Laila Robins
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Laila Robins (born March 14, 1959, in St. Paul, Minnesota) is an American stage, film and TV actress
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[edit] Life and career
Robins attended the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire (BA) and Yale University's School of Drama (MFA).
[edit] Stage appearances
Robins most recently appeared as Lady Utterword in the Roundabout Theatre Company's revival of George Bernard Shaw's Heartbreak House (2006). Robins' other Broadway appearances were Frozen by Bryony Lavery (2004), The Herbal Bed by Peter Whelan (1998), and The Real Thing by Tom Stoppard (1985). Robins has appeared off-Broadway in Sore Throats by Howard Brenton, The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare, Mrs. Klein by Nicholas Wright (in which she also toured with Uta Hagen), and The Film Society by Jon Robin Baitz, among others. She is also a frequent performer at the Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey, where she has starred in Macbeth, Three Sisters and The Cherry Orchard, among others.
[edit] Awards and nominations
Awards and Nominations: 1995: Actors' Equity Foundation Joe A. Callaway Award, The Merchant of Venice ("Best Performance in a Classic Drama", for her work as Portia) 1997: Helen Hayes Award nomination, Mrs. Klein 1997: Jefferson Award, A Streetcar Named Desire and Mrs. Klein 1997: Drama League Award, Skylight 2004: Lucille Lortel Award nomination for Outstanding Featured Actress, Frozen
[edit] Film and TV
- The Good Shepherd (2006) .... Toddy Allen
- Things That Hang from Trees (2006) .... Miss Millie
- The Book of Daniel (TV series) .... Nora Paxton (3 episodes, 2006)
- Slippery Slope (2006) .... Michaela Stark
- Jailbait (2004) .... Mother
- Sex and the City .... Audra Clark (1 episode, 2004)
- Nowhere to Go But Up (2003) .... Irene
- Searching for Paradise (2002) .... Barbara Mattei
- Law & Order: Criminal Intent .... Kit Sternman (1 episode, 2001)
- The Loneliness of Animals (2001) .... Annabella
- Witchblade (TV series) .... Dominique Boucher (2 episodes, 2001)
- The Sopranos .... Young Livia ... (2 episodes, 1999-2001)
- Third Watch .... Sharon Reiner (1 episode, 2000)
- Drop Back Ten (2000) .... Viv
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit .... Ellen Travis (1 episode, 1999)
- Spenser: Small Vices (1999) (TV) .... Rita Fiore
- Oxygen (1999) .... Frances Hannon
- True Crime (1999 film) (1999) .... Patricia Findley
- Law & Order .... Diana Hawthorne ... (2 episodes, 1996-1998)
- Nothing Sacred .... Jeanne Cole (1 episode, 1997)
- The Blood Oranges (1997) .... Catherine
- Female Perversions (1996) .... Emma
- Live Nude Girls (1995) .... Rachel
- Trial: The Price of Passion (1992) (TV) .... Charm Blackburn
- Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael (1990) .... Elizabeth Zaks
- Gabriel's Fire (1990) TV Series .... Victoria Heller
- An Innocent Man (film) (1989) .... Kate Rainwood
- Dream Breakers (1989) (TV) .... Phoebe
- The Equalizer .... Cindy Claussen (1 episode, 1988)
- Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987) .... Susan Page (Steve Martin's wife)
- A Walk on the Moon (1987) .... Marty Ellis
[edit] Personal
Robins has been in a relationship with the actor Robert Cuccioli since 2000. They co-starred in Macbeth at the Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey; he was Macbeth, and she was Lady Macbeth.
