Robyn Nevin

Robyn Nevin is an Australian actress and theater director who trained at the National Institute of Dramatic Art after joining its first intake at 16 in 1959. Born in Melbourne, she began with radio and television roles for the Australian Broadcasting Commission in the early 1960s before becoming a constant presence in Australian theater. She won a Logie and a Penguin Award for playing Shasta in Water Under the Bridge (1980), and her television work included Top of the Lake (2014) and Upper Middle Bogan (2014). On film she played Councillor Dillard in The Matrix Revolutions and The Matrix Reloaded (both 2003) and Edna in Relic (2020). She headed the Queensland Theatre Company from 1996 to 1999 and the Sydney Theatre Company until 2007, directing more than 30 productions and acting in more than 80 plays. Her honors include the Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards, the JC Williamson Award at the Helpmann Awards, and membership in the Order of Australia.