Robin McLeavy explained

Robin McLeavy
Birth Date:19 June 1981
Birth Place:Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:Actress
Years Active:2005–present

Robin McLeavy (born 19 June 1981) is an Australian actress.

Early life

McLeavy is from Sydney, Australia. She graduated from NIDA in 2004.

Career

McLeavy starred as Lola Stone in the critically acclaimed Australian horror film, The Loved Ones. The film was screened at Toronto International Film Festival in 2009 and won the Audience Choice Award. In 2009, McLeavy played the role of Stella Kowalski opposite Cate Blanchett and Joel Edgerton in the Sydney Theatre Company production of A Streetcar Named Desire. The production was directed by Liv Ullmann and toured to the Kennedy Center in Washington DC and the Brooklyn Academy of Music in New York. She received the Helen Hayes Award for Outstanding Supporting Performer. She appeared in four encore seasons of Holding the Man, an award-winning play by Tommy Murphy.[1]

She played Isabella in Benedict Andrews's production of Measure for Measure by William Shakespeare at the Belvoir Theatre, Sydney, 5 – 25 July 2010.[2] She appeared as Honey in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, directed by Benedict Andrews for the Belvoir Theatre Company in 2007, and for which she was nominated for Best Supporting Actress at the Sydney Theatre Awards.

Between 2011 and 2016 McLeavy played frontier tribal abductee survivor Eva Oates on the Western series Hell on Wheels.[3] This character, including physical likeness, was inspired by the real story of Olive Oatman.

She portrayed Nancy Lincoln in in 2012. In 2015, McLeavy took on the role the voice of Nutsy, a Koala in Blinky Bill the Movie alongside Ryan Kwanten, Rufus Sewell, David Wenham, Toni Collette, Richard Roxburgh, Deborah Mailman, Barry Otto, and Barry Humphries on the Australian animated adventure film based the book by Dorothy Wall; and she played Barbara Henning in Backtrack.

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
200648 ShadesJacq
2007The Other HalfSarahshort film
2009The Loved OnesLola "Princess" Stone
2010After the CreditsLucyshort film
2011Roman's ArkRoman's Wifeshort film
The Super Awesome Featurette: A Runner's Perspective of the Loved OnesHerself
2012Nancy Lincoln
2015Blinky Bill the MovieNutsyvoice
BacktrackBarbara Henning
2023Lauren

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2005Last Man StandingKellieEpisode: "1.15"
2007The Code
2011–2016Hell on WheelsEva50 episodes
2013The Elegant Gentleman's Guide to Knife FightingVarious Characters6 episodes
2014Super Fun NightLucindaEpisode: "Lucindervention"
2019Wu AssassinsMaggie McCulloughRecurring role
2023Wolf Like MeCarolineRecurring role

Accolades

In 2012, McLeavy was nominated for the Fangoria Chainsaw Award for Best Leading Actress for The Loved Ones, but the award went to Elizabeth Olsen for Silent House.

Notes and References

  1. http://www.sydneystage.com.au/content/view/353 Sydney Stage Online – Holding The Man|Griffin Theatre
  2. Web site: Belvoir.com.au. Belvoir Theatre. 4 June 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110528035601/http://www.belvoir.com.au/CustomContentRetrieve.aspx?ID=1087286. 28 May 2011. dead. dmy-all.
  3. Goldberg, Lesley (23 March 2012). "'Hell on Wheels' Ups Robin McLeavy to Series Regular (Exclusive)", The Hollywood Reporter; retrieved 19 August 2013.