Robin Tunney
Biography
Robin Tunney is an American actress whose film debut came with Encino Man (1992). Born in Chicago and raised nearby in Orland Park, she moved to Los Angeles, where she was cast in roles in shows such as Law & Order and Class of '96. Her leading parts in two cult movies, Empire Records (1995) and The Craft (1996), made her name. Her work in Niagara, Niagara (1997) drew critical praise and won her the Volpi Cup for Best Actress at the Venice International Film Festival. She went on to headline End of Days (1999), Supernova (2000), Vertical Limit (2000), Cherish (2002), The Secret Lives of Dentists (2002), and The In-Laws (2003). On television she played Veronica Donovan in Prison Break from 2005 to 2006 and Teresa Lisbon in The Mentalist from 2008 to 2015. Later credits include Hollywoodland (2006), August (2008), The Burning Plain (2008), Monster Party (2018) and the series The Fix (2019).
54years old
Turns 55 on June 19in 250 days
- Born Chicago
- Star sign: GeminiThe sign runs May 21 to June 20
Movie Career
- Films
- 21
- Career span
- 28 years1992 to 2020
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Behind the award
Robin Tunney won the Volpi Cup for Best Actress at the 1997 Venice International Film Festival for her lead role in the independent film Niagara, Niagara.
Robin Tunney movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Andrew Fleming directed two of these films, Alan Rudolph two. Six actors appear in two of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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Michael Reilly Burke's page
All films by Andrew Fleming
Alan RudolphDirector, 2 films, 2001 to 2002
All films by Alan Rudolph
Box office
What Robin Tunney's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$574 million
11 of the 21 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 21 films: 11 worldwide figure; 5 us gross only; 2 never in cinemas; 3 figure not found.
- 11Worldwide figure
- 5US gross only
- 2Never in cinemas
- 3Figure not found
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 99% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$216M37.5% of the total
- 2$212M36.9% of the total
- 3$41M7.1% of the total
- 4$27M4.7% of the total
- 5$25M4.3% of the total
- 6$17M2.9% of the total
- 7$17M2.9% of the total
- 8$15M2.6% of the total
$6.0 millionfrom the other 3 films with a worldwide figure, 1% of the total