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's National Actors Theatre company, and performed in their production of Saint Joan by George Bernard 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 all four of Richard Nelson's The Apple Family Plays: That Hopey Changey Thing, Sweet and Sad, Sorry, and Regular Singing. They premiered at the Off-Broadway The Public Theater in 2010, 2011, 2012, and 2013 respectively.^[9][10]

Plunkett was nominated for the 2013 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play for her performance as Barbara Apple in Sorry.^[11] Sweet and Sad won the 2012 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Ensemble Performance and the 2012 Obie Award for Ensemble Performance.^[12] The Apple Family Plays played in repertory at The Public Theater from October 22, 2013, to December 15, 2013.^[13]

Plunkett and Sanders appeared in all three productions of Richard Nelson's second play cycle, The Gabriels: Election Year in the Life of One Family, which premiered at The Public Theater. Plunkett portrayed Mary Gabriel and Sanders portrayed George Gabriel, her brother-in-law.^[14] The first play, Hungry, premiered in March 2016.^[15][16][17] The second play, What Did You Expect?, ran from September 10, 2016, to October 9, 2016.^[18][19] The third and final play, Women of a Certain Age, opened on election night, November 8, 2016, and ran through December 4, 2016.^[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.^[22]

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