Weigert, Robin 1969-

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Weigert, Robin 1969-

PERSONAL

Born July 7, 1969, in Washington, DC. Education: Brandeis University, graduated, 1991; New York University, M.F.A., acting. Avocational Interests: Playing poker.

Addresses:

Agent—Bauman, Redanty & Shaul Agency, 5757 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 473, Los Angeles, CA 90036.

Career:

Actress. Worked as a waitress and receptionist.

Member:

Screen Actors Guild, Actors' Equity Association.

Awards, Honors:

Drama Desk Award nomination, outstanding featured actress in a play, 2001, and Lucille Lortel Award nomination, outstanding featured actress, League of Off-Broadway Theatres and Producers, 2002, both for Madame Melville; Emmy Award nomination, outstanding supporting actress in a drama series, 2004, Prism Award nomination, performance in a drama series storyline, 2005, and Screen Actors Guild Award nomination (with others), outstanding performance by an ensemble in a drama series, 2007, all for Deadwood; Bay Area Critics Circle Award, principal female performance, 2005, for A Moon for the Misbegotten; Breakthrough of the Year Award, Hollywood Life magazine, 2005.

CREDITS

Film Appearances:

Whitney, Heart to Heart.com, York Entertainment, c. 1999.

Hospital records, The Sleepy Time Gal, Antarctic Pictures, 2001.

Two Weeks Notice (also known as Untitled Marc Lawrence Project), Warner Bros., 2002.

Amy, What I Came For (short film), Sokota Pictures, 2004.

Rachel, Loggerheads, Strand Releasing, 2005.

Hannelore, The Good German, Warner Bros., 2006.

Brenda, Things We Lost in the Fire, Paramount, 2007.

Barbara Haughton, The Undying, 2008.

Kate, Reservations, Altogether Alone/Arrival Cinema/Jaz Films/Capture Film International, 2008.

Olive, Synecdoche, New York, Likely Story, 2008.

Agent, Cayman Went, Working Pictures, 2009.

Television Appearances; Series:

Calamity Jane, Deadwood, HBO, 2004-2006.

Lieutenant Karen Davis, Life, ABC, beginning 2007.

Television Appearances; Miniseries:

Mormon mother, "Part II: Perestroika," Angels in America, HBO, 2003.

Television Appearances; Movies:

Hostess, Mary and Rhoda (also known as Mary & Rhoda), ABC, 2000.

Television Appearances; Specials:

Ensemble member, Twelfth Night, or What You Will (also known as Twelfth Night and William Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night"), broadcast on Live at Lincoln Center, PBS, 1998.

Herself, Making Deadwood: The Show Behind the Show, HBO, 2004.

Herself, Making Deadwood: Season Two, HBO, 2005.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

Denise Luca, "Gunshow," Law & Order (also known as Law & Order Prime), NBC, 1999.

Leanne Parks, "Seer," Law & Order (also known as Law & Order Prime), NBC, 2003.

Adina Paphos, "Legacy," Without a Trace (also known as Vanished and W.A.T.), CBS, 2004.

Anna Mayes, "Lover's Lane," Cold Case (also known as Anexihniastes ypothesis, Caso abierto, Cold case—affaires classees, Cold Case—Kein Opfer ist je vergessen, Doegloett aktak, Kalla spaar, Todistettavasti syyllinen, and Victimes du passe), CBS, 2004.

Donna Traylor, "Traylor Trash," NYPD Blue, ABC, 2004.

Tina Stewart, "Conditional Surrender," Judging Amy, CBS, 2004.

Anna Mayes, "Blank Generation," Cold Case (also known as Anexihniastes ypothesis, Caso abierto, Cold case—affaires classees, Cold Case—Kein Opfer ist je vergessen, Doegloett aktak, Kalla spaar, Todistettavasti syyllinen, and Victimes du passe), CBS, 2005.

Anna Mayes, "Committed," Cold Case (also known as Anexihniastes ypothesis, Caso abierto, Cold case—affaires classees, Cold Case—Kein Opfer ist je vergessen, Doegloett aktak, Kalla spaar, Todistettavasti syyllinen, and Victimes du passe), CBS, 2005.

Anna Mayes, "Start-Up," Cold Case (also known as Anexihniastes ypothesis, Caso abierto, Cold case—affaires classees, Cold Case—Kein Opfer ist je vergessen, Doegloett aktak, Kalla spaar, Todistettavasti syyllinen, and Victimes du passe), CBS, 2005.

Dr. Valerie Dino (some sources cite Dr. Diane Dino), "Committed," CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (also known as C.S.I., CSI, CSI: Las Vegas, CSI: Weekends, and Les experts), CBS, 2005.

Annette Terry, "The Kill Zone," The Unit, CBS, 2006.

Elaine Tillman, "Killer Chat," Numb3rs (also known as Numbers and Num3ers), CBS, 2006.

Heather Stark, "Recall," Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (also known as Law & Order's Sex Crimes, Law & Order: SVU, and Special Victims Unit), NBC, 2006.

Rachel, "Not in Portland," Lost, ABC, 2007.

Rachel, "One of Us," Lost, ABC, 2007.

Television Appearances; Pilots:

Calamity Jane, Deadwood, HBO, 2004.

Lieutenant Karen Davis, Life, ABC, 2007.

Stage Appearances:

Gloria Neiman, Voir Dire, Long Wharf Theatre, New Haven, CT, 1997.

The Three Sisters, La MaMa E.T.C., New York City, 1997.

Pride's Crossing, Lincoln Center, Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater, New York City, 1997-98.

Viola and ensemble member, Twelfth Night (also known as Twelfth Night, or What You Will), Lincoln Center, Vivian Beaumont Theater, New York City, 1998.

Betty, Goodnight Children Everywhere, Playwrights Horizons, New York City, 1999.

Gentlewoman, Hamlet, New York Shakespeare Festival, Joseph Papp Public Theater, Newman Theater, 1999-2000.

Louka, Arms and the Man, Roundabout Theatre Company, Gramercy Theatre, New York City, 2000.

Sarah, A Place at the Table, MCC Theatre, New York City, beginning 2000.

Masha, The Seagull (also known as The Seagull in Central Park), New York Shakespeare Festival, Central Park, New York City, 2001.

Ruth, Madame Melville, Promenade Theatre, New York City, 2001.

Poppy Norton-Taylor, Noises Off, Brooks Atkinson Theatre, New York City, 2001-2002.

Josie Hogan, A Moon for the Misbegotten, American Conservatory Theater, San Francisco, CA, 2005.

Hannah Jelkes, The Night of the Iguana, Berkshire Theatre Festival, Main Stage, Stockbridge, MA, 2006.

Also appeared in Dogg's Hamlet [and] Cahoot's Macbeth (two one-act plays performed together), Blue Light Theatre Company, New York City. Appeared in other productions, including productions of the Arena Stage, Washington, DC; and McCarter Theatre, Princeton, NJ.

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals:

TV Guide, August 7, 2006, p. 75.

Electronic:

Robin Weigert,http://www.robinweigert.com, April 29, 2008.

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