Amanda Plummer

Born: March 23 1957
Where: New York, USA

The versatile actress has appeared in more than 100 movies ranging from Terry Gilliam's Fisher King to Quentin Tarantino's Pulp Fiction.

The daughter of actors Christopher Plummer and Tammy Grimes, she made an impressive screen debut as Annie opposite Burt Lancaster in the offbeat Western Cattle Annie and Little Britches.

Alternating between small roles in critical hits and large roles in little seen fare, Plummer has consolidated a reputation for reliability.

She contributed an attractive cameo as a mute rape victim to the mixed-bag of The World According to Garp but had little chance to shine in a small part in Joe vs. the Volcano in comparison with Meg Ryan's three roles.

One of Plummer's better opportunities came as the lonely object of affection of a homeless man (Robin Williams) in The Fisher King.

She followed up with turns as the heroine's artsy, slightly disturbed sister in So I Married an Axe Murderer and as a basically good-hearted resident of Stephen King's Castle Rock in Needful Things.

The exposure landed her a part in Pulp Fiction which she followed up with the portrayal of a bisexual serial killer in Butterfly Kiss.

A consummate stage actress, her performance in Agnes of God and A Taste of Honey attracted critical plaudits.

Plummer continued to alternate between TV and films, acting in more than twenty pictures through the 90s.

Already an accomplished equestrian, she had to learn bareback as the rambunctious horsewoman among Peter Greenaway's 8 and 1/2 Women.

Tobe Hooper's The Apartment Complex and Wim Wenders' The Million Dollar Hotel both cast her among the oddball inhabitants of the titular dwellings.

Recent work has included the Britpic The Triggermen with Pete Postlethwaite and Isabel Coixet's My Life Without Me.

Upcoming projects include Peter Greenaway's Tulse Luper Suitcases: The Moab Story.