Robyn Nevin

Robyn Nevin

Nacimiento : 1942-09-25, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Historia

Robyn Nevin (born September 25, 1942) is an Australian actress, director, and stage producer, recognised with the Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards and the JC Williamson Award at the Helpmann Awards for her outstanding contributions to Australian theatre performance art. She is also known for her roles in films and televisions series. Nevin entered the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) at the age of 16 in the very first intake in 1959 was a brave step, in which she was fully supported by her parents. Nevin is currently lives with her long-time partner, US-born actor and screenwriter Nicholas Hammond since 1987.

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Robyn Nevin

Películas

Sting
Gunter
After raising an unnervingly talented spider in secret, 12-year-old Charlotte must face the truth about her pet and fight for her family's survival.
The Appleton Ladies' Potato Race
Joan
Penny returns to her childhood home for the Appleton Show and its 'world famous' potato race, she is outraged that the men's first prize pays out $2,000 and the winning woman's prize is only $200. She is determined to right this wrong.
Relic
Edna
Cuando Edna, la matriarca anciana y viuda de la familia, desaparece, su hija y su nieta viajan a la remota casa familiar para encontrarla. Poco después de su regreso, comienzan a descubrir una presencia siniestra rondando la casa y tomando el control de Edna.
Groundhog Night
Gary’s so used to caring for his disabled daughter Jess, he can do it in his sleep. But when the in-laws come to stay, everyone will get a wake-up call.

