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Full Name:	Robin Tunney
Famous As:	Actress
Date of Birth:	June 19, 1972
Place of Birth:	Chicago, Illinois, USA
Height:	5' 4
Nationality:	American

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Robin Tunney
Born	June 19, 1972 (1972-06-19) (age 37) Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1987 ─ present
Spouse(s)	Bob Gosse (1997–2006) (Divorced) Andrew Dominik (2007–Present)

Robin Tunney (born June 19, 1972) is an American actress. She is best known for her lead role in The Craft.

Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 3 Personal life 4 Filmography 5 References 6 External links

Early life

Tunney was born in Chicago, Illinois, to a car salesman father and a bartender mother.¹ Tunney is Irish American;² her father emigrated from Ireland and grew up on the South Side of Chicago. She graduated from Carl Sandburg High School in 1995. She then went on to study Art at the Chicago Academy for the Arts.

Career

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. She gave her breakthrough performance as a suicidal teenager in Empire Records, and attracted further attention by playing a witch in The Craft. She shaved her head for 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 Volpi Cup at the 1997 Venice International Film Festival. Tunney also was featured opposite Arnold Schwarzenegger in the 1999 action film End of Days.

She starred in the pilot episode of House as a kindergarten teacher who collapses before her class and descends into dysphasia.

She portrayed Veronica Donovan on the first season of Prison Break. Her only appearance outside of the first season was in the premiere episode of season two.

She had a minor role in the film August released on July 11, 2008.

Tunney is currently starring opposite Simon Baker in the CBS drama series The Mentalist. She appeared on the February 11, 2009 edition of The Ellen DeGeneres Show to discuss Baker and the show.

Personal life

In 1997, Tunney married producer/director Bob Gosse. They separated in 2002.

On June 28, 2006, Tunney won the fifth table of Bravo's Celebrity Poker Showdown's eighth season, finishing ahead of Christopher Meloni, Macy Gray, Joy Behar, and Andy Dick, moving on to the final cut. The finale aired on July 5, 2006, where she competed against Jason Alexander, Michael Ian Black, Ida Siconolfi, and Keegan-Michael Key. Tunney came in second, behind Alexander. She played for The Children's Health Fund, which received $200,000 for her efforts. In August 2006, Tunney played in the World Series of Poker after having her entrance fee covered by the online cardroom PokerRoom.com.^{citation needed}

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1992	Encino Man	Ella
1994	Law & Order	Jill Templeton	TV episode - "Mayhem"
1995	Empire Records	Debra
1996	The Craft	Sarah Bailey
1997	Julian Po	Sarah
	Niagara, Niagara	Marcy
1998	Montana	Kitty
1999	End of Days	Christine York
2000	Vertical Limit	Annie Garrett
	Supernova	Danika Lund
2001	Investigating Sex	Zoe
2002	The Secret Lives of Dentists	Laura
	Cherish	Zoe
2003	Abby Singer	Herself (Cameo)
	The In-Laws	Angela Harris
2004	Paparazzi	Abby Laramie
	House	Rebecca Adler	Pilot episode
2005	The Zodiac	Laura Parish
	Runaway	Carly
2005 - 2006	Prison Break	Veronica Donovan	TV series - Season 1 Season 2, episode 1 - "Manhunt"
2006	Hollywoodland	Leonore Lemmon
	The Darwin Awards	Zoe
2008	August	Melanie
	The Burning Plain	Laura
	The Mentalist	Teresa Lisbon	TV series;2008-present
	Passenger Side	Theresa
	The Two Mr. Kissels	Nancy Kissel

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Category:Robin Tunney

• Robin Tunney at Allmovie
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• Robin Tunney at TV Guide
• Robin Tunney at TV.com

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NAME	Tunney, Robin
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Actress
DATE OF BIRTH	June 19, 1972
PLACE OF BIRTH	Chicago, Illinois, USA
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH