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Martha Plimpton’s Milestones
| Formed a production company called, Everything is Horrible; produced a number of short films for the internet | |
| 1979 | Stage debut at age eight in "The Haggadah" at New York Public Theater |
| 1981 | Made film acting debut in a bit part in "Rollover" |
| 1982 | Appeared in a Calvin Klein jeans commercial at age 11 |
| 1983 | TV acting debut, "The Hand-Me-Down Kid" |
| 1985 | Breakthrough performance as Stef Steinbrenner in "The Goonies" |
| 1985 | First substantial film role, "The River Rat" |
| 1986 | Critically lauded performance as the Reverend Spellgood's daughter in "The Mosquito Coast" starring Harrison Ford and her future real-life love interest, River Phoenix |
| 1987 | Co-starred in the critically praised but commercially unsuccessful feature, "Shy People" |
| 1988 | Second film with River Phoenix, the Academy Award-nominated film, "Running on Empty" |
| 1989 | Played the indignant teenage daughter of Dianne Wiest in "Parenthood" |
| 1991 | Co-starred with Campbell Scott in Shakespeare's "Pericles, Prince of Tyre" at the Public Theater |
| 1992 | First feature starring role, "Samantha" |
| 1996 | Portrayed the lesbian lover of radical feminist Valerie Solanas in the indie film "I Shot Andy Warhol" |
| 1997 | Appeared in "The Defenders: Payback", the first of a projected series of TV-movies for Showtime |
| 1997 | Won praise for leading role in "Eye of God" |
| 1998 | Donned a dark wig to play Edward Furlong's sister in John Waters' "Pecker" |
| 1999 | Appeared in the ensemble film "200 Cigarettes" |
| 1999 | Had a recurring role in the television drama "ER" (NBC) as Meg Corwyn |
| 2001 | Made stage directorial debut with "Absolution," performed at Chicago's Steppenwolf Theatre Company |
| 2001 | Starred in a Chicago stage production of "Hedda Gabler" |
| 2002 | Nominated for an Emmy Award for her guest appearance on the television drama "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" (NBC) |
| 2004 | Guest-starred on an episode of "7th Heaven" (WB); also received her first writing credit for a different episode that year entitled "Red Socks" |
| 2006 | Cast in the play "The Coast of Utopia," a trilogy by Tom Stoppard; earned a Tony award nomination |
| 2008 | Appeared in the Broadway play, "Top Girls"; received a Tony award nomination for Featured Actress in a Play |
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