Martha Campbell Plimpton was born on November 16, 1970 in New York City, USA. She is an American model turned actress.

Plimpton began her career in modeling, securing an early '80s campaign for Calvin Klein. After a featured appearance in the 1981 film Rollover, she appeared in the Deep South independent drama The River Rat opposite Tommy Lee Jones.

She appeared in the 1989 Woody Allen film Another Woman, in the 1985 feature film The Goonies, Parenthood (1989), Stanley & Iris (1991) and Inside Monkey Zetterland (1992).

In 1999 Plimpton had a recurring role in the television drama ER as Meg Corwyn. In 2001, she co-starred with Jacqueline Bisset in The Sleepy Time Gal. In 2002 she was nominated for an Emmy Award for her guest appearance on the television drama Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. In 2004, she also guest-starred on an episode of the program 7th Heaven.

Her last credits include Marvelous (2006) and Dante's Inferno (2007).

Filmography

• Dante's Inferno (2007)
• "Law & Order: Criminal Intent" (1 episode, 2006)
• Marvelous (2006)
• "Surface" (2 episodes, 2006)
• "7th Heaven" (1 episode, 2004)
• Hair High (2004)
• "Karen Sisco" (1 episode, 2003)
• "Hack" (1 episode, 2003)
• "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" (1 episode, 2002)
• The Sleepy Time Gal (2001)
• "ER" (4 episodes, 1999)
• 200 Cigarettes (1999)
• Music from Another Room (1998)
• The Defenders: Taking the First (1998)
• Pecker (1998)
• The Defenders: Choice of Evils (1998)
• Eye of God (1997)
• The Defenders: Payback (1997)
• Colin Fitz (1997)
• I'm Not Rappaport (1996)
• Beautiful Girls (1996)
• I Shot Andy Warhol (1996)
• Last Summer in the Hamptons (1995)
• The Beans of Egypt, Maine (1994)
• Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle (1994)
• Josh and S.A.M. (1993)
• Chantilly Lace (1993)
• Daybreak (1993)
• The Perfect Woman (1993)
• Samantha (1992)
• Inside Monkey Zetterland (1992)
• A Blink of Paradise (1992)
• A Woman at War (1991)
• Stanley & Iris (1990)
• Parenthood (1989)
• Zwei Frauen (1989)
• Another Woman (1988)
• Running on Empty (1988)
• Stars and Bars (1988)
• Shy People (1987)
• The Mosquito Coast (1986)
• A Life in the Day (1986)
• "Family Ties" (1 episode, 1985)
• The Goonies (1985)
• The River Rat (1984)
• "ABC Afterschool Specials" (1 episode, 1983)
• Rollover (1981)