1992) as Nun |
| Freeway (1996) as Ramona Lutz |
| Hercules (1997) as The Fates |
| Inconceivable (2008) as Lesley Banks |
| Ken Park (2002) as Claude's Mother |
| L.A. Without a Map (1998) as Red Pool Owner |
| Needful Things (1993) as Nettie Cobb |
| Pulp Fiction (1994) as Honey Bunny - Yolanda |
| Satan's Little Helper (2004) as Merrill Whooly |
| Seven Days to Live (2000) as Ellen Shaw |
| So I Married an Axe Murderer (1993) as Rose Michaels |
| The Fisher King (1991) as Lydia |
| The Hotel New Hampshire (1984) as Miss Miscarriage |
| The Prophecy (1995) as Rachael |
| Triggermen (2002) as Penny Archer |
| 1,001 Ways to Enjoy the Missionary Position (2010) as Nora |
| 8 ½ Women (1999) as Beryl |
| American Perfekt (1997) as Sandra Thomas |
| Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There (2003) as Herself |
| Broadway: The Next Generation (2009) as Herself |
| Butterfly Kiss (1995) as Eunice |
| Cattle Annie and Little Britches (1981) as Annie |
| Courtship (1987) as Laura Vaughn |
| Daniel (1983) as Susan Isaacson |
| Dead Girl (1996) as Frieda |
| Drunks (1995) as Shelley |
| First Time Long Time (2009) as Maggie |
| Girlfriend (2010) as Celeste |
| Go Straight to Hell (2010) |
| Hysteria (1998) as Myrna Malloy |
| Il più crudele dei giorni (2003) as Gionalista ABC |
| Joe Versus the Volcano (1990) as Dagmar |
| Made in Heaven (1987) as Wiley Foxx |
| My Life Without Me (2003) as Laurie |
| Nostradamus (1994) as Catherine De Medici |
| October 22 (1998) as Denise |
| Pax (1994) as Franny |
| Phone (1993) |
| Prisoners of Inertia (1989) as Sam |
| Red (2008) as Mrs. Doust |
| Riders to the Sea (1987) |
| Samurai Avenger: The Blind Wolf (2009) as Lady in the Car |
| Sniff: The Dog Movie (2009) as Juliette |
| Sophomore (2010) as Miss Hutz |
| Static (1985) as Julia Purcell |
| The Final Cut (1995) as Rothstein |
| The Gray in Between (2002) as Jalyn |
| The Last Angel (2002) as The Last Angel |
| The Lounge People (1992) as Sabrina |
| The Making of Plus One (2010) as Kim Owens - the accountant |
| The Million Dollar Hotel (2000) as Vivien |
| The Story of the Dancing Frog (1989) as Narrator |
| The Vampyre Wars (1996) |
| The World According to Garp (1982) as Ellen James - New York |
| Thicker (2010) as Pharmacist |
| Vampire (2011) as Helga |
| You Can Thank Me Later (1998) as Susan Cooperberg |
Trivia
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* Daughter of Christopher Plummer and Tammy Grimes. * When she was a girl Amanda wanted to be a jockey. When she was 14, she passed an audition at the Belmont track, riding for Alfred Vanderbilt's stables. Of that she said: "Those were the greatest years of my life." * Great-great-granddaughter of John Joseph Caldwell Abbott, prime minister of Canada. * Nominated in 1981-82 for a Tony award for outstanding performance by an actress in a play for "A Taste Of Honey". * Won Broadway's 1982 Tony Award for Best Actress (Featured Role - Play) for "Agnes of God." That same year, she also received a Tony nomination as Best Actress (Play) for a revival of "A Taste of Honey" -- making her one of only three actors ('Dana Ivey' (qv) and Kate Burton are the others) to receive two Tony acting nominations in the same year. In 1987, she received another Tony nomination as Best Actress (Play) for her role as Eliza Doolittle in a revival of George Bernard Shaw's "Pygmalion," opposite Peter O'Toole 's Henry Higgins. * She and her father both received Emmy nominations in 2005. She won but he did not. * Two of her first four roles were in films adapted from John Irving novels: The World According to Garp (1982) and The Hotel New Hampshire (1984). * Stepdaughter of Elaine Taylor . |
Quotes
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* In America we make result movies; a problem is set up and solved by two people who are specimens of physical perfection. That's not me. Even killers in American films are not really any good, because in America, there's only one way to look at a killer; he's the bad guy. * On Hollywood: "You've got to have a sense of humour about it. There's a con going on all the time. You can smell it in the air. People are always pretending to be something they're not in order to make a buck, to become that person they want to be." |
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