Dioses de Egipto
Sharifa
La supervivencia de la humanidad pende de un hilo, pero Beck, un héroe mortal, está decidido a salvar el mundo y a rescatar a su verdadero amor. Para conseguirlo busca la ayuda del poderoso dios Horus, con el que establecerá una alianza contra Set, el despiadado dios de la oscuridad que ha usurpado el trono de Egipto, sumiendo al país en el caos. Para ganar la batalla contra Set y sus secuaces tendrán que someterse a terribles pruebas de valentía y sacrificio.
Ruben Guthrie
Susan Guthrie
The story of one man not only battling the bottle, but the city that won’t let him put it down.
Death in Bloom
Mrs. Patterson
Death In Bloom is a dark comedy about a Door-to-Door 'Death' Salesman, who struggles to close a deal with a fabulously difficult customer.
The Turning
Carol Lang
Película dividida en episodios que adapta historias del escritor australiano Tom Winton. The Turning explora el impacto del pasado en la actualidad, cómo los incidentes aparentemente aleatorios que cambian y nos dan forma no se pueden escapar o dejar de lado. Todas las historias están unidas entre sí por temas recurrentes; el paso del tiempo, el arrepentimiento, la adicción y la obsesión.
El foco de la tempestad
Lal Wyburd
Elizabeth Hunter, una mujer de extraordinaria belleza, ejerce un férreo control sobre todo lo que la rodea: hijos, servicio, actos sociales; pero pronto tendrá que hacer frente al mayor reto de su vida: decidir el momento para morir.
In the Company of Actors
Self
Within the world of theatre the rehearsal room is a sacred space -- the private domain where boundaries are pushed, risks taken, mistakes made, vulnerabilities exposed and, at its very best, magic created. It's not a place into which the public is often, if ever, invited. Until now; In The Company of Actors features an ensemble of Australia's finest actors, including Cate Blanchett and Hugo Weaving, as they prepare to perform the Sydney Theatre Company's production of Hedda Gabler, at the prestigious Brooklyn Academy of Music in New York. Opening night is just five weeks away and the pressure is on.
Matrix Revolutions
Councillor Dillard
Quedan veinte horas para la irrupción de las máquinas en Sión, el último bastión de los humanos libres. Mientras el cuerpo de Neo permanece en coma, su consciencia se encuentra en tierra de nadie, en un lugar entre el mundo humano y el de las máquinas.
Bad Eggs
Eleanor Poulgrain
Ben Kinnear and Mike Paddock are two undercover detectives with way too much publicity, who find they can no longer turn a blind eye to the corruption in the police force.
Matrix Reloaded
Councillor Dillard
Las máquinas avanzan imparables hacia Zion en su afán por destruir a toda la humanidad y todas las naves se preparan para la dura batalla. Neo junto con Morfeo y Trinity buscan el camino del elegido dentro de Matrix para vencer a las máquinas y se encuentran con dificultades inesperadas: el agente Smith ha vuelto y no sólo eso, otros programas dentro de Matrix intentarán acabar con su misión. Mientras tanto Neo se tendrá que adaptar a la vida real y a la fama de ser el elegido.
The Castle
Federal Court judge
La familia Kerrigan vive muy feliz en su humilde casita de Melbourne. Está situada al lado del aeropuerto, cosa que para ellos no supone ningún inconveniente. El problema aparece cuando el Gobierno decide que es hora de hacer una ampliación para el aterrizaje de los aviones. La familia luchará con todas sus armas y con mucho humor para conservar su preciada casa, llevando incluso el caso ante los tribunales.
Angel Baby
Dr. Norberg
Dos esquizofrénicos se conocen en terapia y se enamoran. Por desgracia van por una carretera a ninguna parte
Lucky Break
Anne-Marie LePine
Sophie, a writer of racy romance novels, is working on one of her stories in the library, when Eddie overhears her. Sophie, embarrassed by her paralyzed leg from childhood polio, spurns his advances, but when Sophie breaks her leg, she has the perfect way of hiding her disability from Eddie. As Sophie struggles to win over Eddie and hide her disability, Eddie's jealous fiance and a police officer investigating a jewel heist threaten their relationship.
Greenkeeping
Mum
An ex-convict pays for his wife's marijuana by keeping the green at a lawn-bowling club
Resistance
Wiley
Over the five days after a military coup, army troops arrive to enforce martial law and encounter a growing resistance movement.
Emerald City
Kate Rogers
A comedy of life's temptations - lust, greed and power. The city in question is Sydney and the colour green signifies greed and envy in David Williamsons amusing satire on its film and publishing industries. The story centers around the Rogers family, loosely modelled on Williamson's own.
The More Things Change...
Director
A couple hires a young girl to take care of their son.
The Coolangatta Gold
Robyn Lucas
Steve Lucas is a nineteen year old who is filled with the burning resentment of being forced to live in his brother's shadow. His brother Adam, is burdened by his father's desire for glory, and must win The Coolangatta Gold Tri-Aquathon, It is the greatest endurance test of them all: a marathon involving a 20 kilometer beach run, 6 kilometer swim and a 17 kilometer surf ski from Surfers Paradise along the golden arc of beach to Coolangatta and back to the start. The Coolangatta Gold is a story of human endeavor and endurance against overwhelming odds.
For Love or Money
Herself
Using almost totally historical material, For Love or Money encompasses the role of Australian women in both paid and unpaid work, over a 200 year period.
Goodbye Paradise
Kate
The plot centres on Queensland's Gold Coast in the early 1980s, when a disgraced former cop, Michael Stacey writes a book exposing police corruption, does an investigation resulting in 2 murders, exposes a religious cult and watches the army begin a military coup.
The Dismissal
Lady Kerr
The drama surrounding the dismissal of Mr. Gough Whitlam as the Labor Prime Minister of Australia - on 11 November, 1975 - by the then Governor-General of Australia, Sir John Kerr - and the subsequent installation, in Parliament, of the Liberal 'caretaker government' and Mr. Malcolm Fraser as the 'caretaker' Prime Minister.
Careful, He Might Hear You
Lila
Abandoned by his father after his mother dies, young PS lives in suburban Sydney with his aunt Lila and her husband George. While they lead a modest existence, PS is happy with them. However, his contentment is derailed when Lila's wealthy sister, Vanessa, returns from England and takes an interest in PS.
Fighting Back
Mary
Fighting Back is a 1982 Australian film about troubled teenagers.
Temperament Unsuited
A student teacher, Mark (Steve J. Spears) doesn't accept the teaching methods to be found in a traditional school situation, or the way the principal Ted 'Seedy' Yates (Ken Goodlet) runs the show.
The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith
Mrs. McCready
Jimmie es un joven mestizo educado por un pastor metodista que vive en constante conflicto entre dos mundos muy distintos.
The Irishman
Jenny Doolan
Paddy Doolan is a man who refuses to accept change. In a new century where the motor car is changing the way things are done, the stubborn Irishman, the last of the draught-horse teamsters, continues to haul timber the old way.
The Fourth Wish
Connie
The poignant struggle of a man to grant his terminally ill son three wishes - and the obstacles cast in his way of achieving this goal.
Libido
Scripted by four of Australia’s greatest authors (David Williamson, Thomas Keneally, Hal Porter and Craig McGregor), this quartet of carnal desires explores adultery and jealous fantasies, the end of innocence, the moral and spiritual conflicts of a priest and a nun in love. The stories define the exploration of women and the cultural upheaval of the early 70s.