The kind of actress Amanda Plummer not only has the credentials to do whatever she wants, but also the talent to back it up.
Why aren’t there more mentions of Plummer today? She was born on March 23, 1957, to actors Christopher Plummer and Tammy Grimes, and throughout the 1980s and 1990s, she landed a number of roles that made her a household celebrity.
Background Info
Of course, Plummer’s parents were legends in and of themselves. Her mother Tammy Grimes was a stage diva, and the late Christopher Plummer was a phenomenon in both film and theater.
While growing up, Plummer attended upscale elite schools like the Trinity School. She then went to Middlebury College but dropped out to pursue acting instead.
Acting Career
Before switching to the big screen, she tried her hand at the stage for a few years. She made her acting debut with Diane Lane in the 1981 Western Cattle Annie and Little Britches. She then alternated between the stage and the big screen, winning accolades onstage and making appearances in guest roles on numerous TV shows during the 1980s.
Pulp Fiction
Since Quentin Tarantino intentionally created the role of Honey Bunny in Pulp Fiction with her in mind at Tim Roth’s request, the 1990s were her decade to shine through. Amanda had just finished two shows, Needful Things and So I Married An Axe Murderer, where she had received a ton of praise for her work.
The Fisher King was one of Amanda Plummer’s initial sources of fame. It warrants note as one of the late Robin Williams’ most under-seen and poignant roles in any movie, and it’s a slightly overlooked film that gave Jeff Bridges and Robin Williams the opportunity to shine. Although it was widely praised when it was released in 1991, people may not have seen it as often.
Pulp Fiction fundamentally altered everything, catapulting Amanda Pullman into cult stardom and into the stratosphere. Her crazy and violent inclinations as Honey Bunny alongside her Bonnie-and-Clyde-like partner Pumpkin, played by Tim Roth, were evident despite the fact that she was only a small part of the enormous ensemble cast.
What did she do after Pulp Fiction?
After Pulp Fiction, Amanda didn’t hang around; she took on enough roles to keep Nic Cage busy for the remainder of the 1990s and into the 2000s. As she progressed, she would accrue honors left and right, winning Tonys like her father and even an Emmy for a brief guest appearance on Law and Order: SVU. Do you know how difficult it is to receive recognition for a Law and Order guest star role? In 2005, Mariska Hargitay was at the top of her game; no one could possibly aspire to outperform her in her natural environment.
She has appeared in a few additional cult classic films, most notably Satan’s Little Helper from 2004, an underappreciated horror comedy masterpiece. She now tends to stick to smaller films, playing smaller tragic or humorous indie roles, but she does occasionally take on more significant roles that call for more time, generally on television.
Hunger Games
In the 2014 film Catching Fire, she played a former Hunger Games survivor who was sent back to mentor fresh recruits but wound up becoming a Tribute once more. She was silent in the role, portraying someone who had been irreparably damaged by the initial games and who would do anything to save others from suffering the same fate.
What is Amanda Plummer doing now?
She most recently took on a recurring role as the motel owner who befriends the evil nurse in the Netflix series Ratched. She will feature in Picard on Paramount+ this year, despite the fact that there hasn’t been much said about a second season. She will be Patrick Stewart’s last foe as the Captain, a position he has played for almost 40 years, as she portrays the series’ ultimate enemy.
Plummer is very private about her personal life and withholds little information from the public or the media. Paul Chart, a director, was her last alleged partner; nonetheless, they split up by all accounts in the late 1990s. Otherwise, Amanda hasn’t made it known that she’s seeing anyone and doesn’t have any kids.
Even though Amanda Plummer’s sole known future part is that of Picard, it’s likely that she won’t be out of the acting game for very long. Acting is clearly something she is passionate about as seen by the consistency of her work throughout the past thirty years and beyond; it is likely to be a career she pursues for the rest of her life, just like it was for her father. But she will undoubtedly continue to share her enthusiasm and acting talent with the public until the very end.
