Robyn Cohen

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occupation=Film, television, stage actress

Robyn Cohen is an American actress best known for her role as the often topless script girl in Wes Anderson's "The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou".

Cohen earned her B.F.A. in dance from the Juilliard School in 1998. After roles in several musicals on the East Coast, she moved to Los Angeles, California in search of film and television roles.

Once in L.A. she appeared in episodes of "Angel" and "LAX". In addition to her role in "The Life Aquatic", she will be seen in "Fool's Gold", a low-budget independent film by James Franco, and in the 2006 screen adaptation of "The Celestine Prophecy".

She has also continued her theatre work, playing the female lead in "Modern Dance for Beginners" at the Victory Theatre Center, and in the off-Broadway production of "The Exonerated" starring Jeff Goldblum. She also appeared in an Los Angeles Opera production of "Rigoletto", staged at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion. She played the Kit Kat Girl in a national touring company of a revival of "Cabaret".

She worked again with Wes Anderson as a hamster in the 2005 Dasani water television commercials.

External links

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* [http://www.teenja.com/p/articles/mi_m1083/is_n9_v72/ai_21239297 Review of Juilliard Senior Graduation Performance of May 18, 1998] , featuring Cohen
* [http://www.juilliard.edu/update/journal/895journal_substory_0302.asp The Road to Hollywood] a February 2003 article from the Juilliard School website