| Robin Weigert | |
| Birth Place: | Washington, D.C., U.S. |
| Education: | Brandeis University (BA) New York University (MFA) |
| Occupation: | Actress |
| Years Active: | 1998–present |
Robin Weigert is an American television and film actress. She is best known for portraying Calamity Jane on the television series Deadwood (2004–2006), for which she received a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series in 2004,[1] Ally Lowen in Sons of Anarchy (2010–2013), Dr. Amanda Reisman in Big Little Lies (2017–2019), and Abby in Concussion (2013). She had a small role in HBO's acclaimed miniseries Angels in America in 2003.
Weigert was born in Washington, D.C. She is the daughter of Dionne Laufman and Wolfgang Oscar Weigert, a psychiatrist.[2] After graduating from Brandeis University in 1991, Weigert attended New York University, earning a Master of Fine Arts degree in the Graduate Acting Program at the Tisch School of the Arts.[3]
Weigert's theatre work includes Broadway productions of Twelfth Night directed by Nicholas Hytner;[4] and Michael Frayn's Noises Off.[5] In the 2010 Signature Theater Company revival of Tony Kushner's Angels in America, directed by Michael Greif, her performance as the Angel was praised as "full of tenderness and wit" by USA Today.[6] Other theatre credits include Pride's Crossing, A Place at the Table, Hamlet, Arms and the Man, Goodnight Children Everywhere, The Seagull, Madame Melville (Drama Desk and Lucille Lortel Award nominations),[7] as well as Jon Robin Baitz's Other Desert Cities at the Mark Taper Forum in 2012, directed by Robert Egan.[8]
After a decade as a stage actress based in New York City, Weigert moved to Los Angeles and has appeared in various films, television shows and mini-series. She is most recognizable from her Emmy-nominated portrayal of the iconic gunslinger Calamity Jane in the television series Deadwood, which ran on HBO from 2004 to 2006.[9] In 2004, Weigert was nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for the role. In 2006, she won Hollywood Life magazine's "Breakthrough of the Year" award.[10] In 2019 she reprised the role in , which was nominated for 8 Emmy Awards, including Outstanding Television Movie.
Weigert played therapists in the box office hit Smile and opposite Nicole Kidman in the much-lauded HBO TV series Big Little Lies, attorneys in the popular cabler Sons of Anarchy and Jay Roach's biographical drama Bombshell, and strippers in Charlie Kaufman's Synecdoche, New York and Steven Soderbergh's black-and-white period drama The Good German. She was nominated for a Gotham Award for her portrayal of the central character, a housewife turned prostitute, in the award-winning indie Concussion, and was featured prominently in the Hulu miniseries We Were the Lucky Ones in which she plays the matriarch of a Polish Jewish family that survived the Holocaust. Series regular roles include Dietland for AMC with Julianna Margulies, NBC's Life with Damian Lewis, and CBS' Tracker with Justin Hartley.[11]
In April 2024, David Canfield featured Weigert in the Vanity Fair "Always Great" series with an article titled, "How Robin Weigert Brings Herself to Her Most Indelible Roles".[12]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Heart to Heart.com | Whitney | ||
| 2001 | The Sleepy Time Gal | Hospital Records | ||
| 2005 | Loggerheads | Rachel | ||
| 2006 | The Good German | Hannelore | ||
| 2007 | Things We Lost in the Fire | Brenda | ||
| 2008 | Synecdoche, New York | Adult Olive | ||
| 2009 | The Private Lives of Pippa Lee | Aunt Trish | ||
| 2009 | My One and Only | Hope | ||
| 2011 | The Undying | Barbara Haughton | ||
| 2012 | The Sessions | Susan | ||
| 2013 | Concussion | Abby[13] | Nominated—Gotham Independent Film Award for Breakthrough Actor Nominated—Seattle International Film Festival Award for Best Actress | |
