Most Recent Role: Senior Agent Teresa Lisbon on The Mentalist
Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, USA
Birthday: 6-19-1972
Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, USA
Birthday: 6-19-1972
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Looking as though she hails from an Irish Spring commercial, green-eyed, dewy-skinned actress Robin Tunney became known in the 1990s for her work in a number of teen and independent films. A native of Chicago's South Side, where she attended Catholic high school, Tunney studied acting at the Chicago Academy for the Performing Arts. She spent her summers performing in such stage productions as...
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Red Hair and Silver Tape
Tuesday 23 September 2008 on CBS
This episode introduces us to the complex life of Patrick Jane, a police detective with a troubled past who has a keen eye for detail. When a man and woman are found dead in their home, many believe they are victims of a serial killer, but Patrick knows better and must prove that this was not the...
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Robin underwent five weeks of mountaineering training before filming in order for her to star in the 2000 movie.
(edit) Robin won a Best Actress award at the Venice Film Festival's Volpi Cup, for her performance in Niagra Niagra, playing a young women with Tourette's Syndrome.
She was sent a 900 page package from the Tourette's centre, in order to play her character. (edit) Robin's most recent acting roles,is in the horror/thriller film, The Zodiac(2005), where she played Laura Parish,one of the lead actors. (edit) Robin starred in the hit movie Vertical Limit (2000) as Annie Garrett. (edit) Robin wore a wig in the 1996 movie The Craft because she had shaved her head for her role in Empire Records (1995). (edit)
(edit) Robin won a Best Actress award at the Venice Film Festival's Volpi Cup, for her performance in Niagra Niagra, playing a young women with Tourette's Syndrome.
She was sent a 900 page package from the Tourette's centre, in order to play her character. (edit) Robin's most recent acting roles,is in the horror/thriller film, The Zodiac(2005), where she played Laura Parish,one of the lead actors. (edit) Robin starred in the hit movie Vertical Limit (2000) as Annie Garrett. (edit) Robin wore a wig in the 1996 movie The Craft because she had shaved her head for her role in Empire Records (1995). (edit)
Robin: I need to be home for a while. I've been working for two-and-a-half years, so I want to go back to New York with my husband and hang out with my dogs!
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Robin: I tend to be drawn to the more aberrant characters. There's more to do with them.
(edit) Robin: I'm attracted to roles where I don't have to wear makeup. (edit) Robin: My friends that are snobs think its cool I did a movie with Albert Brooks. (edit) Robin: I haven't really done a lot of comedies. I don't know why, because I really like them. (edit)
(edit) Robin: I'm attracted to roles where I don't have to wear makeup. (edit) Robin: My friends that are snobs think its cool I did a movie with Albert Brooks. (edit) Robin: I haven't really done a lot of comedies. I don't know why, because I really like them. (edit)
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Class of '96
Linda Miller |
Cutters
Deborah Hart |
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Prison Break
Veronica Donovan |
The Mentalist
Senior Agent Teresa Lisbon |
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CBS Schoolbreak Special
But He Loves Me Brooke |
Celebrity Poker Showdown
Tournament 8 Championship Game Herself |
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Celebrity Poker Showdown
Tournament 8 Game 5 Herself |
Dream On
Silent Night, Holy Cow Marybeth |
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House
Pilot Rebecca Adler |
Law & Order
Mayhem Jill Templeton |
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Class of '96
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Prison Break
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The Mentalist
The Mentalist tells the tale of Patrick Jane who is employed as an independent detective working with the California Bureau of Investigation to solve crimes. He has refined his observations... more
This short-lived FOX college drama was a starting point for several actors. The premise centers on 7 friends in their freshman year at a fictitious college in the Northeast. The show suffered... more Cutters
A short-lived (five episodes) sitcom about Harry Polachek's struggles to keep his Buffalo, New York barbershop open. It was a midseason replacement shown on Friday evenings at 8:30. more
Prison BreakPrison Break is a drama from executive producers Brett Ratner, Paul Scheuring, Matt Olmstead, Marty Adelstein, Dawn Parouse and Neal Moritz. After getting himself incarcerated in Fox River... more
The MentalistThe Mentalist tells the tale of Patrick Jane who is employed as an independent detective working with the California Bureau of Investigation to solve crimes. He has refined his observations... more
