Diane Robin

Known for ActingBorn 1966-07-23 (age 59)Los Angeles, California, USA

Diane Robin (born 23 July 1966) is an Aerican actress. Although often cast as a New Yorker, Diane Robin was born in the Fairfax District of Los Angeles. Her training began in high school, with a scholarship to the Lee Strasberg Theater Institute, and she was the youngest person to have been accepted into the adult program.Diane got a manager who convinced her to sneak on to the Universal lot, and personally hand deliver her picture and resumé to a casting director. She did ,but was then thrown off the lot by a security guard. Telling the story of the fiasco to a complete stranger ,he replied "I'm an agent and don't have anyone like you." She signed with him the next day, and has gone on to appear in over 120 television and film productions. Diane has worked with Academy Award-winning actors including Holly Hunter, Robin Williams, and Jeff Bridges. Some of the legendary directors with whom she has worked include, Terry Gilliam , Peter Hyams,Chris Columbus , and Paul Verhoeven in Robocop, as Chandra in the infamous "bitches Leave " scene. She has guest starred on numerous TV shows including NCIS, Desperate Housewives, and MacGyver. She's also costarred in many Hallmark and Lifetime movies such as McBride, Mystery Woman and Annie's Point. She can be seen in Authors Anonymous with Kaley Cuoco, House of Deadly Secrets with Patty McCormack, and Lifetimes You Can't Take My Daughter with Lyndsy Fonseca. In the Indie Award-winning comedy Dating Daisy she plays one of her favorite roles, the pushy endearing mother Eleanor .She is very excited about her acclaimed comedy web series Strange Therapy, in which she stars , and wrote , on Amazon Prime. She recently completed costarring in the thriller Deadly Reunion, and has just been cast as of of the leads in The Sweepers. Always happy on a set, Diane got a license plate so there would be no ambiguity about who she is and what she loves to do. It simply reads CAST ME.Read more

Movies & web series

George & Leo

In the Flesh

Big Time Rush

Malcolm in the Middle

RoboDoc: The Creation of RoboCop

Desperate Housewives

Rebel Highway

The Wrong Obsession

NCIS

Wilfred

MacGyver

Oh Baby

Brimstone

You Can't Take My Daughter

Thanksgiving Day

The Family Man

Angie

RoboCop

A Nanny to Die For

The Fisher King

Crossroads

Night Court

Secret Lives

Party of Five

Hunter

Adventures in Babysitting

Burke's Law

Renegade

Mystery Woman: In the Shadows

Mary Christmas

Grace of My Heart

The Relic

Just One Kiss

Single Santa Seeks Mrs. Claus

Deadly Mile High Club

Dating Daisy

Goldilocks and the Three Bears

Sudden Death

Fatal Fixer Upper

As Luck Would Have It

Nikki

Retribution

Playmaker

Night of the Running Man

Annie's Point

Santa, Jr.

Crazylove

A Kiss on Candy Cane Lane