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Robin Tunney
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Born
Robin Tunney

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

Background

Tunney was born in Chicago, Illinois on June 19, 1972 and raised on the South Side of Chicago. During her freshman year of high school, she attended St. Ignatius College Prep, a co-educational Catholic prep school in Chicago. She then went on to study acting at the Chicago Academy for the Performing Arts. At the age of 18, Tunney moved to Los Angeles, California and obtained several recurring TV roles on Class of '96, Law & Order, Dream On, and Life Goes On. In 1997, Tunney married producer/director Bob Gosse. They were separated in 2002.

Career

Her major 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 lost her hair 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 Vopli Cup at the 1997 Venice International Film Festival. Tunney also starred opposite Arnold Schwarzenegger in the 1999 action film End of Days. She currently stars as Veronica Donovan on Prison Break.

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 for the lion's share of the PartyPoker.net $1,000,000 prize pool. 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.

Selected filmography

Year Title Role More information
2006 Hollywoodland Leonore Lemmon Hollywoodland at IMDb
2005 - present Prison Break Veronica Donovan TV series - Prison Break's official website
2005 Runaway Carly Runaway at IMDb
2004 House Rebecca Adler TV Episode - "Pilot" (Season 1, Episode 1)
2004 Paparazzi Abby Laramie Paparazzi at IMDb
2002 The Secret Lives of Dentists Laura The Secret Lives of Dentists at IMDb
2002 Cherish Zoe Cherish at IMDb
2001 Investigating Sex Zoe Investigating Sex at IMDb
2000 Vertical Limit Annie Garrett Vertical Limit at IMDb
2000 Supernova Danika Lund Supernova at IMDb
1999 End of Days Christine York End of Days at IMDb
1997 Julian Po Sarah Julian Po at IMDb
1997 Niagara, Niagara Marcy Niagara Niagara at IMDb
1996 The Craft Sarah Bailey The Craft at IMDb
1995 Empire Records Debra Empire Records at IMDb
1994 Law & Order Jill Templeton TV Episode - "Mayhem" (Season 4, Episode 17)
1992 Encino Man Ella Encino Man at IMDb