Vinette Robinson

Infobox Actor


name = Vinette Robinson
birthdate = 1981
Leeds, England
occupation = Actor
yearsactive = 1999 – present

Vinette Robinson (born 1981 in Leeds) is an English actress. Robinson attended the Intake High School in Leeds where she took a BTEC. She initially wanted to train as a barrister but changed her career plans at the age of 13 after performing a Charles Causley poem at a poetry festival.cite web|last= Staff writer|title= Lawrence Olivier bursaries|url= http://www.britishtheatreguide.info/news/olivierbursaries.htm|work= The British Theatre Guide|date= 2002-07-28|accessdate= 2007-11-19] She attended a child agency school and made her television debut in "The Cops" at the age of 17. Following this she spent three years at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art, where she was awarded a Lawrence Olivier bursary from the Society of London Theatre.cite web|last=Staff writer|title= Theatre's bright young things|url= http://www.timeout.com/london/theatre/features/2037/1.html|work= Time Out London|date= 2006-09-26|accessdate= 2007-11-19] Additional television roles include minor appearances in "Cold Feet" and "Doctors", and a supporting role in a 2007 episode of "Doctor Who". She had a small role in the 2004 film "Vera Drake" but was given an entire character backstory by the director Mike Leigh.

In 2006 she played Eve in an acclaimed production of "Paradise Lost". Commenting on her nude scene, Sheila Tracy of "The Stage" wrote "one can not imagine the action working in any other way". [cite web|first= Sheila|last= Tracy|title= Reviews: Paradise Lost|url= http://www.thestage.co.uk/reviews/review.php/12610/paradise-lost|work= The Stage|date=2006-05-15|accessdate= 2007-11-16] In the Royal Court Theatre's production of "Sugar Mummies" that same year, the London Theatre Review described her as "striking, [but] woefully inexperienced and plays lead Naomi as self-pitying and frequently bemused". [cite web|first= Helen|last= Russell|title= Sugar Mummies|url= http://www.londontheatrereview.com/?p=82|work= The London Theatre Review|date= 2006-08-10|accessdate= 2007-11-19] Following the conclusion of "Sugar Mummies", she appeared in a short feature for "Time Out", in which she and five other actors were described as "innovative young theatrical talent". "New York" listed her as one of five of "London's hottest young stage actors" in 2007, based on her performance in "Sugar Mummies". [cite web|title=A Guide to London's Hottest Young Stage Actors|url=http://nymag.com/guides/london/29439/|work= New York|date= 2007-03-26|accessdate=2007-11-16]

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