Robin Tunney

Infobox actress

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Robin Tunney (born June 19, 1972) is an American film, stage and television actress.

Biography

Early life

Tunney was born in Chicago, Illinois, to a car salesman father and a bartender mother.cite web |url=http://www.filmreference.com/film/89/Robin-Tunney.html |title=Robin Tunney Biography (1972?-) |work=Film Reference] Tunney is Irish American;cite news |work=Interview |url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1285/is_n3_v28/ai_20468520 |title=Fly, Robin, fly |first=Jonathan |last=Bernstein |date=March 1998] her father emigrated from Ireland and her mother is a first generation Irish-American. [cite web |url=http://www.thezodiacfilm.com/ |title=The Zodiac] Tunney is Roman Catholic, [cite web |work=Cinefantastique |url=http://talentdevelop.com/interviews/rtunney.html |title=Robin Tunney |first=Douglas |last=Eby |date=1996] and grew up on the South Side of Chicago. Robin graduated from Carl Sandburg High School in the class of 1990. She then went on to study acting at the Chicago Academy for the Arts.

Career

At the age of eighteen, Tunney moved to Los Angeles, California and obtained several recurring TV roles on "Class of '96", "Law & Order", "Dream On", and "Life Goes On". Her breakthrough role was as a suicidal teenager in "Empire Records" before receiving the leading role as a Gothic witch in "The Craft", alongside Fairuza Balk, Neve Campbell and Rachel True. Robin shaved her head for her role in "Empire Records", and had to wear a wig in "The Craft".

In 1997, Tunney starred in Bob Gosse's "Niagara, Niagara" with Henry Thomas in a performance which garnered her the Best Actress award Volpi Cup at the 1997 Venice International Film Festival. Tunney also starred opposite Arnold Schwarzenegger in the 1999 action film "End of Days".

She starred in the "House" episode "Pilot" as a kindergarten teacher who collapses before her class and descends into dysphasia.

She starred as Veronica Donovan on the first season of "Prison Break".

She had a minor role in the film "August" released on July 11, 2008.

She stars opposite Simon Baker in the CBS drama series, "The Mentalist", which debuted in September 2008. She will also appear in the upcoming comedy "Passenger Side" along side Adam Scott and Joel Bissonnette.

Personal life

In 1997, Tunney married producer/director Bob Gosse. They were separated in 2002. In 2007, she married Australian director Andrew Dominik.

On June 28, 2006, Tunney won the 5th table of Bravo's "Celebrity Poker Showdown"'s 8th season, finishing ahead of Christopher Meloni, Macy Gray, Joy Behar, and Andy Dick, moving on to the final table. The finale aired on July 5, 2006, where she competed against Jason Alexander, Michael Ian Black, Ida Siconolfi, and Keegan-Michael Key. Tunney came in second, behind Alexander, and ahead of Black, Siconolfi, and Key. She played for The Children's Health Fund, which received $200,000 for her efforts. In August 2006, Tunney played in the WSOP after having her entrance fee covered by the online cardroom PokerRoom.com.

Filmography

References

External links

*imdb name|id=0000677|name=Robin Tunney
*tvtome person|id=27853|name=Robin Tunney
* [http://www.fox.com/prisonbreak/bios/bio_tunney.htm Robin Tunney's biography] at "Prison Break's" official website
*http://www.childrenshealthfund.org/

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