Robin Jessica Tunney is an American actress. She is known for her role as Teresa Lisbon in the television series The Mentalist, as well as previous roles in the films Encino Man, Empire Records, The Craft, End of Days, Supernova and Vertical Limit, and the television series ...
School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Academy for the Arts, Carl Sandburg High School
Nationality
United States of America
Spouse
Bob Gosse (m. 1997–2006)
Children
Oscar Holly Marmet
Parents
Cathy Tunney, Patrick Tunney
Siblings
Patrick Tunney, Susan Tunney
Nicknames
Robin Jessica Tunney
Awards
MTV Movie Award for Best Fight, Volpi Cup for Best Actress
Nominations
People's Choice Award for Favorite Crime Drama TV Actress, Gotham Independent Film Award for Breakthrough Actor, Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead
Movies
The Craft, End of Days, Vertical Limit, Empire Records, Hollywoodland, The In-Laws, Investigating Sex, The Secret Lives of Dentists, Niagara, Niagara, My All American, See Girl Run, Encino Man, Julian Po, The Burning Plain, Paparazzi, Open Window, The Two Mr. Kissels, Supernova, The Darwin Awards, J...
TV Shows
The Mentalist, Prison Break, Class of '96, Cutters
Star Sign
Gemini
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Trademark
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Raspy voice
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Quote
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I gotta tell you, I like to play the cards. I don't have any time anymore like I used to. When I was unemployed sometimes I would be at the casino in the middle of the day. One of my favorite moments on the The Mentalist was when we did an episode we shot at a casino in Los Angeles. The [assistant director] came up to me and said, "Wait till you see the people in there. Total degenerate gamblers. It's terrifying." And I went to sit and play some hands at lunch and I knew like five people [laughs]. It's fun. You have to be completely engaged. But it's an incredibly chauvinist game. I played in it and didn't think about the implications at the time.
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[about shaving her head for "Empire records"] I was a child model and my mom would never let me do anything I wanted like cut my hair or get my ears pierced or any of those phases. I was 21 and for the first time I did something I was dying to do. I had always wanted to do something aberrant like that. I loved having it for a while, but by the end everyone saying "Excuse me, sir" was kind of annoying. I wasn't thinking about it in terms of some sort of feminist stance. I thought that if you were going to do it, the opportunity of doing it on film was also pretty cool.
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You know, I think my attitude would have stopped me a little bit. I always had a stance like, you know, fuck Maxim. You know, I was supposed to be on the cover and my publicist set up the shoot behind my back and I was like, "There is no fucking way I am wearing my underpants on the cover of a magazine; they can go fuck themselves." Sexuality in that way and women using it has been around for forever, but it seems now with Britney Spears and Paris Hilton, it seems that now in order to be successful you need to look like you want to have sex with every guy. I don't get it.
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I was always brought up to say please and thank you and always tell the truth, and people were saying, "Oh my God, what's going to happen with your character next year [on Prison Break (2005)]?' and I wasn't allowed to say, so I felt really guilty because I was lying to all these people, including my neighbors. You know, the character had its run, and I was really happy to be part of a show that was so successful and that people loved so much, but there was really nothing else for her to do.
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Fact
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Gave birth to her 1st child at age 44, a son named Oscar Holly Marmet on June 26, 2016. Child's father is her fiance, Nicky Marmet.
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Engaged to Nicky Marmet since December 2012. They have a son together.
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Gave birth to her 1st child at age 44, a son named Oscar Holly Marmet in June 2016. Child's father is her fiance, Nicky Marmet.
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Has appeared in the pilot episode of five different series: Class of '96, Cutters, House, M.D., Prison Break and the Mentalist.
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Has played a character named Zoe three times.
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Was voted #59 on "The 2000 Maxim Hot 100: Maxim's Hottest Babes of 2000".
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Robin's earliest passion was basketball, a dream that ended when she severely injured her knee in her freshman year in high school, requiring reconstructive surgery.
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Was voted under "The 25 Sexiest Women of 2005 - #15: Robin Tunney" in Celebrity Sleuth (USA).
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Was voted in "Maxim Hot 100 2001: #81" May 2001.
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Irish American; her father emigrated from Ireland and her mother is a first generation Irish-American.
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Born in Chicago, Illinois to a car salesman father and a bartender mother, and grew up on the South Side of Chicago.
Grew up with Lara Flynn Boyle and attended high school together at the prestigious Chicago Academy for the Arts.
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She had to wear a wig during the production of The Craft (1996) because she shaved her head for her role in Empire Records (1995), which was filmed a year earlier.
$4 Million
