Maryann Plunkett

Plunkett graduated from the University of New Hampshire, and was a founding member of Portland Stage repertory company in Maine.[3] She appeared on Broadway as Bernadette Peters's replacement in the role of "Dot" in Sunday in the Park with George in 1985.[4] In 1987, she won the Tony Award for Best Leading Actress in a Musical for her performance as "Sally Smith" in Me and My Girl.[1]

She appeared in the 1991 Broadway revival of Arthur Miller's The Crucible, in which she played Elizabeth Proctor opposite Martin Sheen as John Proctor, in an all-star cast including Michael York and Fritz Weaver.[5] She was part of the Tony Randall National Actors Theatre company, and performed in their production of Saint Joan by Shaw in 1993 on Broadway.[6] She performed in the National Actors Theatre productions of A Little Hotel on the Side by Georges Feydeau and Maurice Desvallières on Broadway in 1992,[7] and in The Seagull by Anton Chekov in 1992.[8]

Plunkett appeared in the television movies The Littlest Victims and Breaking the Silence, and in feature films including Claire Dolan and The Company Men. She guest-starred on episodes of Matlock, L.A. Law, Murder She Wrote, Miami Vice, Star Trek: The Next Generation, and Law & Order.

She and her husband, actor Jay O. Sanders, appeared together in the Richard Nelson play Sorry in 2012 at the Off-Broadway Public Theatre.[9]

She was nominated for the 2013 Drama Desk Award, Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play for her role as "Barbara Apple".[10] Plunkett played the role of "Barbara Apple" in the other Nelson "Apple Family" plays as well. She and Sanders appeared together in the Off-Broadway production of That Hopey Changey Thing in October 2010 at the Public Theatre.[11]

Plunkett and Sanders appeared in Sweet and Sad in September 2011 at the Public Theatre.[12] Sweet and Sad won the 2012 Drama Desk Award, Outstanding Ensemble Performance and the 2012 Obie Award, Ensemble Performance.[13] She appeared in The Apple Family Plays in repertory at the Public Theatre, from October 22, 2013, to December 15.[14]

Richard Nelson election trilogy

Plunkett and Sanders appear in all three of Nelson's new play cycle, with the overall title of The Gabriels: Election Year in the Life of One Family. The first play, Hungry, premiered in March 2016 at the Public Theatre.[15][16][17] The second play, What Did You Expect? ran at the Public Theatre from September 10, 2016, to October 9.[18][19] The third and final play, Women of a Certain Age, opened on election night, November 8, 2016, and runs to December 4, at the Public Theatre.[20]

In 2024, she won an Obie Award for her performance as Ella in the Off-Broadway play Deep Blue Sound by Abe Koogler.[21]

She and Jay O. Sanders were married in 1991.[3] They met while acting on the television series A Man Called Hawk. They have a son, Jamie (born 1994).[22]

• Maryann Plunkett at the Internet Broadway Database
• Maryann Plunkett at IMDb