Robin Weigert was born on July 7, 1969 in Washington, D.C. Her parents was Dionne Laufman and Wolfgang Oscar Weigert. She is of Jewish heritage. Her father was a psychiatrist. After school, she studied at the Brandeis University. She graduated her College in the 1991 and later continued her education at the New York University, where she got her Master of Fine Arts degree in the Graduate Acting Program at the Tisch School of the Arts. Afterwards, she tried herself as a stage actress and later moved from New York to Los Angeles to pursue her acting career.
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During the years of hard work on stage, she has made her appearance in numerous movies and tv shows. She made her debut in the film “Twelfth Night, Or What You Will”, which was released in the 1998. The next year he appeared in the “Law & Order” she also played Whitney in “Heart to Heart.com”.
In the 2001 she played the minor role at “The Sleepy Time Gal”. Afterwards, she mostly appeared in the TV series. In the 2003 she has made her appearance in two projects like “Angels in America” and “Law & Order”. She played the character of Anna Mayes in the TV series “Cold Case” during 2004-2005, where she appeared in 4 episodes.
One of her the most successful works was at the TV series “Deadwood” during 2004-2006 where she performed Calamity Jane. Exactly for that job she was nominated by the Emmy Award. In the 2007 she appeared as Lt. Karen Davis in the crime drama television program “Life” with 11 episodes. During three years in a row from 2010 she played the role of Ally Lowen in the popular T series “Sons of Anarchy”.
She got a huge level of fame, and since that time she has made her appearance in numerous television projects like “Lost”, “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation”, “American Horror Story: Asylum”, “Once Upon A Time” and “United States of Tara”. The last her appearances in the movies was in the drama film “Mississippi Grind” and “Pushing Dead” in the 2015 and 2015. Currently, she worked for the TV series season “American Horror Story: Roanoke” where she played the role of Mama Polk
She also was involved in the project “The Whip” as audiobook narrator. The release of the book was in the 2012. She reached the Prism Award for Performance in a Drama Series as well as the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series. In addition to that, Robin was nominated for the Emmy in the category Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series.
She is a very private person and does not expose her relationship, regarding her boyfriend, husband and so on. It seems like she doesn’t have children yet. There are some rumors that she is probably a lesbian. Her net worth is estimated to be around $2 hundred thousand dollars. He is available in the social sites like Twitter and Instagram.
Last Modified: Mar 10, 2020
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