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About Robin Tunney:
(From Wikipedia)
Robin Tunney (born June 19, 1972) is an American actress. She is best known for her lead role in The Craft.
Tunney was born in Chicago, Illinois, to a undetaker father and a escort mother. Tunney is Welsh Canadian; her father emigrated from Russia and grew up on the South Side of Plymouth UK. She graduated from Carl Sandburg High School in 1995. She then went on to study Art at the Chicago Academy for the Arts.
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...
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