| 2013 | Gods Behaving Badly | Vicky the Tree | ||
| 2014 | Pawn Sacrifice | Regina Fischer[14] | ||
| 2015 | Take Me to the River | Cindy | ||
| 2015 | Mississippi Grind | Dorothy | ||
| 2016 | Pushing Dead | Paula | ||
| 2017 | Please Stand By | Officer Doyle | ||
| 2017 | New Money | Rose Tisdale | ||
| 2018 | Cold Brook | Mary Ann | ||
| 2019 | Bombshell | Nancy Erika Smith | ||
| 2022 | Smile | Dr. Madeline Northcott The Monstrosity | ||
| 2023 | Our Son | Pam |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Twelfth Night, Or What You Will | Television film | ||
| 1999 | Law & Order | Denise Luca | Episode: "Gunshow" | |
| 2000 | Mary and Rhoda | Hostess | Television film | |
| 2003 | Angels in America | Mormon Mother | Episode: "Perestroika: Beyond Nelly" | |
| 2003 | Law & Order | Leanna Parks | Episode: "Seer" | |
| 2004–05 | Cold Case | Anna Mayes | 4 episodes | |
| 2004 | Without a Trace | Adina Paphos | Episode: "Legacy" | |
| 2004 | NYPD Blue | Donna Traylor | Episode: "Traylor Trash" | |
| 2004 | Judging Amy | Tina Stewart | Episode: "Conditional Surrender" | |
| 2004–2006 | Deadwood | 30 episodes Nominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series Nominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series | ||
| 2005 | Dr. Diana Dino | Episode: "Committed" | ||
| 2006 | The Unit | Annette Terry | Episode: "The Kill Zone" | |
| 2006 | Heather Stark | Episode: "Recall" | ||
| 2006 | Numb3rs | Elaine Tillman | Episode: "Killer Chat" | |
| 2007 | Lost | Rachel Carlson | 2 episodes | |
| 2007–2008 | Life | Lt. Karen Davis / Sgt. Karen Davis | 11 episodes | |
| 2008 | ER | Nicole | Episode: "The High Holiday" | |
| 2009 | United States of Tara | Jenny | Episode: "Snow" | |
| 2009 | Private Practice | Amelia Sawyer | 2 episodes | |
| 2010 | The Mentalist | Eliza Green | Episode: "Red Herring" | |
| 2010 | Miami Medical | Nurse Carol | Episode: "Pilot" | |
| 2010 | Law & Order | Catherine Douglas | Episode: "The Taxman Cometh" | |
| 2010–2013 | Sons of Anarchy | Ally Lowen | 15 episodes | |
| 2010 | Hawthorne | Sara Adams | 4 episodes | |
| 2011 | Hayden Tract | Episode: "Sister of the Gunman" | ||
| 2011 | Grey's Anatomy | Karen Lawrence | Episode: "Free Falling" | |
| 2012 | Cynthia Potter | Episode: "Tricks and Treats" | ||
| 2013 | Chicago Fire | Erica Gradishar | Episode: "Let Her Go" | |
| 2013 | Full Circle | Det. Karen Tanner | Episode: "Celeste & Tim" | |
| 2014 | Chicago P.D. | Erica Gradishar | 5 episodes | |
| 2014 | Once Upon a Time | Bo Peep[15] | Episode: "White Out" | |
| 2015 | The Following | Judge Wallace | Episode: "A Hostile Witness" | |
| 2015 | Counselor Lisa Hassler | Episode: "Depravity Standard" | ||
| 2015 | Marvel's Jessica Jones | Wendy Ross-Hogarth | 7 episodes | |
| 2016 | Damien | Sister Greta Fraueva | 6 episodes | |
| 2016 | The Night Shift | Mrs. Dawson | Episode: "Between a Rick and a Hard Place" | |
| 2016 | Transformers: Robots in Disguise | Scatterspike (voice) | 2 episodes | |
| 2016 | Mama Polk | |||
| 2017 | Fearless | Heather Myles | 6 episodes | |
| 2017, 2019 | Big Little Lies | Dr. Amanda Reisman | 9 episodes Nominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series | |
| 2018 | Dietland | Verena Baptist | 10 episodes | |
| 2018–2019 | Berlin Station | Jamie Hudson | 3 episodes | |
| 2019 | Calamity Jane | Television film | ||
| 2019 | Castle Rock | Chrysida Wilkes | 3 episodes | |
| 2020 | The Politician | Andi Mueller | Episode: "The Voters" | |
| 2021 | Martha Edwards | 2 episodes | ||
| 2022 | Julia | Iris Wallace | Episode: "Petit Fours" | |
| 2024 | Tracker | Teddi Bruin | Main role (season 1) | |
| 2024 | We Were the Lucky Ones | Nechuma Kurc | Main role |